Thursday,
December 30, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Lincoln Unitarian Church, 63rd and A St.
Lincoln, NE
Adults: $10, Students: $5, Children 12 and Under: Free
On the concert
is: Mario Lavista: "Responsorio
in memoriam Rodolfo Galffter" for Bassoon and Percussion (1988).
Mexican composer Lavista created this work as a moving eulogy for
his composition instructor. The bassoonist plays a mournful melody
(reminiscent of the opening of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring) while
heavy drum beats depict a funeral procession in a Mexican village, and chimes
represent the tolling of church bells. Very sad and very beautiful.
Karen talks
some about the work here.
Terry
Riley: "In C". Written way
back in 1964 (a generation ago, new music-wise), this work jump-started
the Minimalist movement of the late 20th Century. The mesmorizing and
harmonic work consists of 53 melodic fragments, in the key of C, that any
number of musicians - playing any instruments - perform at roughly the same
time, yet proceding individually. Kind of like a 10K race, with all
the participants averaging 7-minute miles (the work is approximately 45
minutes long). Click
here to view the actual score, as well as Riley's performance instructions.
Joe Holmquist is working on a midi-enhanced version for us; the future of music is being created today,
literally. Some additional notes on the piece here.
Also, Dec 24th's Lincoln Journal-Star Ground Zero article by Jeff
Korbelik is linked here for a couple of weeks, and then here.