Yekaterinburg
Russia
THE WAY OF WATER. THE WAY OF BAMBOO
Sverdlovsk State Philharmony Yekaterinburg, Russia
2013.10.6 19:00
THE WAY OF WATER. THE WAY OF BAMBOO
John Cage and Morton Feldman in the Mirror of the traditional Japanese and Chinese cultures
ALEXEI LUBIMOV, piano, prepared piano, exotic and percussion instruments
NATALIA PSHENICHNIKOVA, voice, stage performance
STANISLAV MALYSHEV, violin, percussion instruments
MIKHAIL KOMAROV, percussion instruments
PETER GLAVATSKIKH, percussion instruments
ANTON MAGRICHEV, ANDREY ALEXEEV, ROMAN PAVLOV, percussion instruments
PATRICK K.-H., video art and sound projection, electronics
Special Festival Guest:
NAOYUKE MANABE, Sho (traditional Japanese bamboo mouth organ)
CAGE: Amores (1943) for prepared piano and percussion, Solo for piano
CAGE: Six Melodies (1950) for violin and piano
CAGE: Seven Haiku (1952) for piano
FELDMAN: Only (1946) for solo voice
CAGE: Imaginary Landscape No.1 (1939) for sinus wave generators, piano and large cymbal
CAGE: Prelude for Meditation (1944) for prepared piano
BANSHIKICHO: Japanese Traditional Music from the Gagaku repertory XV-XVI century. 3 pieces for Sho (Japanese bamboo mouth organ)
CAGE: Inlets (1977) for 3 players of water-filled conch shells and 1 conch-player
CAGE: Water Walk (1959), a television performance of the composer, (video film)
CAGE: Mesostics (1971) for voice and a stage performance with a simultaneous performance of “Sculptures musicales”(1989) for electronic and instrumental sounds
In the intermission, at the foyer:
CAGE: Forever and Sunsmell (1942) for voice and percussion, on the texts by E.E.Cummings; Bacchanale (1940) for prepared piano; Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947) for prepared piano
Tzo Cheng-guang (China – Russia) – “Five Prime Elements”/Wu Xing (1993) for five players on percussion instruments
FELDMAN «Voice» for Violin and Piano (1976)
CAGE: Two4 (1991) for violin and Sho
CAGE: The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942) and Nowth Upon Nacht (1985), for voice and closed piano, on the texts by James Joyce
CAGE: Four3 (1991) for four performers (rainsticks, violin or oscillator, piano, silence)
FELDMAN: Followe Thy Faire Sunne (1962) for voice and chime
CAGE: 4’33″ (1952). John Cage performing on the street in New York (video film)
CAGE: Living Room Music (1940) for percussion and speech quartet