Bryce Dessner, Sufjan Stevens and more on 3/22/2013 at Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, NY on JamBase

Friday, March 22, 2013

Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, NY

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Venue Info

Brooklyn Academy of Music: Official Website
Phone: (718) 636-4100 30 Lafayette Ave; Brooklyn, NY 11217; View Larger Map & Directions

In an otherworldly convergence of talents?singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner of The National, and composer Nico Muhly?give the music of the spheres a 21st-century spin in Planetarium, an evening of songs inspired by our solar system. The firmament descends in part one with a set of atmospheric instrumental works, composed by the three artists and performed with precision by a guest quartet. In part two, the planetary paeans begin: Stevens? wistful falsetto voice traces the gauzy rings of Saturn. Muhly?s analog keyboards, Dessner?s guitar, and seven trombones unleash the red rage of Mars. And in an elegiac electronic waltz, a chamber ensemble gives the crestfallen Pluto?ousted but not forgotten?its musical due.: Show Time:8:00pm; Website:http://www.bam.org/music/2013/planetarium