METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

HOME STRETCH
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at the home of Cristiane Lemos and Johann Mathias Von Bernuth in New York City
It takes a long time to become a good composer______________Timothy Andres 1 2 Pierrot on 88th Street 3 Everything is an onion 4 Please let me sleep (or, Pantalon & Columbine) 5 Time has told me Intermezzo in B minor, op. 119 no. 1_______________________Johannes Brahms Vogel als Prophet (Bird as Prophet) from Waldszenen, op. 82__Robert Schumann Zum Schlu (In Conclusion) from Neue Liebeslieder, op. 65___Johannes Brahms

Timothy Andres, pianist

ABOUT TIMOTHY ANDRES Timothy Andres (b. 1985, Palo Alto, CA) is a composer and pianist who grew up in rural Connecticut and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. His dbut album, Shy and Mighty, was released by Nonesuch Records in May 2010 to immediate critical acclaim. Of the disc, which features ten interrelated pieces for two pianos, performed by Timo and co-pianist David Kaplan, Alex Ross wrote in The New Yorker that Shy and Mighty achieves an unhurried grandeur that has rarely been felt in American music since John Adams came on the scene... more mighty than shy, [Andres] sounds like himself. Current season highlights include a weekend of performances in Los Angeles, including a commission from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; performances of his Crashing Through Fences by eighth blackbird and Crash Ensemble; and solo recitals at (le) Poisson Rouge and Wigmore Hall. Upcoming items include a new Nonesuch album of orchestral works performed by Andrew Cyr and the Metropolis Ensemble; a commission from the Gilmore Foundation for Kirill Gerstein; and a new piano quintet for Jonathan Biss and the Elias String Quartet, commissioned by Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Performances and the Concertgebouw. andres.com

ABOUT ANDREW CYR Grammy-nominated conductor Andrew Cyr is a leader in the rapidly growing contemporary music scene. Recent engagements conducting Metropolis Ensemble include Lincoln Center, Carnegie Halls Weill Music Institute, (le) Poisson Rouge,The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Celebrate Brooklyn, and The Wordless Music Series. In 2011,Cyr made his conducting debut at The Kimmel Centers Verizon Hall as part of Philadelphias International Festival of the Arts and in 2013 will direct performances of a new opera by David Bruce with The Royal Opera House of London and Opera North. Cyr has collaborated with a diverse list of critically acclaimed indie-rock, hip-hop, and jazz artists including Deerhoof, Ahmir Questlove Thompson and The Roots, Reggie Watts, Keren Ann, Babx, Nicole Atkins, and David Murray. A native of Fort Kent, Maine, Cyr holds music degrees from Bates College, the French National Conservatory, and Westminster Choir College.

Metropolis Ensemble and Timothy Andres would like to especially thank Cristiane Lemos.

ABOUT METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE Metropolis Ensemble is a professional chamber orchestra and ensemble dedicated to making classical music in its most contemporary forms. Led by conductor Andrew Cyr, Metropolis Ensemble gathers todays most outstanding emerging composers and young performing artists to produce innovative concert experiences. Founded in 2006, Metropolis Ensemble has commissioned and premiered over 75 works of music from a dynamic mix of composers and has appeared at Lincoln Centers Out of Doors Festival, The Wordless Music Series, Celebrate Brooklyn, Carnegie Halls Weill Music Institute, (le) Poisson Rouge, and The Brooklyn Academy of Music. metropolisensemble.org