17. QUATUOR BOZZINI / TENNEY 2
Tuesday 25 November
ST PAUL'S HALL 4PM,
Tickets £12 (£10 concession)
James Tenney:
Arbor Vitae UK PREMIERE
Love Me Do (Lennon/McCartney, arr. James Tenney) UK PREMIERE
Cognate Canons UK PREMIERE
Do You Want to Know a Secret (Lennon/McCartney, arr. James Tenney) UK PREMIERE
Saxony UK PREMIERE
Eve Egoyan piano
Rick Sacks percussion
At the occasion of the celebration concerts for his 70th birthday at the California Institute of the Arts in 2004, we created a short piece of James Tenney's from 1955 which he wrote as a student and had just found again amongst old sketches. We thought it would be appropriate to ask him for another quartet. Tenney chose the title Arbor Vitae (Tree of Life), since it draws upon an analogy of roots and branches for the piece's process and harmonic scheme. He also felt that it was representing his attitude towards life and music. He finished the score two weeks before he passed away in August 2006.
Clemens Merkel
Produced by HCMF
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