NYC Calendar: October 18-31, 2012

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18th,

6:30 Erik Friedlander

VENUE:  The Jewish Museum

DETAILS: Cellist Erik Friedlander, composer, improviser and veteran of NYC’s downtown music scene, responds to the medieval manuscripts in the exhibition Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries with a solo cello performance in the galleries. Stools will be provided on a first come-first served basis.

ADMISSION: free with museum admission

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18th,

8:00 Ashley Paul – sax, clarinet, voice; Anthony Coleman – piano, organ; Sean Conly – bass and Satoshi Takeishi – drums, percussion

VENUE:  barbes

DETAILS: The Damaged Quartet was formed in 2010 to play Anthony Coleman’s multi – movement work Damaged by Sunlight. Now, for the first time since that series of performances they return with another mega – opus. Cox`x`me and find out which kind of damage will be addressed this time!

ADMISSION: $10

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21st,

8:30 CARNATIC SUNDAYS: SNEHASISH MOZUMDER, mandolin

VENUE:   Cornelia Street Cafe

DETAILS: Snehasish Mozumder, an exploratory string virtuoso, expands the boundaries of the mandolin instrument. A classically indian and jazz fusion, Snehasish Mozumder’s double-neck mandolin is at the center of the band SOM. Here with his band SOM he teams up with some great New York jazz instrumentalists to produce a new synthesis that swings like jazz and floats like Indian music. A highlight of Snehasish’s career includes sharing the stage with musicians such as Eric Clapton while in Ravi Shankar’s Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall Concert for George Harrsion in 2002. A true virtuoso, Snehashish is a leading exponent of the next generation of Indian classical musicians, exploring world music at the highest level.

ADMISSION: $10 cover plus $10 minimum

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22nd,

8:00 The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble

VENUE:  Carnegie hall

DETAILS: The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Joseph Kubera and Ursula Oppens, Piano
Petr Kotik, Conductor

CAGE Atlas Eclipticalis and Winter Music (performed simultaneously)
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY Shuffle
http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2012/10/22/0800/PM/S-E-M-Ensemble/

ADMISSION: $25/$10

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25th,

8:00 Guy Klucevsek, accordion

VENUE:  Roulette

DETAILS: http://roulette.org/events/guy-klucevsek/

ADMISSION: $15/$10

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27th,

6:30 Norte Maar: Cage on Vinyl on Marley

VENUE:  national academy

DETAILS: As part of its Cage Transmitted series Brooklyn-based collaborative Norte Maar presents Cage on Vinyl on Marley, a durational dance event feature renowned dancers and dance companies selecting and dancing to records of music by John Cage.

http://www.nationalacademy.org/art-museum/public-programs/

ADMISSION: $17/$11.50

TUESDAY, October 30th (CANCELLED),

7.30 ALL-STOCKHAUSEN PROGRAM at White Light Festival

VENUE: Alice Tully Hall

DETAILS:

  • Analog Arts
  • Stuart Gerber, percussion
  • Joe Drew, sound projection
  • ALL-STOCKHAUSEN PROGRAM
  • Friday Greeting* (New York premiere)
  • Heaven’s Door (New York premiere)
  • Cosmic Pulses
  • Friday Farewell* (U.S. premiere)

Part live performance, part sound installation, this evening is an exploration of the mind-opening music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, one of the most controversial composers of the 20th century. Before the performance, a powerful, absorbing re-creation of Friday Greeting erases the stimuli of the outside world. And onstage, a percussionist performs the allegorical Heaven’s Door, followed by Stockhausen’s mesmerizing and rarely heard Cosmic Pulses, his final electronic piece.

*Friday Greeting begins at 6:45 in the Alice Tully Hall lobby, and Friday Farewell will begin in the lobby immediately following Cosmic Pulses.

http://www.whitelightfestival.org/cosmic-pulses

ADMISSION: $10-$60

NYC Calendar: October 1-15, 2012

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3rd,
8:00 Causing a Tiger


VENUE:  The Stone
DETAILS: Carla Kihlstedt (voice, electronics) Shahzad Ismaily (tenor guitar) Matthias Bossi (drums, percussion)

ADMISSION: $10

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4th,
8:00 Willem Breuker Kollektief

VENUE:  shapeshifter lab
DETAILS: This will be the final tour for The Willem Breuker Kollektief.

http://www.shapeshifterlab.com/portfolio/oct-4-willem-breuker-kollektief-final-tour/

ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5th,

Margaret Leng Tan, 6:30

VENUE:  national academy

DETAILS:   John Cage’s Suite for Toy Piano, 4’33”, 0’00” and her multiple-toy piano version of one of his final works, Extended Lullaby for music boxes. Ms. Tan will also share her thoughts on Cage with curator Marshall Price.

http://www.nationalacademy.org/art-museum/public-programs/

Margaret Leng Tan’s interpretation of Cage’s 0’00″ “In a situation provided with maximum amplification (no feedback), perform a disciplined action, with any interruptions, fulfilling in whole, or in part, an obligation to others”.

ADMISSION: $10-$15

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6th,

Musica Elettronica Viva, 8:00

VENUE:  The Kitchen

DETAILS: Alvin Curran, Frederic Rzewski, and Richard Teitelbaum.

http://www.thekitchen.org/event/331/0/1/

ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9th,

[Ear Heart Music presents] RED LIGHT NEW MUSIC: Laughing (Still): The Satie-Cage Connection

8:00

VENUE:  Roulette

DETAILS:

John Cage · Chess Pieces†
Gérard Grisey · Solo pour deux
Scott Wollschleger · Larval Soup
Vincent Raikhel · Afternoon, Alpine Lake · Dune Shadow
Christian Wolff · Nocturne for John
Erik Satie · Sports et Divertissements (selections)π · Descriptions Automatiquesπ ·La Belle Excentriqueπ · High Society Cancan

http://roulette.org/events/ear-heart-music-red-light-new-music-the-satie-cage-connection/

ADMISSION: $10-$15

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10th,

Swans, 10:00

VENUE:  The Bowery Ballroom

DETAILS: http://www.boweryballroom.com/event/136353/

ADMISSION: $32 advance / $35 day of show

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11th,

Levy Lorenzo and Adam Cuthbért, 8:00

VENUE:  the firehouse space

DETAILS:

Levy Lorenzo creates a new musical language that evolves the definition of the word “instrument.”  Yes, Levy uses teacups as electronic instruments — see what else he’s bringing to Firehouse in this unique set. 

www.levylorenzo.com

http://thefirehousespace.org/event/michael-lowenstern-curates-2/

ADMISSION: $10

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13th,

Mivos Quartet, 8:00

VENUE:  DiMenna Center

​DETAILS:

Wolfgang Rihm – Quartettstudie

John Cage – String Quartet in Four Parts

Helmut Lachenmann – String Quartet No. 3, “Grido”

https://www.artful.ly/store/events/480

Admission: $10

NYC Calendar: September 16-30, 2012

WESDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th,
8:00 Nate Wooley + Mazen Kerbaj
VENUE: Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St, Brooklyn
DETAILS:
http://issueprojectroom.org/drupal/event/nate-wooley-mazen-kerbaj
ADMISSION: $8-10

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th,
8:00 Composer Portraits – John Cage
VENUE: Miller Theatre, Columbia U
DETAILS:
http://www.millertheatre.com/Events/EventDetails.aspx?nid=1528
ADMISSION: $25-$30

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st,
8:00 Erik Friedlander
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $10


THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th,
8:00 New Songs by Andy Laster
10:00 Anthony Coleman
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: New Songs by Andy Laster for mixed ensembles with text by D. Nurkse, Samuel Beckett and Samuel Hanagif
ADMISSION: $10/set

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th,
8:00 VOICES & ECHOES: Otomo Yoshihide/Marina Rosenfeld + Gozo Yoshimasu/Tamio Shiraishi/Cammisa Bueraus + Akio Suzuki/Jason Lescalleet
VENUE: Abrons Art Center, 466 Grand St, New York
DETAILS:
http://issueprojectroom.org/drupal/event/akio-suzuki-gozo-yoshimasu-otomo-yoshihide-more
ADMISSION: $15 / $12 members + students

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th,
8:00 Composer/Choreographer Series: Melanie Maar, Shelley Hirsch, Kenta Nagai
VENUE: Roulette
DETAILS: http://roulette.org/events/composerchoreographer-series-melanie-maar-shelley-hirsch-kenta-nagai
ADMISSION: $15 / $10 students

THEATER:
SOUNDING BECKETT
September 16 at 3:00
September 21 and 22 at 8:00
September 23 at 3:00
VENUE: Classic Stage Company (136 E. 13 St.) in Manhattan.
DETAILS:
http://soundingbeckett.com/
..a singular evening of theater and music that pairs three plays by Samuel Beckett from his “ghost period” with new works by contemporary composers written expressly in response to those plays
ADMISSION: $50-$75

Episode #1 John Cage: A Liberator of Sound

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In the first episode of Extended Techniques podcast we cover contribution of John Cage to extending timber and compositional techniques: using any object to make music, development of new percussion instruments, prepared piano and electronics; invention of chance procedure and indeterminancy.

Following foreword to Silence, we talk about John Cage and his ideas in the way that exemplifies them.

John Cage – A Liberator Of Sound

..and 2 brief teasers:

Your hosts are Erlena Dlu and Alotro Lado

The John Cage Quintet: Lou Harrison, John Cage, Doris Dennison, Margaret Jansen, Xenia Cage

Playlist:

Running time 1.08 minutes

1. John Cage, “First Construction [in Metal]” for percussion sextet, with assistant (1939)
Amadinda Percussion Group
Hungaraton Recordings

2. John Cage, “Third Construction” (1941)
Amadinda Percussion Group
Hungaraton Recordings

3. John Cage, “BaCchanale” (1940)
William Grant
Nabore

4. John Cage, “Amores” (1943)
Amadinda Percussion Group
Hungaraton Recordings

5. John Cage, “The Perilous Night” (1944)
Margaret Leng Tan
New Albion Records

6. John Cage, “One for piano” (1987)
Stephen Drury
Mode

7. John Cage, “Cartridge music” (1962)
David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese, John Cage
Kew Gardens

8. John Cage, “Williams Mix” (1952)
Magnetic tape
Ellipsis Arts

9. John Cage, “Music of changes” (1951)
David Tudor
Hat Hut Records

10. John Cage, “Atlas Eclipticalis” (1961-62)
Ulrich Krieger – sopranino sax, soprano sax, alto sax
Tobias Rüger – tenor sax
Reimar Volker – alto sax, baritone sax
Kathrin Wagner – alto sax, tenor sax
Mode

11. John Cage, “Atlas Eclipticalis” (1961-62)
Friedrich Gauwerky, violoncello
Wergo

12. John Cage, “Atlas Eclipticalis” (1961-62)
The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik (conductor)
Joseph Kubera (piano)
Wergo

Also, the following works are quoted throughout the podcast:

“John Cage and David Tudor, Indeterminacy: New Aspect of Form in Instrumental and Electronic Music” (1959) Smithonian Folkways Recordings

John Cage, “Second Construction” (1940) Amadinda Percussion Group
Hungaraton Recordings

Erlena Dlu, “Six improvisations de la pleine lune” (2012)

Erlena Dlu, “Postearfest” (2011)

If you enjoy the music included here, please consider purchasing the recordings.

©2012 by Extended Techniques. All Rights Reserved.

NYC Calendar: September 1-15, 2012

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,
6pm

THURSTON MOORE & GENE MOORE – Brotherly Guitar Duo!

ADMISSION:FREE
VENUE: DMG
DETAILS:

http://www.dtmgallery.com/Main/instoreshows.html

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,
6pm

JOHN CAGE EARLY BIRTHDAY PERFORMANCE!


ADMISSION:FREE
VENUE: DMG
DETAILS:
Meeting of Capitalists Inc. to Mark the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of John Milton Cage, Jr., Hosted by rahrahree! (Kurt Gottschalk and Tamara Yadao):

With “Lecture on Nothing” and “Theatre Piece”; please bring 100 records to break during the session.

http://www.facebook.com/events/138418539632409

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,
c spencer yeh – violin+voice
okkyung lee – cello
ryan sawyer – drums

ADMISSION: FREE
VENUE: Zebulon
DETAILS:
http://www.facebook.com/events/137960613015084/

Our review of one of Okkyung Lee’s previous performances: With her sonorous explorations Okkyung Lee appears to be the truest follower of John Cage – “getting rid of the glue” and letting the sounds be themselves.

WESDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,
8 and 10pm
Cage100@Stone Festival, Day 2

ADMISSION:$10
VENUE: Stone
DETAILS:
The John Cage Variety Show Big Band directed by Miguel Frasconi
Miguel Frasconi (flute, electronics) Daniel Goode (clarinet) Gelsey Bell (voice) Kathleen Supove (piano) Chris McIntyre (trombone) TILT Brass, Cristian Amigo, Richard Carrick (guitars) David Watson (bagpipes) John Zorn (sax) and many others celebrating the composer on the day of his birth, 100 years ago. Pieces will include “Sonata for Clarinet” (1932), “In a Landscape” (1948), “Fontana Mix” (1958), “Aria” (1958), “Music for Amplified Toy Pianos” (1960), “Variations II” (1961), “Solos from Song Books” (1970), “Child of Tree” (1975), “Composed Improvisations” (1990) and an ensemble performance of “4’33″” (1952).

WESDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,
8pm
Brötzmann / Adasiewicz Duo & Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society with Chad Taylor


VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION:$15/free for members

DETAILS:
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/3642

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,
6:30-7pm
The Festival of New Trumpet Music

ADMISSION:FREE
VENUE: Brooklyn Bridge Park, Jane’s Carousel – DUMBO
DETAILS:
FONT’S 10th Anniversary Celebration and Grand Opening – Rotations, Rotations by Stephanie Richards Rotations, Rotations is a site-specific performance composed and directed by Stephanie Richards, who will be joined by nine moving brass and percussion players performing with the nostalgic sounds of the carousel’s “mechanical band”. Personnel includes Kirk Knuffke and Ben Holmes on trumpet, Brian Drye and Jen Baker on trombone, and Andrew Munsey, Nick

Jenkins and Kenny Wollesen on percussion.   Wardrobe stylist  Sarah Maiorino and movement direction by Mark DeChiazza.
http://fontmusic.org/

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,
8pm

New Vision Emerging Artists 2012

ADMISSION:RSVP|FREE ($10 Suggested Donation)
VENUE:Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St, Brooklyn
DETAILS: Che Chen and Sherlock Terrys with zithers and monochords drawing on Indian music, Minimalism, and the outsider tradition of instrument building composers
http://issueprojectroom.org/event/che-chen

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,
8pm

axel dörner, phil minton, okkyung lee, c spencer yeh

VENUE: FB Gallery

ADMISSION: $10

DETAILS:

http://www.facebook.com/events/443176822400373/

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,
6:30 PM

Steve Reich: complete string quartets

VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION:$15/free for members (with lottery)

DETAILS:
http://lepoissonrouge.com/calendar
(Different Trains, Triple Quartet, & world premiere of WTC 9/11, all-live version) performed by ACME
w/ composer and special guest Steve Reich in attendance

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,
7:30 PM
EVELYN GLENNIE / ZEENA PARKINS with The Joshua Light Show

VENUE: NYU

DETAILS:
http://nyuskirball.org/calendar/jlszrlg

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,

7:30 TERRY RILEY/ GYAN RILEY
10 JOHN ZORN / LOU REED / BILL LASWELL / MILFORD GRAVES

with The Joshua Light Show

VENUE: NYU
ADMISSION:$12 with NYU id, from $40 otherwise
DETAILS:
http://nyuskirball.org/calendar/jlszrlg

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

9.00 Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet

VENUE: The Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson St
ADMISSION:$10
DETAILS:
http://taylorhobynum.com/091512

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
07:30 THE JACK QUARTET
Clemens Gadenstätter, Georg Friedrich Haas

VENUE: Austrian Cultural Forum
ADMISSION:FREE with RSVP
DETAILS:
http://www.acfny.org/event/the-jack-quartet/