photos: Bjarni Grímsson
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Nico Muhly &
Sam Amidon
Nico Muhly and
Sam Amidon will present an evening of old folk tunes re-imagined, new music for piano and viola, old standards for viola, upside-down music for electronics and voice, and, with any luck, some Schumann
April 14 & 15, 2010
Wed. & Thurs. at 7:30pm
Pre-show reception at the Southern each night beginning at 6:30pm sponsored by
The Red Stag Supperclub
Post-show reception April 15 at
The Red Stag Supperclub
Tickets:$22
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"…one of the next great hopes for the future of classical music."
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New York Magazine on the music of Nico Muhly
Nico Muhly
Composer Nico Muhly’s relationship with the Southern Theater continues to deepen as his Twin Cities audience expands year by year. Since his Minneapolis debut at the Southern in 2007, Muhly has amassed world-wide attention and commissions from such heavyweight institutions as the American Ballet Theatre, Paris Opera Ballet, Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera. Yet in his 20s, Muhly’s bio includes film scores, two critically acclaimed albums, and conductor/arranger credits for Björk, Grizzly Bear, The National and Rufus Wainwright (to name a few).
"Sky-scrapingly great ... viscerally stunning,
comforting, upsetting, entrancing."
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Stylus Magazine on the music of Sam Amidon
Sam Amidon
"Goose-bump-manufacturing" (CMJ New Music Monthly) Sam Amidon sings, plays fiddle, banjo and guitar and recently released two critically acclaimed solo albums—All is Well (2008) and
I See the Sign (2010)—on Valgeir Sigurðssons’ Bedroom Community record label. Produced by Sigurðsson and arranged by Nico Muhly,
All is Well was described by PopMatters.com as "one of the best records of traditional Appalachian folk songs ever recorded."
I See the Sign brings powerful contributions from Muhly, Ben Frost, Beth Orton and brother Stefan Amidon. Sam Amidon's music gives beautiful old songs new life, a feature bound to be accentuated by the theater’s elegantly tattered, age-worn walls.
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