Thursday - April 10

Northern Lights
Lucier I

Alvin Lucier I

21:00

Alvin Lucier :

Opera with objects (1997) for performers with resonating objects

Music for Solo Performer (1965) for enormously amplified brain waves and percussion

Performed by the composer and Fengjastrútur

 

Opera with Objects is one of a series of Lucier's works which explore the resonant properties of everyday objects. One or more performers taps one object which, when coupled with another, produces vivid changes in timbre as well as loudness.


In Music for solo performer Lucier makes us listen to the rhythm of waves formed in the performers mind. This is a sonification of brainwaves produced by analog electrical and acoustical sounds, the music of mind itself.  Although the piece would seem to be angled specifically to transcend normal “musical meaning” and address state of mind itself, Alvin Lucier says “I found the alphaʼs quiet thunder extremely beautiful.” (based on Prof. Michael Gardner)
The technical preparation and choice of percussion instruments for this performance is done by Hauke Harder.

Info

Tectonics is a Music Festival curated by Ilan Volkov, proudly presented by Iceland Symphony Orchestra at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík 10-12 April 2014. How can an orchestra, the nineteenth-century beast, be more radical and experimental? Is it possible? This is one of the questions that started the journey that led to the first Tectonics festival in Reykjavík. Tectonics features programmes of classical modern music combined with other new music genres such as improvisation, electronics and rock. In 2014 Tectonics will take place in five different cities- Reykjavik with Iceland Symphony,Glasgow with BBC Scottish Symphony,Adelaide with Adelaide Symphony,NY at Issue Project Room and Tel-Aviv with the Israeli Contemporary Players.

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