Forum
Panelists:
- Prof. Michael Cuthbert, music historian (MIT), moderator
- Prof. Robert Jaffe, physicist (MIT)
- Libby Larson, composer
- Sara Brown, scenic design (MIT)
Includes performance demonstrations of the following works:
Maurice Ravel, Piano Trio in A minor
Ida Levin, violin; Astrid Schween, violincello; Randall Hodgkinson, piano
George Crumb, Eleven Echoes of Autumn, 1965
Fenwick Smith, flute; Thomas Hill, clarinet; Ida Levin, violin; Randall Hodgkinson, piano
Concert
Selected concert recordings are courtesy of the Boston Chamber Music Society, used with permission.
| WORKS | SELECTED CONCERT RECORDINGS | Context & RESOURCES |
|---|---|---|
Andrew Imbrie, Serenade for Flute, Viola, and Piano | Program context: A particular reference to clock time | |
| Libby Larsen, Black Birds, Red Hills |
I. Pedernal Hills II. Black Rock III. Red Hills and Sky IV. A Black Bird with Snow-Covered Hills Thomas Hill, clarinet; Marcus Thompson, viola; Randall Hodgkinson, piano |
Program context: Based on six projected paintings of Georgia O'Keefe that show the effects of time on a landscape and encode other symbols of passing time Libby Larsen's composition webpage Referenced O'Keefe paintings: - Movement I: Pedernal and Red Hills, 1936 - Movement II: Black Rock with Blue Sky and White Clouds, 1972 - Movment III: Red and Orange Hills, 1938; Red Hills and Sky, 1945 - Movment IV: A Black Bird with Snow-Covered Red Hills, 1946; Black Bird Series (In the Patio IX), 1950 |
George Crumb, Eleven Echoes of Autumn |
Program context: Refers to a recent past, and requires the performers to chant a line from F. Garcia Lorca about the "broken arches where time suffers" George Crumb's composition webpage | |
Maurice Ravel, Piano Trio in A Minor |
I. Modéré
II. Pantoum III. Passacaille
VI. Finale Ida Levin, violin; Astrid Schween, violincello; Randall Hodgkinson, piano |
Program context: Innovative metrical groupings, a passacaglia, flourishes that delay downbeats, and clock features referenced by the Imbrie |