PROPENSITY OF SOUND: Eliane Radigue’s Naldjorlak performed @ 110 Livingston by Charles Curtis, Carol Robinson & Bruno Martinez
**At ISSUE Project Room @ 110 Livingston (entrance on 22 Boerum Place)**
Co-presented by Crossing the Line, the fall festival of the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) Crossing the Line is the fall festival of the French Institute Alliance Franyaise (FIAF), conceived as a platform to present vibrant new works by a diverse range of transdisciplinary attists working in France and New York City. Crossing the Line 2010 takes place September 10-27.
Eliane Radigue will introduce the New York premiere of her 2009 acoustic composition Naldjorlak, a two and a half hour work in three movements. The concert will mark only the 3rd performance in ISSUE Project Room’s future home at 110 Livingston: a McKim Mead & White-designed jewel box theater, featuring marble floors and 40-ft high vaulted ceilings.
Naldjorlak - After more than 30 years of infinitely discrete electronic music, Eliane Radigue abandoned her cherished Arp 2500 synthesizer to devote herself entirely to acoustic composition. Monumental in length but delicate due to the acoustic treatment of the pulsing and murmuring sounds, Naldjorlak was conceived as a trilogy with incredibly subtle harmonics, sub-tones and partials interacting continuously. The piece was elaborated in close collaboration with three virtuoso musicians who will be performing the piece: cellist Charles Curtis and basset horn players Carol Robinson and Bruno Martinez.
The suspension of time, the dialog with eternity, the proximity to silence, an appeal to contemplation, and exceptional concentration… all that has characterized Eliane Radigue’s music since 1970, is now more relevant than ever. But, Naldjorlak takes her even further on her musical journey, because with these three performers, she has found the ideal means of coming ever closer to the “impalpable chimerical” music of her dreams.
Tom Hamilton with Jacqueline Martelle
Tom Hamilton – electronics
Jacqueline Martelle – flute
Music by Ashley, Lucier, Margolis, and Hamilton
Robert Ashley: El/Aficionado Harmony (arr. Hamilton)
Alvin Lucier: 947
Tom Hamilton: What Fell Through (from Local Customs)
Al Margolis: Rushin’ Lisa
TOM HAMILTON has composed and performed electronic music for over 30 years, and his work with electronic music originated in the late-60s era of analog synthesis. His ongoing series of concerts, installations and recordings contrast structure with improvisation and textural electronics with acoustic instruments. Rather than addressing traditional modes of expression, presentation and observation, Hamilton often explores the interaction of many simultaneous layers of activity, prompting the use of “present-time listening” on the part of both performer and listener.
Hamilton is a 2005 Fellow of the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, participating in a residency at the foundation’s center in Umbria. His CD London Fix received an honorary mention in the 2004 Prix Ars Electronica. Hamilton’s performing and recording colleagues include Peter Zummo, Bruce Gremo, Karlheinz Essl, Bruce Arnold, Rich O’Donnell, Jonathan Haas, Jacqueline Martelle, Thomas Buckner and Richard Lerman. He has been a collaborator with visual artists, including Fred Worden (filmmaker), Van McElwee and Morey Gers (video artists), and the late Ernst Haas (photographer).
An active participant in New York’s new music scene, Hamilton was the co-director of the 2004 Sounds Like Now festival, and he has co-produced the Cooler in the Shade/Warmer by the Stove new music series since 1993.
Since 1990, Hamilton has been a member of composer HYPERLINK “http://www.lovely.com/artists/a-ashley.html”Robert Ashley’s touring opera ensemble, performing sound processing and mixing in both recordings and concerts. His audio production can be found in over 50 CD releases of new and experimental music, including recordings by Muhal Richard Abrams, Bruce Arnold, David Behrman, Thomas Buckner, George Lewis, Annea Lockwood, Alvin Lucier, Roscoe Mitchell, Phill Niblock, and “Blue” Gene Tyranny.
Hamilton appears on synthesizer in his own ensembles, and has performed as a member of Slybersonic Tromosome and the Noisy Meditation Band (Peter Zummo), The Spinozas (David Soldier), and Analogos (Michael Schumacher). He has recently performed with Thomas Buckner, Lisle Ellis, Chris Mann, Al Margolis, and Jacqueline Martelle. Hamilton was a 2005 Fellow of the Civitella Ranieri Center in Umbria, Italy. His CD London Fix received an award in the 2004 Prix Ars Electronica. He is a longtime member of composer Robert Ashley’s touring opera ensemble, performing sound processing and mixing in both recordings and concerts. His audio production can be found in over 50 CD releases of new and experimental music, including recordings by Muhal Richard Abrams, Bruce Arnold, David Behrman, Thomas Buckner, George Lewis, Annea Lockwood, Alvin Lucier, Al Margolis, Roscoe Mitchell, Phill Niblock, and “Blue” Gene Tyranny.
Tom Hamilton has two recent CD releases: “Shadow Machine” (Pogus), with guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil, and “Local Customs” (Mutable), for a small ensemble with electronics.
Flutist JACQUELINE MARTELLE has performed in diverse settings in New York, including Experimental Intermedia, Symphony Space, Issue Project Room, Roulette, Third Street Music School Settlement, Merkin Concert Hall, and Carnegie Hall. She has been a featured artist in the World Music Institute’s Interpretations series. Martelle has presented concerts highlighting the flute in combination with electronic media and has premiered works written for her by Larry Austin, David Behrman, Tom Hamilton, Alvin Lucier, Al Margolis, and Robert Rowe. A native of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Martelle was given her first flute lesson by a trombonist. Her teachers include Samuel Baron, Israel Borouchoff, and Charles DeLaney. She has recorded for the Pogus, Mutable, Mode, and Centaur labels.
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