Canto Ostinato, An AMOC* & Sandbox Percussion Co-Production

The “blindingly impressive…preternaturally talented” (The New York Times) American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*) and the “virtuosic and utterly mesmerizing” (The Guardian) Sandbox Percussion join forces to present an epic, rarely performed opus by Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt.

Canto Ostinato is a layered, shimmering minimalist work from the 1970s that has earned a dedicated following in ten Holt’s native Netherlands, and is realized here by the four mallet percussionists of Sandbox, joined by AMOC* members Conor Hanick and Matthew Aucoin on piano. As envisioned by these sterling interpreters, ten Holt’s hypnotic instrumental score unfurls in an emotional dramatic arc during an afternoon-length sonic journey.