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Musica Elettronica

S.E.M. Ensemble

Annual December Concert at the

Paula Cooper Gallery

534 W. 21^st St. New York, NY

 Friday, December 9, 2016 at 8 pm

--- Program ---

Petr Kotik - Kontrabandt (1967)

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der Jünglinge (1956)

Laurie Spiegel - A Harmonic Algorithm (2011)

Phill Niblock - Praised Fan (2016) – American premiere

Michael Schumacher - Filters and Filtered (2011-16)

S.E.M. Ensemble

Bassoon:

Dafne Vicente-Sandoval

Electronics:

Petr Kotik

Nathan Repasz

Eriq Robinson

Michael Schumacher

Laurie Spiegel

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Advance sale:  $15, $10 Students/Seniors

Door sale: $20, $15 Students/Seniors

Musica Elettronica

­A CROSS-SECTION OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC

FROM ITS START IN THE EARLY 50S UP TO THE PRESENT

 

In the early 50s, composers active in a few European music hotspots started to experiment with electronic sound generated by machines rather than musicians. Without doubt, Gesang der Jünglinge by Karlheinz Stockhausen is the first masterpiece created in this new medium. It was realized at the Electronic Music Studio of West German Radio in Cologne, Germany in 1955-56. So was Kontrabandt, composed by Petr Kotik ten years later.  In 1967, Kotik worked in Cologne, realizing a commission by the Electronic Music Studio, where Stockhausen had since become the director. The works by Laurie Spiegel, A Harmonic Algorithm, and Michael Schumacher, Filters and Filtered, use current digital sound technology, which, in comparison to the analogue equipment of the 50s and 60s, is readily available to individual artists within their own studios. A commission by Ilan Volkov and the 2016 Adelaide Festival in Australia, Praised Fan by Phill Niblock combines pre-recorded sounds with a live bassoon performance. It was composed for the French bassoonist Dafne Vicente-Sandoval, who premiered it at the Adelaide Festival. The December 9^th performance will mark its U.S. premiere.

 

The S.E.M. Ensemble is honored to perform within the exhibit of recent sculptures by Mark di Suvero (on view until December 10). This is the second time that SEM will perform at Paula Cooper Gallery in the sculptural environment of di Suvero’s work. This time, some of the sculptures will be used to derive the live sounds.

Preview Concert:

Wed. Dec. 7 at 8 pm at Willow Place Auditorium

26 Willow Pl. Brooklyn Heights, NY

FREE ADMISSION

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S.E.M. Ensemble’s 2016-17 Season has been made possible with the generous support of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.; The Phaedrus Foundation; The Low Road Foundation; The Fifth Floor Foundation; Ronald Feldman Fine Arts; Rackstraw Downes; Noni Pratt; Virginia Dwan; Raymond Learsy; Martina and Milos Forman; C. Andrew Reynolds; William and Priscilla Newbury; Julian Lethbridge. Special thanks to Paula Cooper, Mark di Suvero, Jasper Johns, and Werner Kramarsky.