Relâche Collection ➔ New Music America: 1987: Concert No. 17, Pauline Oliveros, Pt. 3 of 3
Digital Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
RelàcheIdentifier
NMA.1987.10.11.1.c1.CProgram Length
74 minPart
3 of 3Dates
1987-10-11 | createdDescription
The 1987 New Music America Festival was held in Philadelphia during the first two weeks in October. Produced by the local ensemble Relâche, this 10 day extravaganza of adventurous musical programing featured over 20 concerts, lectures, and sound installations.The Festival’s seventeenth and final concert featured works by Daniel Goode, Frederic Rzewski, and Pauline Oliveros.
THE WELL (Pauline Oliveros)
This work began in September, 1982 as an ongoing collaboration with Deborah Hay. It was developed with Relâche at the Yellow Springs Institute in 1983. Its three movements are based on three hexagrams from the I-Ching used to derive pitch materials and other parameters. The first movement is an accordion solo, and the other movements allow for controlled improvisations by the players. Performed by the composer, guest artists, and Relâche.
This concert was held at the Port of History Museum, on October 11, 1987. The recording was provided to Other Minds by Joseph Franklin who directed the 1987 New Music America Festival, and Werner Strobel who digitized the original tape recordings.
Genres
New musicChamber music
Musical Selections
The Well (23:15) / Pauline OliverosPerformers
Pauline Oliveros, accordionMalcolm Goldstein, violin
Stuart Dempster, trombone
Mary Jane Leach, bass clarinet
Relâche
Barbara Noska, soprano
Laurel Wyckoff, flute
Wesley Hall, clarinet
John Dulik, keyboards
Marshall Taylor, soprano saxophone
Stephen Marcucci, saxophone
Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Chuck Holdeman, bassoon
Flossie Ierardi, percussion
Diane Monroe, violin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Subjects
Chamber music--20th centuryAccordion with instrumental ensemble
Related Event
New Music America '87 (Philadelphia)Related place
Port of History Museum (was recorded at)Related Entities
Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016Dempster, Stuart
Goldstein, Malcolm, 1936-
Leach, Mary Jane
Relâche (Musical group)
Noska, Barbara
Wyckoff, Laurel
Hall, Wesley
Dulik, John
Taylor, Marshall
Marcucci, Stephen
Klucevsek, Guy
Holdeman, Charles
Ierardi, Florence
Monroe, Diane
Hamelin, Marc-André, 1961-
New Music America (Festival)