Machine-mediated Performance

 

February 7, 2007

7:30 PM

Rock Hall

1715 North Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA 19122

 

“Höchster, mache deine Güte” (from BWV 51)........................................................ Johann Sebastian Bach

Laura Heimes, soprano

David Pasbrig, organ

Charles Nichols, electric violin and computer

Sung Back*................................................................................................... Scanner (Robin Rimbaud)

Eve Song*................................................................................................................. Angela Veomett

Laura Heimes, soprano

glanage**.............................................................................................................. Adam Dieffenbach

sound bursts and human performance†........................................................................... Paul J. Geissinger

INTERMISSION

Antiphonia**................................................................................................................ Maurice Wright

I. O Sapientia

II. O Adonai

III. O Rex Gentium

IV. O Oriens

Laura Heimes, soprano

Chernobyl Generation: Food*........................................................................................... Angela Veomett

Strata 3....................................................................................................................... Charles Nichols

 I. The Air Inside Our Heads*

II. Guqin*

III. Metal, Wood, and Bone†

Charles Nichols, electric violin and computer

Seven Cartoons............................................................................................................... Maurice Wright

* Philadelphia premiere

** World premiere

† CYBERSOUNDS commission, world premiere