12/9/08 – The premiere of my new piece “For Tesla” at 7:00pm in Nordica Auditorium
-The piece consists of a violin and cello flashing between themes and ideas like the constant revolving windows of commercial and programs on television and radio, while my laptop samples sounds, first of the violent birth of electricity, and then evolving to the loud everyday roar that makes our modern lives what they are today.
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May 3, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Hi Seth,
Just stumbled upon your blog while I was looking for an “official” review of the PSO’s Latin weekend last week. I drove up from Boston (Salem, actually)—it’s rare to find a completely Latin American program and they wonderful.
I was totally impressed when Moody said that he had conducted Danzon No. 2 when he auditioned for the M. Directorship last year. It is a piece that deserves much wider exposure in the U.S. and the PSO did a great job with it.
Your analysis of the Rumba is right on. Each group played wonderfully, but I wasn’t always sure that they were playing “together”. I went backstage to ask the composer what happens to the piece when Tiempo Libre isn’t around? Can other groups approximate their sound? In any event he never came out, so I left frustrated…..
I am in the process of designing a music/Latin blog….. stay tuned!