Ekmeles performs a trio and duo by Karin Rehnqvist and Kaija Saariaho, as well as solo performances of songs with piano accompaniment by Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Jean Sibelius, all interspersed with performances by JACK Quartet of music by John Luther Adams and Marc Sabat, under the theme Music of the North.
Ekmeles repertoire for concert
- Karin Rehnqvist – Davids Nimm (1983)
- Kaija Saariaho – From the Grammar of Dreams (1988)
- Jean Sibelius – Selected songs
- Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Hvolf (2009)
Ekmeles personnel for concert
Ekmeles reprises David Lang’s 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning the little match girl passion, this time memorized, and staged by Rachel Chavkin, for a performance at the MET Breuer.