REDCAT Theater in Disney Hall 631 W. Second St. Los Angeles
$25/$20 students & seniors
REDCAT box office 213/237-2800 www.redcat.org
New! Click here to hear Partch perform Castor.
The 2008 Festival of Microtonal Music
@ REDCAT
Friday/Saturday May 30/31 8:30 pm
$15 CalArts students/faculty/staff
Click here to hear Partch perform Pollux.
| Outfitted with a fantastic array of Harry PartchÕs custom-built microtonal instruments, the ensemble directed by John Schneider performs the composerÕs complete score of Plectra and Perscussion Dances: Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theater -- played live for the first time since the workÕs premiere was broadcast on radio in 1953. The hourlong triptych comprises "Castor and Pollux -- A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini,Ó ÒRing Around the Moon -- A Dance Fantasm for Here and Now,Ó and ÒEven Wild Horses -- A Dance for an Absent Drama,Ó with the final segment featuring African and Latin American polyrhythms and settings of RimbaudÕs "A Season in Hell," sung in French with supertitles. The performance also includes PartchÕs own introduction to the piece, as heard on Pacifica radio in 1953. |
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"Weird and wonderful sonorities, truly unlike anything else on Earth or any neighboring celestial body." — LA Weekly "Performances lyrical and theatrical, emphasized the musical side of a composer too often known for his quirkiness" — Los Angeles Times |
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