Saturday, November 16, 2019
David Lang
‘lend/lease’ performed by Outside/Inside
Chicago, IL
David Lang
David Lang
SATB -- 24 voice min.
The Crossing, Donald Nally - conductor
2 pianos, 2 percussion
commissioned for Yarn/Wire by the Augustine Foundation
four singer/performers playing violin, cello, piano, electric guitar, and electronics [all instruments and voices amplified]
BAM 2008 Next Wave Festival and Mitchell Center for the Arts at the University of Houston
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David Lang is one of the most thoughtful composers working today. His music is consistently probing, emotionally urgent, strange, and beautiful. It is also getting simpler as the years roll on—a sign that the mind behind it is undergoing a kind of ritualistic purification. I’ve been obsessed with David’s music since I bought a recording by mail order of his piece cheating lying stealing when I was in high school, and I have written a piano piece called David Lang Needs a Hug…
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Outside my window on Desbrosses Street, a giant piledriver is rhythmically knocking a metal column into the earth. From my studio I hear the resonance, a complex palette of ringing overtones which linger in the air for a few seconds and then disappear…
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