Dada + Concert = Good Times in Grand Center
March 10th, 2006Tomorrow night, it’s going to be hoppin’ in Grand Center. Not only does the Contemporary have their Dada Ball, but we have our next concert in the Minimalism and Beyond series. Normally, when a concert is held on a day that we are closed, the musicians can set-up and rehearse the day before. However, tomorrow we are open to the public, so the gallery space has to be clear. Musicians will arrive right after we close, set-up, and go through a dress rehearsal. Right now the piano tuner is here, and I can here him testing each note on the pianos (two pianos to be exact).
Here’s the line-up for tomorrow night:
Donatoni Etwas ruhiger im Ausdruck (1967)
Susanna Self Huppert, Flute
Scott Andrews, Clarinet
Peter Henderson, Piano
Eva Kozma, Violin
Ken Kulosa, Cello
Grisey Vortex temporum (1994-96)
Daria Binkowski, Flute
Scott Andrews, Clarinet
Jim Meyer, Bass Clarinet
Peter Henderson, Piano
Alison Harney, Violin
Kathleen Matthis, Viola
Ken Kulosa, Cello
Two points I learned from the Symphony, that I’m going to try and listen for tomorrow night:
Donatoni named his piece after the eighth bar of Schoenberg’s piano piece Op. 23 No. 2. About this, Donatoni said “One always finds it difficult…to understand what is going on at that point. There is something elusive in those few notes, something which evades what must happen and invites one to think about what can happen.” His piece is a high-speed example of what could have happened in the Schoenberg piece.
Grisey was fascinated by the notion of time, and his piece subtly plays on the idea of the duration of sound. The work swirls with repeated sounds that “metamorphose into different fields of time”.
Interesting. If you’re curious to hear what that sounds like, there are tickets still available by clicking here, or calling 314-534-1700.
