08-12-2017, 10:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2023, 01:34 PM by Drunk Monk.)
Tributes 2 8/12/17 SC Civic
Stacy has been going to this since we moved back here but this was my first time. 4 pieces - all world premieres.
Moby Dick - excerpts from the opera reworked into a symphonic collage. Echoes of Glass, Ives & Horner. Accessible like a soundtrack. The trumpeter removed his mouthpiece to make blow hole sounds. My fav of the night. Moby Dick always reminds me of KB because he luved it so.
La Heine - interpretation of a film I've not seen. Sounded like bug music to me. I imagined those mosquitoes at Sunrise in Yosemite listen to concerts like this. Included lots of dissonant sounds like bowing styrofoam and drumming pillows. Lots of work for the percussionists. The program notes said it was based on well dressed snakes watching a ballet in lime jello so I wasn't too far off.
Field Guide - collage based on sound samples gathered while hiking by a cute blonde 26 year old composer in a nice tie dye dress. More bug music but it reached a climactic crescendo. Liked the previous piece better tho.
Prisoner - ode to a Guantanamo inmate named Latif, held for 10+ years, who died there (autopsy is classified). Quotes from his letter were sung by an opera baritone. Dreary. I started to nod off, despite a lovely nap I had this afternoon while trying to get netflix to work (Stacy told me later that she cut us back to single user to save some money). Wasn't into prisoner. Preferred Moby or more bug music.
There was free cake and champagne after as this was the end of the festival. We couldn't eat cake (diabetes or gluten) but we enjoyed the champagne.
Stacy has been going to this since we moved back here but this was my first time. 4 pieces - all world premieres.
Moby Dick - excerpts from the opera reworked into a symphonic collage. Echoes of Glass, Ives & Horner. Accessible like a soundtrack. The trumpeter removed his mouthpiece to make blow hole sounds. My fav of the night. Moby Dick always reminds me of KB because he luved it so.
La Heine - interpretation of a film I've not seen. Sounded like bug music to me. I imagined those mosquitoes at Sunrise in Yosemite listen to concerts like this. Included lots of dissonant sounds like bowing styrofoam and drumming pillows. Lots of work for the percussionists. The program notes said it was based on well dressed snakes watching a ballet in lime jello so I wasn't too far off.
Field Guide - collage based on sound samples gathered while hiking by a cute blonde 26 year old composer in a nice tie dye dress. More bug music but it reached a climactic crescendo. Liked the previous piece better tho.
Prisoner - ode to a Guantanamo inmate named Latif, held for 10+ years, who died there (autopsy is classified). Quotes from his letter were sung by an opera baritone. Dreary. I started to nod off, despite a lovely nap I had this afternoon while trying to get netflix to work (Stacy told me later that she cut us back to single user to save some money). Wasn't into prisoner. Preferred Moby or more bug music.
There was free cake and champagne after as this was the end of the festival. We couldn't eat cake (diabetes or gluten) but we enjoyed the champagne.
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