Abstract
A concert with American Music from the 1950’s and from now. A vehement energy and quiet rush of a series of the US’s foremost composers from different generations.
The Remedy of Fortune is composed for Jack Quartet by John Zorn. The music is inspired by medieval music and in particularly by music by Guilaume de Machaut. The music is not typical John Zorn: High energy and varied, but not with the same cartoon swirling fractures as some of his early works. Mouthpiece XXII by Erin Gee were composed for the Arditti Quartet’s 40’s anniversary. The music is a long row of independent thoughts, which follow each other like monolithic blocs. Though, the borders between the blocs are liquid, says the composer. Characteristic blocs of sound that follows linearly after one another is admittedly the immediate experience when one listens to Morton Feldmans Structures. The short quartet must constantly be played as weak as possible, but despite the weak sound level the music is teeming full of figures and events which stands clear and strong. Cenk Ergün’s Sonare finishes the program with a work, which turns up the energy level completely. Sonare is written for Jack Quartet and they unfold like the sound of a bunch of fumigating insects in the beginning of the work. Mid way something happens with the energy. It does not disappear, but becomes minimised to a pure whisper and the music unfolds in the two energetic extremes.
Program
John Zorn (US):
The Remedy of Fortune (2014)
Erin Gee (US):
Mouthpiece XXII (2014)
Morton Feldman (US):
Structures (1951)
Cenk Ergün (US):
Sonare (2016)