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American Mavericks |
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Nov 11, 2008
8:00PM |
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Finney Chapel |
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Oberlin, OH |
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Steve Reich Cello Counterpoint (2003)
Frederic Rzewski Knight, Death and the Devil (2008) WORLD PREMIERE
Rzewski Les Moutons de Panurge (1968)
Reich Double Sextet (2007) WORLD PREMIERE OF LIVE VERSION
Grammy-winning ensemble eighth blackbird joins forces with Oberlin College’s renowned Contemporary Music Ensemble to form an unconducted “super-group” in important world premieres by two legendary American mavericks. Commissioned for this collaboration, Fred Rzewski’s Knight, Death and the Devil, inspired by Dürer’s haunting engraving of the same name, is a bizarre fantasia on songs associated with war. Steve Reich’s engaging, funky Double Sextet will receive its first performance in a version for twelve live musicians. eighth blackbird will walk Rzewski’s grueling musical tightrope, Les Moutons de Panurge, and two Oberlin students will present their moving, unique multimedia interpretation of Reich’s Cello Counterpoint. |
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