Entertainment • Live Music • Theater
Metropolis Trilogy: Emi Ferguson, Immanuel Wilkins Quartet and Ruckus
Location
Hobby Center Performing Arts
800 Bagby St
Date and Time
- Friday, Feb 14, 2025 7:30p.m. - 9:30p.m.
Details
The daring flutist Emi Ferguson and shape-shifting baroque band Ruckus are back! Joined by visionary jazz saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and his quartet, these experts in the art of improvisation combine forces for an exhilarating mix of musical styles, including a major new work.
The world premiere of iconic innovator Roscoe Mitchell’s Metropolis Trilogy, co-commissioned by DACAMERA, will be surrounded by a dazzling constellation of works from the baroque era and beyond. Revel in an inspired take on Bach’s contemporary, Georg Philipp Telemann; MacArthur-winning composer George Lewis’s open-ended work for mixed instrumental ensemble; and the world premiere of Metropolis Trilogy, composed especially for tonight’s musicians.
Program
Telemann: Fantasia for solo flute, re-imagined for full ensemble
George Lewis: Artificial Life
Roscoe Mitchell: The Metropolis Trilogy (world premiere; DACAMERA co-commission)
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