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Premiere of the Month: Kebra-Seyoun Charles’s new bass concerto

2024-10-04T06:51:00

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A New York-inspired bass concerto brings together varying dance forms

‘They just said to write a piece for yourself, so it was obvious to me it would be a bass concerto,’ says composer and bassist Kebra-Seyoun Charles about the American Composers Orchestra’s commissioning of the composer’s new work, Nightlife Concerto for double bass and orchestra. The two-movement piece is ‘predicated on what gets people to dance’, says Charles. ‘It’s also my impressionistic feelings on life in New York.’ The two movements are titled ‘On the streets’ and ‘In the club’. ‘As an artist I think it’s my duty to be a part of this world,’ Charles continues. ‘I like to go out at night and just observe people being a part of it.’…

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