Event

Modern Love Songs

For its first concert of 2016, the Cheah Chan Duo presents "Modern Love Songs", a concert of love songs by contemporary composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Featuring the eponymous song cycle by Chester Biscardi, the program also showcases music by Harold Arlen, Milton Babbitt, Leonard Bernstein, Francesca Blumenthal, Alberto Ginastera, Frank J. Oteri, Mary Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Kurt Weill, and many more. So come and join the Duo in celebrating Valentine's Day with an evening of beautiful music that is sure to get you in the mood for love!

The Cheah Chan Duo is also proud to present "Modern Love Songs" as part of the 2016 Composers Now Festival. The Composers Now Festival celebrates living composers, the diversity of their voices and the significance of their musical contributions to our society. During the month of February, the Festival brings together dozens of performances presented by venues, ensembles, orchestras, opera companies, dance companies and many other innovative events throughout New York City. Experience the sounds and get to know the creators behind the music. From jazz to indie, from classical to electronic and beyond, join us on a sonic journey through the landscape of the arts of our time. Composers will be in attendance, interacting with audiences. Composers Now is a project partner of The Fund for the City of New York. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, ASCAP Foundation, the BMI Foundation, the Cheswatyr Foundation, the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, ASCAP, BMI, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.