Metal Machine Manifesto: Music for 16 Intonarumori, Performa '09 Preview October 16, 2009
504 E Locust St
Des Moines, California 50309
Des Moines, California 50309
Futurist composer Luigi Russolo, well-known for his ground-breaking manifesto 'The Art of Noises,' constructed special hand-cranked instruments to realize an expanded field of orchestral sound. Called intonarumori (or "noise intoners"), these instruments could produce a number of noises--explosions, howls, buzzes, hisses--that Western music failed to employ.
Added by Upcoming Robot on August 28, 2009
Comments
Josh Carr
New compositions by Blixa Bargeld; John Butcher and Gino Robair; Luciano Chessa; James Fei; Ellen Fullman; Carla Kihlstedt and Mattias Bossi; Ulrich Krieger; Pablo Ortiz; Mike Patton; the sfSoundGroup; Elliott Sharp; Text of Light; and Theresa Wong.
Performances by John Butcher and Gino Robair; Luciano Chessa; Ellen Fullman; Carla Kihlstedt and Mattias Bossi; Ulrich Krieger; ensemble players from Magik*Magik Orchestra; the sfSoundGroup; Text of Light; and Theresa Wong.
Futurist sound artist Luigi Russolo constructed special hand-cranked instruments to realize an expanded field of orchestral sound. Called intonarumori (noise intoners), these instruments could produce noises — explosions, howls, buzzes, hisses — not usually employed in Western music. Luciano Chessa, a Bay Area-based composer and Russolo scholar, has overseen the recreation of 16 intonarumori and has curated this concert of original and newly commissioned scores.
Part of Metal + Machine + Manifesto = Futurism's First 100 Years.
$15-$30 general; $10-$25 SFMOMA and partner institution members, students, and seniors. Tickets available through ybca.org/tickets or 415.978.2787.