ArtNet: Life Returns at The Met
MetLiveArts and the Metropolis Ensemble commissioned Life Returns, an evening-length composition from composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor that melds African American, South Indian, and European musical traditions. Metropolis will perform the piece with RAJAS Ensemble, a group led by Rajna Swaminathan that plays an ancient percussion instrument known as the mridangam. The musicians will add their own improvisations to the milieu, in a celebratory touch meant to represent resilience despite despair.