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Vijay Iyer's RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi Returns to New York

Apr. 06, 2018

Vijay Iyer's RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi Returns to New York

On April 10, the Mannes American Composers Ensemble, conducted by David Fulmer, will present Vijay Iyer's RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi as part of a program celebrating "Rites of Spring."  RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi brings together live music and film to depict a journey of devotion honoring the goddess Radha. The film was directed, edited and designed by the late Prashant Bhargava with photography direction by Craig Marsden. Iyer and Bhargava noted at the time of the premiere:

“Holi is known around the world as a joyful, chaotic and colorful celebration of springtime in India. When we were invited to respond to Stravinsky’s own famously chaotic work about springtime, we were intrigued by the possible connection with Holi. This festival provides an occasion to reconsider the aspects of ritual and transformation represented in Le Sacre du printemps.”


Founded in 2012 by Mannes Composition Department Chair Lowell Liebermann and directed in 2017-2018 by Alan Pierson and David Fulmer, the Mannes American Composers Ensemble (MACE) presents works by iconic American masters such as John Adams and Steve Reich, as well as works by young and up-and-coming composers such as David Hertzberg and Nina C. Young. The ensemble aims to embrace a broad view of the vital landscape of contemporary American music and to bolster that landscape through premieres and commissions.


(RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi/Music by Vijay Iyer; film by Prashant Bhargava/Adam Sliwinski, conductor/
ECM Records GmbH under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin)


To learn more about Vijay Iyer, please visit schott-music.com.

Vijay Iyer
Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi (2013)
multimedia work for chamber ensemble and electronics
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RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi was created for and commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Additional commissioning funds for revision and completion of the work were provided by The Brooklyn Academy of Music/Next Wave Festival, CAP UCLA and The Strathmore Hall Foundation.

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