Other Minds Special Programs ➔ Other Minds Presents: Solo for Voice 58: 18 Microtonal Ragas, 3 of 4
Digital Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
Other MindsIdentifier
OMP.2007.11.02.c1.CProgram Series
Other Minds PresentsProgram Length
72 minPart
3 of 4Dates
| broadcast| 2007-11-02 | created
Description
Nearly forty years after John Cage composed, “Solo for Voice 58”, an indeterminate work consisting of 18 separate parts, it finds its ideal interpreter in Italian-born dhrupad singer Amelia Cuni. The first performer to prepare the full 18 microtonal ragas for a major performance, Cuni executes microtonal melodies in five different languages with stunning ease. On November 2, 2007, Other Minds, presented the American premiere of this iconoclastic interpretation at a concert in Berkeley California. Two basic concepts are embodied in Cuni’s realization of the complete “Solo for Voice 58”: the meaning of raga, which is “to color the mind”, and chance operations, a favorite tool of John Cage. Following Cage’s own instructions, other selections from his “Song Books” (1970) have been integrated and superimposed as part of the “18 Microtonal Ragas”Genres
New musicMicrotonal music
Musical Selections
Solo for Voice 58: 18 Microtonal Ragas [part 3: from “Song Books”] (1970 (14:39) / John Cagedetailed listing: Raga 6 [text randomly selected from Amelia Cuni’s repertoire] ; Raga 9, [text from a selection of words from “Solo for Voice 12 representing Sanskrit names for mythical beings in the Hindi pantheon] ; Raga 2 [text from “Rhein in Basel” by Amelia Cuni]
Performers
Amelia Cuni, dhrupad vocalsWerner Durand, drones & electronics
Raymond Kaczynski, percussion
Federico Sanesi, percussion
Subjects
New musicMicrotonal music
Vocalises
Songs with electronics
Songs with percussion
Aleatory music
Related Event
Other Minds Presents: Solo for Voice 58: 18 Microtonal RagasRelated place
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Related Entities
Other Minds (Organization)Cage, John
Cuni, Amelia
Durand, Werner
Kaczynski, Raymond
Sanesi, Federico