Charles Amirkhanian Collection ➔ Composer-to-Composer Festival: Concert One (July 11, 1991)

Digital Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

C Amirkhanian

Identifier

CTC.1991.07.11.1

Program Series

Composer-to-Composer Festival

Program Length

85 min

Dates

1991-07-11 | created

Description

The first concert of the 1991 Composer-to-Composer festival on July 11th took a last minute turn in programming; The opening concert was to feature PianoDuo performing several works, but one of the musicians suffered a hand injury so the actual program is not what is reflected in the festival's program guide. The PianoDuo concert was rescheduled for that Sunday (July 14th), to replace the video screenings.

The concert begins with the Relâche Ensemble performing "Amazed with Grace" by Thomas Albert followed by an improvisation for solo saxophone by Fred Ho (?) and another piece with Ho and members of Relâche.

Tom Zé performs two works, and the audience is given an interpretation of the lyrics for both, before the last piece "Tatuarambá". Zakir Hussain then takes the stage for a solo tabla performance and after some remarks and tuning, plays as a trio with guitarist Paul Dresher and bassist Douglas Rapp.

Genres

Chamber music
World music
Free improvisation

Musical Selections

Amazed with Grace (1979) (8:25) / Thomas Albert -- Improvised solo for saxophone (11:20) / Unidentified -- Unidentified work for saxophone, oboe and clarinet (5:12) -- O Riso e a Faca (The smile and the knife) (1990) (2:50) -- Tatuarambá [U.S. premiere] (1979) (4:43) / Tom Zé -- Improvisation for solo tabla (16:40) / Zakir Hussain -- Improvisation for tabla, bass, and guitar (13:05) / Zakir Hussain, Paul Dresher, and Douglas Mapp

Performers

Relâche (Amazed with Grace)
Tom Zé, guitar and vocals (O Riso e a Faca; Tatuarambá)
Steven Sachs, flute (O Riso e a Faca)
Zakir Hussain, tabla (Improvisations)
Paul Dresher, electric guitar (Improvisation with tabla and bass)
Douglas Mapp, electric bass (Improvisation with tabla and bass)

Subjects

Music festivals
Music -- Brazil
Tabla music
Chamber music--20th century

Related Event

Composer-to-Composer Festival, 1991

Related place

Telluride (Colo.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Relâche (Musical group)
Hussain, Zakir, 1951-
Zé, Tom, 1936-
Dresher, Paul
Mapp, Douglas