Community Corner
String Quartet ETHEL Returns to Silvermin 3/14
ETHEL Performs “GRACE"
What: ETHEL performs “Grace” feat. works by Ennio Morricone, Jeff Buckley, Vijay Iyer, Son Lux, Marcelo Zarvos, Nico Muhly and moreWhen: Friday, March 14th at 8:00pmWhere: Silvermine Art Center, Sara Victoria Hall, 1037 Silvermine Road, New Canaan, CTTickets: $25. To purchase, call Silvermine at 203.966.9700 or visit silvermineart.org.
About ETHEL’s “Grace” The program for the evening is "Grace," a journey to redemption through music. In every sense of the word, "Grace" provides beauty and charm, goodwill, a favor and a reprieve. In complex, stressful times and in a world overwhelmed by seemingly irreconcilable differences and challenges, music provides both an immediate tonic of relief and a medium for long-term healing and understanding. Ethel has pursued this aspect of its art in many ways over the years, both in its own creative output and in opening its hearts and skills to close collaboration with master artists from diverse cultures.
The centerpiece for the program is Ethel's own adaptation of Ennio Morricone's score to the 1986 film, "The Mission." Morricone's score was nominated for an Academy Award in 1986 and won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score. The film deals with cross-cultural complexities fueled by the quest for redemption against the backdrop of the jungles of South America. Also featured in the concert are special quartet treatments honoring the 20th anniversary of the release of Jeff Buckley’s "Grace," his only completed studio album. Favorite Ethel composers and collaborators composer Mary Ellen Childs, jazz pianist/composer Vijay Iyer, singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley, and contemporary classical music composer Nico Muhly, fill out the program.