The Way He Always Wanted It II, Movement 4 (2008) and A Lick and a Promise (2025)

Thu, Nov 6, 7:00 p.m.
MoMA, Floor 4, Studio
The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Studio

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Featuring Either/Or and International Contemporary Ensemble

The Way He Always Wanted It II, Movement 4, a marimba/vibraphone duet derived from Stephen Prina’s film of the same name, uses a musical fragment from the architect, painter, and composer Bruce Goff.

A Lick and a Promise is scored for an ensemble of 17 musicians and voice. Beginning with an animated unison melody, the ensemble gradually moves toward maximum dispersal and individuation. Returning to unison, another melody is slowed down so that it is beyond recognition. Prina then restores this melody to its initial tempo in an a cappella version.

World premiere

Tickets will be made available on October 1. If the event is sold out, there will be a first-come, first-served standby line beginning at 6:30 p.m. on the night of the event.