Other Minds Festivals ➔ Other Minds Festival: OM 21: Panel Discussion & Concert 3, 11 of 19
Digital Audio
Event Type
Lectures and Panel DiscussionsOrigin
Other MindsIdentifier
OMF.2016.03.06.c1.KProgram Series
Other Minds FestivalProgram Length
104 minPart
11 of 19Dates
| broadcast| 2016-03-06 | created
Description
Other Minds’ 21st Festival of New Music took place at San Francisco’s SFJAZZ Center over the course of two evenings and one afternoon during March 4-6, 2016. The three concerts featured works of ten American and international composers; Lasse Thoresen (NO), Cecilie Ore (NO), Oliver Lake (US), Larry Polansky (US), John Oswald (CA), Nicole Lizée (CA), Phil Kline (US), Michael Gordon (US), and two OM alumini, Gavin Bryars (UK), and Meredith Monk (US).The third and final concert was dedicated entirely to the work of Meredith Monk (OM 1) and featured memorable performances by Monk herself and her vocal ensemble with Katie Geissinger, Allison Sniffin and Bohdan Hilash.
Concert 3: Sunday, March 6, 2016
The Soul’s Messenger: Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble
I. Music for Unaccompanied Voice
Composed and performed by Meredith Monk
Selections from Juice (1969), Songs from the Hill (1977), and Light Songs (1988)
II. Music for Voice and Piano
Composed and performed by Meredith Monk
Gotham Lullaby (1975), Travelling (1973), and Madwoman’s Vision (1988)
III. Music for Voice, Keyboard and Woodwinds
Composed by Meredith Monk
Choosing Companions, from ATLAS: an opera in three parts (1991)
Meredith Monk, Katie Geissinger, and Allison Sniffin
Hips Dance, from Volcano Songs: Duets (1993)
Meredith Monk and Katie Geissinger
Hocket, from Facing North (1990)
Meredith Monk and Katie Geissinger
Intermission
Prayer I, from The Politics Of Quiet (1996)
Allison Sniffin
Scared Song (1986)
Meredith Monk and Allison Sniffin
epilogue and woman at the door, from mercy (2001)
Katie Geissinger, Meredith Monk, Allison Sniffin, and Bohdan Hilash
clusters 3, from Songs of Ascension (2008)
Bohdan Hilash
Panda Chant I and Memory Song, from The Games (1984)
masks, from mercy (2001)
between song, from impermanence (2004/2006)
Katie Geissinger, Bohdan Hilash, Meredith Monk and Allison Sniffin
* Bonus
the tale, from Education of the Girl Child
[Notes taken from printed program]
Subjects
AnnouncementsRelated Event
Other Minds Festival 21Related place
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Related Entities
Other Minds FestivalAmirkhanian, Charles
Todd, Blaine