Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Other Minds. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description
Third concert of the 9th Other Minds Festival. March 7, 2003. 8:00pm. Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco, CA. 1. Artist forum before third concert of the 9th Other Minds Festival. March 7, 2003. 7:00pm. Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco, CA. Daniel Lentz, Jack Body, William Parker, Sarah Cahill. Moderated by Charles Amirkhanian. 2. Concert One, First half: Daniel Lentz Daniel Lentz: Cafe Desire (2002) (West Coast Premiere) Cafe Desire is a theatrical expression of the union of love, music and beauty. It received its world premiere in November of 2002 in Tempe, Arizona with the Phoenix Bach Choir. Cafe Desire is scored for mixed "cafe" choir (also playing wine glasses), "maitre'd" (conductor), solo lounge piano and bar with six patrons (percussionists playing wine glasses with mallets), strolling violin, one male and one female "karaoke" singer, accompanied by two MIDI Keyboards and a "virtual" (or "actual") orchestra. Each of the singers/glass players have two wine glasses at their disposal. The entire array of glasses covers a four-octave range. The stage is divided into three sections: piano bar, cafe and karaoke club. Stage right is the piano bar, containing a grand piano and a bar seating six patrons/percussionists who play the wine glasses with small mallets. Center stage is the cafe, containing six cafe tables each seating four singers who each play two wine glasses. Stage left is the karaoke club featuring two solo singers (one male soprano and one female baritone), two MIDI keyboardists, and the virtual orchestra (including bagpipe, harmonica, conch shell, and other instruments). Initially, the lyrics for the two solo voices are drawn from typical and popular songs favored by karaoke bars and singers. As the piece progresses, the lyrics gradually transform into excerpts from the real love letters and correspondence of famous and not-so-famous lovers throughout the ages. Linda Childs, Britt Quentin, vocals; Bradford Ellis keyboards; Sarah Cahill, piano; James Sitterly, violin; Heather Vorwerck, Terri Schmit, Susan Griffin and Cliff Reilly, percussion; Phoenix Bach Choir; Other Minds Ensemble -- Laurie Amat, Dina Emerson, Erin Easter, David Graves, Tom Heasley, Robert Kilman, Polly Moller, Anna Newman, Rob Pumpley, Zeppi Salerno, D. Asa Stern, Julie Vaquilar, Scott Westervelt and Katrina Wreede; Jeffery Kennedy, conductor. Intermission Pamela Wunderlich will be appearing tonight as et pied a terre and Jump for Joseph Beuys in Japan. 3. Second half, Pt. 1 with Jack Body: Jack Body: Sarajevo for piano (1996) (U.S Premiere) This work was written at the invitation of the New Zealand pianist Michael Houstoun, who premiered it at the 1996 International Festival of Arts in Wellington. Sarajevo is a reflection on the horrors and futility of the Bosnian war and was partly inspired by my seeing Emir Kusturica's film "Underground." The film exposes the war's cruel manipulation of ethnic, religious, and nationalistic sentiments. The first movement, called "Remembering...imperfectly," is based on the idea of "selective memory," how the past is often recollected selectively to suit one's present imperatives. I have created a quasi-folksong (played with the right-hand thumb) with a kind of plucked instrument accompaniment. The melody re-cycles round and round, always in fragmentary form, each time with different sections "erased." Flourishes and ppp staccato chords provide a background, sometimes beautiful, sometimes ominous. The movement is static, time suspended before the storm. The second movement's title, "Totentanz," is the dance of death, evoking a genre popular in medieval poetry, painting, and music that depicts Death dancing with its prospective victim. It also conjures up the grotesque and violent fury that inspires young men to kill and be killed in war. Liszt wrote a Totentanz for piano and orchestra, but I also had in mind the fourth of Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death as well as Durer's vivid print of The Knight, Death, and the Devil. The last movement, "Lachrymae," is a lament, but like much of the traditional music of the Balkans, without self-pity, as much in anger as sorrow. Remembering...imperfectly Totentanz Lachrymae Sarah Cahill, piano Three Sentimental Songs for piano and percussion trio (2000-01) (Word Premiere) This set for piano and percussion trio is among a number of arrangements of old songs I have made, chosen from an old "community song book" that was used in our home when I was a child, with my grandmother singing and myself playing the piano. (The other sets are scored for piano solo, voice and piano, and voice and ensemble). Perhaps there always comes a time in one's life when one can no longer resist the power of nostalgia and sentimentality...but in submitting to it, we can discover a beauty and freshness that was not previously apparent... The songs are 1. Daisy Bell 2. All through the Night 3. Little Brown Jug Sarah Cahill, piano; The Other Minds Ensemble- Joel Davel, Chris Froh and Ward Spangler, percussion 3. Second half, Pt. 2 with William Parker: William Parker: Spirit Catcher for four musicians and tape (2003) (World Premiere) Spirit Catcher, for four musicians and tape, combines free improvisation with spoken word and pre-recorded sounds. Among Parker's instruments for this piece is the dilruba, an Indian bowed instrument with four metal strings and 2 sympathetic strings, frets like a sitar's, and a bridge running over a goat skin; and the sentir, or Moroccan bass, along with several double reed instruments. Parker is joined by notable Bay Area improvisers Oluyemi Thomas, Doctor E. Pelikan Chalto and Barbara Sandidge. William Parker, double reeds, dilruba, sentir (a Moroccan bass); Oluyemi Thomas, c melody saxophone, bass clarinet, double reeds; Doctor E. Pelikan Chalto, recorders, whistles and flutes; Barbara Sandidge, flugelhorn. Container of Tape 1: OM9 Forum - Lentz, Body; 9; Forum #3. Tape 1: OM9 Forum 3/7/2003. Container of Tape 2: OM9 Lentz - Cafe Desire; 10. Container of Tape 3: OM9 - Jack Body; 11. Container of Tape 4: OM9 - William Packer; 12.
Type
moving image
Format
Original recording Sound Mono; Stereo Color MiniDV
Composers Discussions Festivals Improvisation (Music) Jazz Music Music theatre Percussion and piano music Piano music Other Minds Festival
Time Period
3/7/03
Place
San Francisco (Calif.)
Provenance
Other Minds Archive California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.
Share your story
Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.
