The Bowed Piano Ensemble April 24, 2010

The Bowed Piano Ensemble and Victoria Hansen perform the music of Stephen Scott. The Bowed Piano Ensemble, founded by Stephen Scott at Colorado College in 1977, is a group of ten musicians exploring the leading edge of extended piano techniques with one grand piano, conjuring an orchestral array of timbres, textures, and polyrhythms. In performing Stephen Scott’s compositions, the players produce long, singing lines, sustained drones, chugging accordion-like figures, crisp staccato tones reminiscent of clarinets, deep drum tones, and more–often simultaneously–to create a rich, contrapuntal chamber music tapestry. This evening’s program will include Part One of the ensemble’s CD, Vikings of the Sunrise, and excerpts from the song cycle fantasy Paisajes Audibles, featuring soprano soloist Victoria Hansen.

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