{"id":84934,"date":"2022-10-31T17:34:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T21:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=84934"},"modified":"2022-10-31T21:13:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T01:13:14","slug":"scoop-torontos-west-end-micro-music-festival-combines-chamber-music-electronics-visual-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/10\/31\/scoop-torontos-west-end-micro-music-festival-combines-chamber-music-electronics-visual-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Toronto\u2019s West End Micro Music Festival Combines Chamber Music With Electronics & Visual Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WEMMF Composer-in-Residence Nahre Sol & co-founders Sebastian Ostertag and Brad Cherwin (Images courtesy of WEMMF)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The West End Micro Music Festival, or WEMMF, returns to Toronto for a second iteration starting on November 18. Four widely varying programs explore the drama of juxtaposing minimalism and maximalism, featuring 14 diverse artists. Concert dates are November 18, November 25, and November 26 and December 2, 2022.<\/p>\n

WEMMF is co-produced by clarinetist and visual artist Brad Cherwin and cellist Sebastian Ostertag, who have put together imaginative programming that showcases the future of chamber music. Last year\u2019s inaugural WEMMF was a sold out event.<\/p>\n

The works in the four concerts incorporate electronics, theatre and visual arts along with the music. This year\u2019s Composer-in-Residence is Korean-American composer, pianist, and YouTuber Nahre Sol, who will be presenting both new and old works.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this year\u2019s festival theme of minMAX, we take things in an exciting new direction,\u201d says Cherwin in a media release. \u201cElectric violin, Laurie Anderson, kick drums, improv; we\u2019re bringing a bunch of rock n\u2019 roll minimalism to the stage, and pushing against the very concept of a \u2018chamber music festival.\u2019 We aren\u2019t throwing the baby out with the bathwater, there is still some incredible Brahms, and brilliant classical artists, but we play with identity this year. Each of the four programs takes a different high contrast perspective on live instrumental music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Details<\/h2>\n

The venue for WEMMF is the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Toronto\u2019s West End. Concerts start at 7:30 p.m., with run times of approximately 75 minutes each.<\/p>\n

I. INTERRUPTION (November 18)<\/h3>\n

Minimalism and maximalism in scale and density are explored by composers Nahre Sol, Nico Muhly, and Gyorgy Kurtag with a view to disrupting and bisecting the monumental Romantic structures of Johannes Brahms\u2019 Quintet op. 115<\/em>.<\/p>\n