The International Contemporary Ensemble performs Olga Neuwirth (CRF 2016)’s “Lost Highway Suite” as part of the 10th-anniversary celebrations at Empac in Troy, N.Y.
Olga Neuwirth’s 2008 “Lost Highway Suite” has its roots in her 2003 opera, based on the psycho-noir David Lynch film. The integration of electronic and acoustic sounds has always been a part of her approach to the film. (Ms. Neuwirth categorizes her “Lost Highway” as “a video-opera.”) The instrumental suite, lasting approximately 40 minutes, requires live electronic processing of six soloists, drawn from a larger chamber ensemble, here the International Contemporary Ensemble.