SPE - PERFORMANCE AND EXHIBITION SPACE AT 18.00
29 OCTOBER 2017
Around Cage
Concerto finale della Masterclass/laboratorio sulla letteratura degli strumenti a percussione del Novecento
Hans-Günter Brodmann Greetings to Hermann
Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood
Giovanni Sollima Millennium Bug
Salvatore Sciarrino Il legno e la parola
Steve Reich Nagoya Marimbas
John Cage Amores
John Cage Living Room Music
Steve Reich Drumming Part 1
William Joseph Schinstine Scherzo Without Instruments - body percussion
percussions
Antonio Caggiano, Simone Buttà, Fabio Macchia, Matteo Rossi, Jamil Zidan
and the students participating in the Masterclass/workshop
The concert “Around Cage” concludes the Masterclass/workshop on the literature of percussion instruments in the 20th Century, scheduled for 26 to 28 October in the spaces of the Tenuta Dello Scompiglio, and fits perfectly with the project “John Cage: 4’33’’ Lezione sui funghi”, a 2012 tribute to John Cage in the year of his double anniversary (1912-1992), presented by the Associazione Culturale Dello Scompiglio,
directed by performer and director, Cecilia Bertoni.
The course is led by Antonio Caggiano, a teacher of percussion instruments at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia di Roma, teacher in the advanced summer courses at the Accademia Chigiana and artistic director of musical events at the Associazione Culturale Dello Scompiglio.
The programme is made up of songs by John Cage - the performance “Living Room Music” for four performers seated in a living room playing everyday objects, such as cups, glasses, ashtrays and cutlery, the refined “Amores” for membranes and wood (parts II and III) – and by composers who have embraced his teachings, such as Steve Reich - “Music for Pieces of Wood” for five pairs of claves, “Nagoya marimbas” for two marimbas and “Drumming Part 1” for eight bongos, the first part of the first minimalist work dedicated entirely to percussion.
We also present the song “Il legno e la parola” for marimba, by Salvatore Sciarrino, who inherited from Cage the attention to the relationship between sound and silence. In this piece, the Sicilian composer attempts a synthesis of the language of words, in particular the Sicilian dialect, and the language of music.
“Millennium Bug” by Giovanni Sollima for four performers, “Greetings to Hermann” for four percussionists by Hans-Günter Brodmann and “Scherzo Without Instruments” by William Joseph Schinstine, take us into the dimensions of playfulness and irony so dear to Cage.
FURTHER INFORMATION
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