Monday, March 20, 2017

Cage Orchestrations, Op. 265



Op. 265 CAGE ORCHESTRATIONS  (March 20, 2017)
     After Random Number Generators,
     Score Layouts,
     Darius Milhaud's La Creation du Monde (1923),
     Igor Stravinsky's The Flood (1962),
     a Diagonal,
     a Joshua Pierce recording, and
    Bela Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 1 (1926)
I. Bacchanale (1938)
II. First Construction in Metal (1939)
III. Jazz Study (1942)
III. Totem Ancestor (1942)
IV. And the Earth Shall Bear Again (1942)
V. In the Name of the Holocaust (1942)
VI. Primitive (1942)
VII. Our Spring Will Come (1943)
VIII. A Room (1943)
IX. Tossed As It Is Untroubled (1943)
X. Prelude for Meditation (1944)
XI. Root of an Unfocus (1944)
XII. The Perilous Night (1944): VI
XIII. Dream (1948)
XIV. Sonatas and Interludes (1948):  I / V / XIV / XV / XVI
XV. Suite for Toy Piano (1948): I-II
XVI. Music of Changes (1951)
XVII. Haiku (1951): Haiku I, for my dear friend, Who


Score:


Performances:

May 6, 2017
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA

May 27, 2017
The Opus Project presents Opus 53: Essential Existential
The Opus Project Orchestra
Center for Contemporary Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA

September 29, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 69: Moondance
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

December 15, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 72: Darkness into Light
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

February 23, 2019
The Opus Project presents Opus 73-74: When in Romance...
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

October 19, 2019
The Opus Project presents Opus 81-82: Imaginary Soundscapes
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valey College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA