Trillium J (Anthony Braxton opera) at New Roulette

Tri-Centric Festival Finale
Anthony Braxton - Trillium J (Acts I & III)
@
Roulette (Brooklyn)
Corner of 3rd Ave & Atlantic Ave, Downtown Brooklyn

General tickets $35
($25 students, seniors, Roulette members and Tri-Centric Foundation subscribers)



Trillium J (Acts I and III)
Amy Crawford, Kyoko Kitamura, Kamala Sankaram, Elizabeth Saunders, Anne Rhodes, Fay Victor, Wesley Chinn, Chris DiMeglio, Nick Hallett, Michael Douglas Jones, Jeremiah Lockwood, Vince Vincent (voices) Erica Dicker, Jason Hwang, Sarah Bernstein, Olivia DePrato, Renee Baker, Scott Tixier (violins), Jessica Pavone, Amy Cimini, Lilian Belknap (violas), Tomas Ulrich, Nathan Bontrager, Daniel Levin (cellos), Ken Filiano, Carl Testa (bass), Cory Smythe (piano), Chris Dingman (percussion), Michel Gentile, Yukari (flutes), Christa Robinson (oboe), Katie Scheele (english horn), Sara Schoenbeck, Brad Balliett (bassoons), Mike McGinnis, Oscar Noriega, Jason Mears, Josh Sinton (clarinets), Nate Wooley, Gareth Flowers (trumpets) Mark Taylor (French horn), Chris McIntyre, Sam Kulick (trombones), Jay Rozen (tuba), Anthony Braxton (conductor)

....The final evening will present a world premiere concert reading of two acts of Braxton’s opera Trillium J, with a cast of twelve singers and 35-piece orchestra. Braxton will be performing or conducting every night, accompanied by a cast of over 60 of NYC’s leading creative musicians.

The Tri-Centric Festival, presented in partnership by the Tri-Centric Foundation and Roulette, is by far the most comprehensive portrait of composer Anthony Braxton yet presented in the United States. While Braxton has had several long engagements in NYC throughout his five-decade career, they have usually been focused on a single ensemble. Outside of Europe, the composer has never had the opportunity to present the full spectrum of his music, from solo piano music to small ensembles to orchestras to full operas, on a single stage over a single week. The festival will also coincide with the commercial release of the four-act opera Trillium E, the first studio recording of any of Braxton’s operas, on the Tri-Centric Foundation’s New Braxton House label.