(The basic dynamic in personalized networks of influence; a central idea in Chinese society.) We wrapped up a wonderful couple of weeks at team 3A last week with a performance of Crumb’s Black Angels for the talented students at the Vancouver School for Arts and Academics. What great students, with great questions….. We are so [...]
Categories: Asian Music Now,China journey,Ghost Opera Black Angels 2010,Uncategorized
String Quartet no. 11, Op. 200 by Tomas Svoboda Where is it written that a string quartet must play together, creating a rich homogeneous string sound? In this quartet the violist stands out for several reasons. The part is quite exposed, it is thematically different, and it requires the other players to follow its lead. [...]
Categories: Ghost Opera Black Angels 2010,Uncategorized
We had the pleasure of working with George Crumb on Black Angels several years ago at the Oregon Composers Symposium in Eugene. While there were the obvious questions about how to execute the challenging technique, how to pace the work, etc, I took the opportunity to ask George about the page in the score that [...]
Categories: Ghost Opera Black Angels 2010
The final piece on our November program is Ghost Opera by Tan Dun. Composed in 1994, Ghost Opera was the first piece of Tan Dun’s that I’d ever heard, coming across it while researching a Chinese music concert. Ritual, history, mythology, all presented in a work that uses minimal forces (quartet plus pipa) to evoke [...]
Categories: Ghost Opera Black Angels 2010
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