Monday Evening Concerts – American Originals

January 10, 2009 — Mike

Monday Evening Concerts features American Originals on January 12.

Monday, January 12, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School

American Originals
Morton Feldman The Viola in My Life II
Alvin Curran Schtyx L.A. premiere
Frederic Rzewski 96 L.A. premiere
Frederic Rzewski Pocket Symphony L.A. premiere

XTET:
Donald Crockett, conductor
Vicki Ray, piano
David Johnson, percussion
Movses Pogossian, violin
Sarah Thornblade, violin
Kazi Pitelka, viola
Roger Lebow, cello
Phil O’Connor, clarinet
Gary Woodward, flute

“Schtyx are charts, bones, professions, shades, numbers, glues, hypes, acts, devils, organgrindings, wood implements, jugglers, chance operations, performance art, the Yiddish underground,” writes composer Alvin Curran. His wonderfully irreverent and lyrical music blends an array of compositional practices into a singular musical language. Two recent chamber works by Curran’s longtime friend Frederic Rzewski—a 4-minute canon dedicated to Elliott Carter, and the witty and improvisatory Pocket Symphony—share the program with Feldman’s hypnotic The Viola in My Life II.

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KFJC On-Line Reviews

January 10, 2009 — Mike
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From KFJC

Bernstein, Steven, & Millennial Territory Orchestra We are MTO (MOWO!)
Onda, Aki Bon Voyage! Cassette Memories Vol. 2 (Improvised Music from Japan)
Keszler, Eli & Paul, Ashley S/T (Rel)
Muslimgauze VS. Species of Fishes (Tourette)
Bley, Carla & Haines, Paul Escalator Over the Hill (JCOA)
Maneri, Joe/ Dolger, Peter – “Peace Concert ” – [Atavistic]

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Nodding to Jazz Tradition While Pursuing the Ideal

January 10, 2009 — Mike

The Mario Pavone Double Tenor Quintet at the Iridium is reviewed.

Mario Pavone’s jazz can possibly be heard two different ways. His gig at Iridium on Wednesday night had two traditions running through it: the rhythmic and harmonic grids of bebop and all that descends from it, and the cathartic tracing-in-air of free jazz.

But that’s a pretty brain-first, ears-second way to put it. The mixture proposed by Mr. Pavone — his third way — represents its own tradition. And it’s a pretty old one, encompassing music made in the 1960s by Ornette Coleman, Andrew Hill, Jackie McLean, Paul Bley and many others.

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Open Ears Music: 30 Dec 08 – Rajah

January 10, 2009 — Mike

Another free download from New Orleans’ Open Ears Music:

Rajah – 30 Dec 08 Audio Archive

This is the audio archive from 30 December 08. The files are 128k VBR mp3s.

Musicians: Rajah (woodwinds and small instruments), Jesse Morrow (bass) Tommy Sciple (electric bass on set 2), and Dave Cappello (drums).

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