Dream House Quartet Program

Dream House Quartet’s engagement is part of Yale alum Bryce Dessner’s multi-year residency as the inaugural Artist-in-Residence in Music at Yale Schwarzman Center, in collaboration with extraordinary musicians, artists, thinkers, and doers at and beyond Yale, and produced in partnership with ArKtype / Thomas O. Kriegsmann. As a feature of the multi-project residency, Dessner curated and commissioned new multi-disciplinary works from a roster of creators — including Julia Bullock, Ash Fure, Nathalie Joachim, Kaneza Schaal, and Anna Thorvaldsdóttir. Each artist, including Dessner, is invited to spend time on Yale’s campus engaging in research as the artist develops new works for YSC and beyond. Following a slate of new commissions, Dessner will embark on the creation of a full-length work based on the work of Ocean Vuong in collaboration with acclaimed Director Kaneza Schaal to be premiered at Schwarzman in a future season.

Artists

Katia Labèque, piano
Marielle Labèque, piano
Bryce Dessner, guitar
David Chalmin, guitar
Dan Bora, sound

Producers

ArKtype / Thomas O. Kriegsmann
Sami Pyne, Associate Producer & Tour Manager

Repertoire

Bryce Dessner
"Haven" (2019), 8 min.
Arr. Lisa Kaplan

Meredith Monk
"Ellis Island" (1981), 5 min.

Steve Reich
"Electric Counterpoint" (1987), 15 min.
Arr. for two guitars and tape by Bryce Dessner

Thom Yorke
"Don’t Fear the Light," Part 1 & 2 (2019), 13 min.

Philip Glass
"4 Movements for 2 Pianos" (2008), 10 min.

Anna Thorvaldsdottir
"what things become" (2022, US PREMIERE)*, 12 min.

*A co-commission of Schwarzman Center of Yale University, in collaboration with Bryce Dessner and ArKtype, and Southbank Centre, London.

David Chalmin
"Eclipse," Movement 1, 2, & 3 (2023), 13 min.

Bryce Dessner
"Sonic Wires" (2023)**, 19 min.

• Movement 1 Spiral
• Movement 2 Cherchebrui
• Movement 3 Clouds

**A commission of Schwarzman Center of Yale University as part of Dessner’s multi-year appointment as inaugural Artist-in-Residence.

Special Thanks

To Rachel Fine, Laura Paul, Jennifer Newman, Maurice Harris, and the amazing team at Yale Schwarzman Center; Robert Blocker, Melvin Chen and the Yale School of Music; Vivian Chiu and Steinway Pianos; Gill Graham and the Wise Music Tea; Samantha Holderness, Ash Fure, Kaneza Schaal, The Kitchen, Shanta Thake, Guillaume Loubère, Paschalis Zervas, Melay Araya, Deutsche Grammophon, and the teams at Unison Media and Big Voice Communications.

Additional Notes

Bryce Dessner compositions performed by special arrangement with Chester Music Ltd.
Philip Glass composition performed by special arrangement with Dungaven/Chester Music Ltd.
Meredith Monk composition is performed by special arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes

Contact

For further information on Dream House Quartet, please contact, Thomas O. Kriegsmann, President, ArKtype  (tommy@arktype.org)

Press Representation: Andrew Ousley, Unison Media (andrew@unison.media)

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