This is a work about the sacred erotic in women’s history. Premiere: 18 December 2020, Claire Chase (contrabass flute), Levy Lorenzo (sound engineer), The Kitchen New York The cellist Katinka Kleijn donned a mask to. A creative development process was facilitated by a travel grant from the University of Sydney. She also tore into Mario Diaz de Len’s Luciform, which has a trace of heavy metal in its helter-skelter, electronically enhanced cadenzas. Performance techniques and kinetic percussion instruments developed in collaboration with Claire Chase and Levy Lorenzo.
In 2036, a 24-hour event will take place featured the combined repertoires of this project.įor Contrabass Flute (with alto ocarina, Aztec ‘death whistle’, bell, pedal bass drum), electronics and installation of kinetic percussion instrumentsĬommissioned as part of Density 2036, part viiīy Claire Chase, Professor of the Practice, Department of Music, Harvard University &īy SoundState Festival, Southbank Centre London Periodically, retrospective events will be held in which Claire will perform marathon concerts of all of the repertoire commissioned to date. The results, as you will hear, are remarkable." The emotional impact is extraordinary, and is harnessed by the acoustical environment. Everything you hear is from a single take, with the perfect sound balance achieved through the magic of Meyer’s Constellation technology. The recording process is true to a performance: no editing, no post-production. In these recordings, spanning a five year period, Claire Chase utilized the range of Constellation’s capabilities at Meyer Sound’s Pearson Theatre in Berkeley, California. Reducing the density of the previous pieces to its essence, the work unfolds over 20 haunting minutes, transporting the listener through a boundless landscape of rising and falling intensities. Constellation creates ideal and flexible acoustical environments in any room or performance venue at the flick of switch, giving performer and audience alike the optimal acoustical environment and performance experience. The elegiac 'Portals Before Dawn' is written for a sextet of woodwinds, piano, percussion, and features Diaz de Leon himself on synthesizer. favorite Add check Added fa-play-circle Play fa-share-alt Share. Rebekah studied at the Oberlin Conservatory, the University of Texas at Austin, and was a member the New World Symphony and Chicago Civic Orchestra. She lives in NYC."Meyer Sound’s pioneering Constellation acoustical system made these recordings possible. Luciform by Mario Diaz de Leon Claire Chase. Called “an impressive solo bassoonist” by The New Yorker, she is fiercely committed to expanding the modern repertoire for the bassoon.
Praised for her “flair” and “deftly illuminated” performances by The New York Times, bassoonist Rebekah Heller is a uniquely dynamic solo and collaborative artist. Working extensively with an inner circle of close collaborators (ICE, Talea, and TAK Ensemble, among others) his classical works have been celebrated over the last decade for their “hallucinatory intensity” (New York Times), “snarling exuberance” (Pitchfork), “helter-skelter, electronically enhanced cadenzas” (New Yorker Magazine), and coupling of “crystalline clarity with the disorienting turbulence of a sonic vortex” (Wire Magazine). Mario Diaz de Leon is an NYC based musician whose creative work encompasses modern classical music, experimental electronic music, extreme metal, and improvised music. This piece builds on the legacy of my works for solo performer with electronics, in particular, The Soul Is the Arena, written for Joshua Rubin in 2010, and Luciform, written for Claire Chase in 2011.Ĭycle and Reveal is out on Denovali on September 27, 2019, but you can pre-order the album here. Here’s what Diaz de Leon had to say about Labrys:Ī labrys is a double headed battle axe, which was widely used in ancient Minoan culture as a symbol of feminine divinity. Performers on the album include Barry Crawford (flute), Marianne Gythfeldt (clarinet), Alex Lipowski (percussion), Mariel Roberts (cello), Claire Chase (flute), Joshua Rubin (clarinet), and Rebekah Heller (bassoon). Today’s track premiere features Rebekah Heller performing Labrys for bassoon and electronics from composer Mario Diaz de Leon’s forthcoming album Cycle and Reveal.Ĭycle and Reveal marks the fourth full-length album from Diaz de Leon and celebrates long-term working relationships with groups such as the International Contemporary Ensemble and Talea Ensemble.