Some reflections on work by Arnold Dreyblatt, Adriano Orrù and Alessandro Perini in Percorsi Musicali.
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Monthly Archives: March 2015
prelude to the evening of a sloth
The Let X ≠ X Ensemble, about to play Oblique Colors of Discontinuity in Time, the prelude to a new work by the Sloth Ensemble. Left to right: Curt Seiss, valve trombone; Dani Seiss, flute; Erica Benay Fallin, flute; Jeff Kahan, oboe & cor anglais; Tom Wall, bass recorder; me, double bass. A program note on the piece can be found on the Statements & Other Writings page.
Photograph by Gary Rouzer.
it’s okay–we’re trained professionals…
On Saturday night 7 March Sonic Circuits hosts an evening of drones at Pyramid Atlantic. Two new compositions will be premiered–an electronic work for J.S. Adams‘s Sloth Ensemble, and my own Oblique Colors of Discontinuity in Time for the Let X ≠ X Ensemble, an acoustic ensemble of winds, brass and strings (Daniele Seiss and Erica Benay Fallin, flutes; Jeff Kahan, oboe and cor anglais; Curt Seiss, trombone; Tom Wall, bass recorder; myself on double bass). Una serata neo-futurista, curated by Chris Videll, and brought to you by the letter D.
