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January 12 & 13, 2008 – Chou Wen-chung and the Varèse Story
New Music Concerts Ensemble; Robert Aitken, flute and direction
Accordes String quartet; Teri Dunn, soprano
Concert One: Saturday January 12, 2008
7:15 Chou Wen-chung’s talks about his life with Varèse
8:00 Concert
8:00 Concert
Edgard Varèse (France/USA 1883-1965) – Octandre (1923) (fl+pc/ob/clar/bsn/hn/trp/tbn/bass)
Chou Wen-chung (China/USA, 1923) – String Quartet No.2 “Streams” (2003)
Varèse – Density 21.5 (1936, rev.1946) solo flute
Chou – Twilight Colors (2007) (fl-alt fl/ob-eng hn/cl-bs cl/vn/vl/vc)
Chou – Twilight Colors (2007) (fl-alt fl/ob-eng hn/cl-bs cl/vn/vl/vc)
Varèse – Offrandes (1921) (Sop/2 fl+pc/ob/clar/bsn/hn/trp/tbn/7 perc/hp/2 vln/va/vc/bass)
9:30 Frank Scheffer’s new Varèse film “The One All Alone”
9:30 Frank Scheffer’s new Varèse film “The One All Alone”
Concert Two: Sunday January 13, 2008
Illuminating Introduction 7:15 | Concert 8:00
[Introduction and Interview with Chou Wen-chung]
Varèse – Intégrals (2 pc/ob/2 cl/hn/2 tpt/3 tbn/4 perc)
[Chou Wen-chung’s introduction to Déserts]
Varèse – Déserts (1950-54; 1961) (2 fl+pc/clar/bass clar/2 hn/3tpt/3tbn/2 tba/5 perc/pf)
Chou – Echoes from the Gorge (1989) (4 perc)
Varèse – Hyperprism (1922-23) (fl+pc/cl/3 hn/2 tpt/2 tbn/10 perc)
Varèse – Ionisation (1929-31) (13 perc.)
