Beyond This Point teams up with Chicago’s Ensemble Dal Niente for an interdisciplinary performance of sound, theater, and music, spotlighting the work of composer Simon Steen-Andersen and featuring his larger-than-life multimedia work Black Box Music for percussion solo, amplified box, 15 instruments and video.
Dal Niente and BTP are thrilled to reunite for the New York premiere of Black Box Music, after presenting the U.S. premiere of the work in 2023. “The starting point is the classical soloist-conductor, only in this case, the conducting and solo part are one and the same. The setting is a traditional theatre stage with curtains, props and light; only in this case, the stage is also an instrument. Black Box Music could be said to be a deconstruction of conducting and puppet theatre as well as an exploration and exploitation of the audio/visual relations inherent in conducting and staging. The “grand show” is in three movements, starting with ‘Ouverture’ and ‘Slow Middle Movement’ and then finishing off with a festive, pompous, ‘Self-Imploding Finale’.”
This performance will take place in Mary Flager Cary Hall.
Tickets will be available on June 2. More information is here.
Program
Simon Steen-Andersen
Asthma, rev. 2025*
for solo bellows, ensemble, and video
* NY premiere
Ensemble Dal Niente
Simon Steen-Andersen
Run Time Error, 2009-2020-
for joystick-controlled video
Simon Steen-Andersen, solo performer
Simon Steen-Andersen
Black Box Music, 2012*
for amplified box, ensemble, and video
* NY premiere
Ensemble Dal Niente/Beyond This Point