AMODA Performance Series 13 September 5, 2009

AUSTIN MUSEUM OF DIGITAL ART PRESENTS
with NEW MUSIC CO-OP & LINE UPON LINE:
IMMEASURABLE SPACE AND INFINITE WORLDS

THREE MONUMENTAL WORKS for PERCUSSION and ELECTRONICS
by IANNIS XENAKIS and LUIGI NONO
PERFORMED by LINE UPON LINE and members of NMC

On September 5th, Austin new music audiences will experience three groundbreaking works by two of the most significant composers of the 20th century. Performed by six of Austin's most accomplished percussionists, armed with a truckload of percussion instruments, these stunning works will surround concertgoers with sounds they have never heard before.

The artists will transform the Mexican American Cultural Center into a giant bell for a rare 8 channel surround realization of Xenakis' 1962 electroacoustic piece "Bohor." They will coax otherworldly sonic colors from metal, wood, skin, and bamboo in Luigi Nono's 1979 work "Con Luigi Dallapiccola" (1979) for 6 percussionists and live electronics. Finally, Xenakis' celebrated work "Persephassa," commissioned in 1969 by the Empress of Iran and premiered at the historic desert site of Persepolis, will be performed by 6 percussionists in a ring around the audience.

This arrangement will bring into focus the composer's unique vision of spatialized sound. All three of these pieces are rarely performed due to the incredible amount of time and equipment required to fully realize them. Experiencing this set of pieces on one program may indeed be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

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