Charles Amirkhanian Collection ➔ Composer-to-Composer Festival: Concert One (July 13, 1990)

Digital Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

C Amirkhanian

Identifier

CTC.1990.07.13.1

Program Series

Composer-to-Composer Festival

Program Length

109 min

Part

1 of 9

Dates

1990-07-13 | created

Description

The first concert of the 1990 Composer to Composer Festival began with announcements by the festival’s directors, Charles Amirkhanian and John Lifton. They address some of the changes to the program including the need to address social issues, making the topic of censorship a focus in the upcoming discussions.

The festival's participating artists (July 13-15, 1990) were: Geri Allen, Laurie Anderson, Henry Brant, Hugh Davies, Ge Gan-Ru, Robert Morris, Pauline Oliveros, Larry Polansky, Roger Reynolds, I Wayan Sadra, Leo Smith, Gerhard Stäbler, and James Tenney.

The concert begins with Gloria Cheng performing "Gu Yue" by Ge Gan-ru. Robert Morris then premieres his quadrophonic tape piece, "Four or Five Mirrors". The first half of concert ends with Geri Allen performing "Three Solo Works" on piano.

The second half begins with Charles Amirkhanian's piece for stereo tape and komungo, "Vers les Anges". Pauline Olivero's "The Truth is Beautiful No Matter How Ugly It Is: A Musical Exchange" features fellow festival artists Wadada Leo Smith and I Wayan Sadra performing with Oliveros. The concert concludes with I Wayan Sadra's "Daily", featuring Jody Diamond and Larry Polansky, as well as Sadra himself on suling.

Genres

New music
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
Jazz
World music

Musical Selections

Gu Yue (Ancient Music, 1986) (17:35) / Ge Gan-ru -- Four or Five Mirrors (1990) [World premiere] (14:50) / Robert Morris -- Three Solo Works (1990) (7:20, 3:43, 4:28) / Geri Allen -- Vers les Anges (1990) [Concert premiere] (6:05) / Charles Amirkhanian -- The Truth is Beautiful No Matter How Ugly It Is: A Musical Exchange [World permiere] (24:00) / Pauline Oliveros -- Daily (1990 ) (10:00) / I Wayan Sadra

Performers

Gloria Cheng, piano (Gu Yue)
Geri Allen, piano (Three Solo Works)
Jin Hi Kim, komungo (Vers les Anges)
Pauline Oliveros, accordion (The Truth Is...)
Wadada Leo Smith, multi-instruments
I Wayan Sadra, Indonesian flutes (The Truth Is...); suling (Daily)
Jody Diamond, voice and percussion (Daily)
Larry Polansky, voice, mandolin, percussion (Daily)

Subjects

Concerts
Piano music
World music
Improvisation (Music)

Related Event

Composer-to-Composer Festival, 1990

Related place

Telluride (Colo.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Lifton, John
Sadra, I Wayan
Polansky, Larry, 1954-
Diamond, Jody
Ge, Gan-Ru, 1954-
Cheng, Gloria
Morris, Robert, 1943-
Allen, Geri
Kim, Jin Hi
Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016
Smith, Wadada Leo, 1941-
Gamper, David, 1945-
Composer-to-Composer Festival