Unbound Festival in Chicago

From Ensemble Dal Niente:

This four-part festival, presented in spring 2011, is designed to celebrate the imagination and skill of contemporary American composers, observing the contributions of master composers as well as the new generation of emerging American masterpieces. Each concert is thematically sculpted, allowing the listened to follow a distinct musical concept as it relates to the identity of ‘American’ music.

Thursday, April 21, 2011 7:30pm
Part One: COLORS

Mayne Stage
1328 Morse Avenue
Chicago, IL
Tickets: $15 general/$5 students
featuring Axiom Brass Quintet

George Crumb (b.1929): Vox Balanae (1971) for three masked players: electric flute, electric cello, and amplified piano
Augusta Read Thomas (b.1964): Capricious Angels (2009) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, 3 violins, and viola
Joshua Fineberg (b.1969): Broken Symmetries (2000-01) for flute, clarinet, horn, violin, cello
Jacob Druckman (1928-96): Dance With Shadows (1989) for brass quintet
Kirsten Broberg (b.1979): The Waters of Time (2009) song cycle for soprano voice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion

Saturday, April 30, 2011 7:30pm
Part Two: REICH @ 75

Mayne Stage
1328 Morse Avenue
Chicago, IL
Tickets: $15 general/$5 students
featuring Anubis Saxophone Quartet and J. Austin Wulliman, violin

Steve Reich (b.1936):
Pendulum Music (1968) for 3 or 4 microphones, amplifiers, and loudspeakers
New York Counterpoint (1985 – Saxophone Quartet version) for amplified quartet
Violin Phase (1967) for violin and tape
Typing Music from ‘The Cave’ (1993) for amplified computer keyboard, two clappers, two claves, and 2 bass drums
Triple Quartet (1998) for amplified string quartet with pre-recorded tape

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 7:30pm
Part Three: TIME

Mayne Stage
1328 Morse Avenue
Chicago, IL
Tickets: $15 general/$5 students
featuring Tony Arnold, soprano; Winston Choi, piano

Elliott Carter (b. 1908): Tempo e Tempi (1998-98) for soprano voice, oboe/english horn, clarinet, violin, and cello
Jason Eckardt (b.1971): Tongues (2001) for soprano voice, flute, clarinet, guitar, viola, percussion
Conlon Nancarrow (1912-97): Tango? (1983) for piano
Lee Hyla (b.1952): Amnesia Breaks (1990) for woodwind quintet
Roger Sessions (1896-1985): Duo for Violin and Violincello (1981)

Saturday, May 14, 2011 7:30pm
Part Four: VOODOO

Mayne Stage
1328 Morse Avenue
Chicago, IL
Tickets: $15 general/$5 students
featuring Mabel Kwan, piano

John Zorn (b.1953): Forbidden Fruit (1986) for voice, string quartet, and turntables
Frank Zappa (1940-93): G-Spot Tornado (1986/2010) arr. for chamber ensemble by M. Lewanski
Frank Zappa: The Duke of Prunes (1966/2010) arr. for chamber ensemble by A. Wulliman
John Cage (1912-92): The Perilous Night (1943-44) for prepared piano
John Cage: But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of “Papiers froisses” or tearing up paper to make “Papiers dechires” Arp was stimulated by water (sea, lake, and flowing waters like rivers), forests (1985) for percussionists
Alvin Lucier (b.1931): Nothing is Real (Strawberry Fields Forever) (1990) for piano, amplified teapot, tape recorder, and miniature sound system
Sublime: Under My Voodoo (1996/2009) arranged for chamber ensemble by M. Lewanski