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SUMMARY:Vicki Ray - Frozen Improvisations
DESCRIPTION:This recital explores Stravinsky’s famous quotation “All composition is frozen\nimprovisation.” Three of the works – Schnittke\, Poulenc and Bartok are called\n“improvisations” but are completely notated. So if those pieces are totally frozen\nwhat about pieces that are only partly so? Graphic works – (Smith) and pieces\nindicated by a set of verbal directions (Budd) are partly frozen in that some\naspects are determined and some not. And if one plays a transcription of an\nimprovised solo (Taylor) is that a composition or an improvisation? Then there\nare other classical titles for works that are essentially written out improvisations:\nFantasias (Deyoe) Impromptus (Kagel) and Capriccios (Ligeti) Finally the concert\nalso includes a real-time improvisation/conversation between the pianist and a\ncomputer program in which the players sightreading accuracy gives birth to how\nthe piece composes itself: Blue Sky Catastrophe: \nBlue Sky Catastrophe for piano\, live computer processing\, and spatial sound\, is\nbased on performer-driven generative musical processes. Musical phrases are\nalgorithmically generated live by the computer and the performer is asked to\nsight read them. The computer then assesses the performance and generates\nthe next phrase of music for the pianist – either more or less difficult based on\nthe pianist’s performance. The pianist is asked to read the music accurately while\nalso being given latitude to influence the computer’s musical decisions and pace.\nTherefore\, the score of the work is entirely performer-driven\, different in every performance. \nThe computer is set up to react not only to accuracy but also to\naspects of the playing that will control live generated electronics such as\nharmonic attractors and spatialization. The performer and computer are engaged\nin a feedback loop that explores degrees of stability\, periodicity\, non-periodicity\,\nmirco-tuning\, and quirky\, chaotic potential. \nPROGRAM\nAlfred Schnittke – Improvisation und Fuge (1965)\nWadada Leo Smith – Majestic (1995)\nFrancis Poulenc – Improvisations op. 15 (1932-59)\nHarold Budd – Piano Piece/Memories Returning (1967)\nMartin Herman/Seth Shafer – Blue Sky Catastrophe (2020)* \nINTERMISSION \nNicholas Deyoe – Fantasia (2005)\nMauricio Kagel – Impromptu (À deux mains) (1995)\nGyorgy Ligeti – Capriccio #2 (1947)\nCecil Taylor (trans. Kaja Draksler) – Life as….(1999)\nBéla Bartók – Improvisations op. 20 (1920) \n*denotes World Premiere \nSupported by the Department of Cultural Affairs\, City of Los Angeles; the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture.
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/vicki-ray-frozen-improvisations/
LOCATION:Zipper Concert Hall\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, CA\, 90012\, United States
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