Friday, October 20th, ISSUE presents a public performance celebrating the work of pioneering French composer Éliane Radigue, presented as a part of The Austrian Cultural Forum’s Moving Sounds Festival. The evening spans her acoustic and electronic compositions and features the world premiere of OCCAM RIVER XVI.
Clarinetist Carol Robinson and trumpeter Nate Wooley give American and World Premieres of new works by iconoclastic French composers Denis Dufour and Eliane Radigue. Radigue's "Occam" pieces are part of a substantial set of new works composed with a small group of the world’s finest contemporary musical voices.
Carol Robinson and Frances-Marie Uitti speak with composer Annie Gosfield about their many years of collaborations. Both composers themselves, the pair have worked extensively on new works and techniques that have expanded the fields of their respective instruments through electronics.
Clarinetist Carol Robinson and cellist Frances-Marie Uitti have worked in parallel for years, originating from their work with Giacinto Scelsi. Together they are spectacular colorists; two bows, birbyne, string resonators, basset horn, in improvisations and compositions using naked sound and electronics.
Clarinetist Carol Robinson and cellist Frances-Marie Uitti give a free lecture with music examples, a demonstration of their pioneering techniques that have expanded the fields of their respective instruments. "Composing with Random Generators" is led by Robinson, and "Strips, Tubes and Code", by Uitti.
Clarinetist Carol Robinson and cellist Frances-Marie Uitti are joined by Nate Wooley (trumpet) and Satoshi Takeishi (percussion) for a series of improvisations.
Clarinetist Carol Robinson and cellist Frances-Marie Uitti have worked in parallel for years, originating from their work with Giacinto Scelsi. US Premieres by Robinson/Uitti, Eliane Radigue, Giacinto Scelsi, and Annie Gosfield open this two-night residency, plus a solo cello work by Jonathan Harvey.
Eliane Radigue introduces the New York premiere of her 2009 acoustic composition Naldjorlak, a two and a half hour work in three movements. Performed by Charles Curtis, Carol Robinson, and Bruno Martinez .
The second performance and NYC premiere of Pauline Oliveros’ 1998 "Primordial/Lift," featuring Oliveros and performers from the original studio recording: Andrew Deutsch, Anne Bourne & David Grubbs. Followed by Robinson's "Billows," a twelve-section piece for basset horn and a reactive electronic environment.