Saturday, December 2nd @ 4:30pm Saturday, December 2nd @ 7:30pm If you
can't make the show in person, tune in to our livestream on facebook
and/or calperformances.org. RSVP for the livestream here:
https://goo.gl/1PRzMX [https://goo.gl/1PRzMX] An exquisite
instrumentalist who has been at the vanguard of a generation of
musicians invigorating the music world with bold ideas and boundless
energy, Claire Chase has been called a "staggering virtuoso with the
assurance of a rock star" (Los Angeles Times). For her Density 2036
project, the flutist—a MacArthur Fellow and founder of the
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)—will commission a new body
of work for solo flute each year for 22 years, until the 100th
anniversary of Edgard Varèse's groundbreaking flute solo, Density
21.5. At BAMPFA, she performs music from Density, Parts I–V
(2013–16). Density 2036: Part I (Prelude)* Steve Reich Vermont
Counterpoint (1981, West Coast Premiere) Marcos Balter Pessoa (2013,
West Coast Premiere) Alvin Lucier Almost New York (2007, West Coast
Premiere) Mario Diaz de León Luciform (2013) Edgard Varèse Density
21.5 (1936) Density 2036: Part I (Prelude) is dedicated to Fred
Anderson. Density 2036: Part II (2014)* Edgard Varèse Density 21.5
(1936) Felipe Lara Meditation and Calligraphy (2014, West Coast
Premiere) Felipe Lara Parábolas na Caverna (2013—14, West Coast
Premiere) George Lewis Emergent (2014, West Coast Premiere) Matthias
Pintscher Beyond (A System of Passing) (2013—14, West Coast
Premiere) Du Yun An Empty Garlic (2014) Density 2036: Part II (2014)
is dedicated to Elise Mann. Density 2036: Part III (2015)* Dai
Fujikura Lila (2015, West Coast Premiere) Francesca Verunelli The
Famous Box Trick (2015, West Coast Premiere) Nathan Davis Limn (2015,
West Coast Premiere) Jason Eckardt The Silenced (2015, West Coast
Premiere) Pauline Oliveros Intensity 20.15: Grace Chase (2015, West
Coast Premiere) Edgard Varèse Density 21.5 for flute alone (1936)
Density 2036: Part III (2015) is dedicated to Steven Schick. Density
2036: Part IV (2016)* Edgard Varèse Density 21.5 (1936), with a
movement score (2016) by Julie Beauvais, version one, (West Coast
Premiere) Suzanne Farrin The Stimulus of Loss (2016, West Coast
Premiere) Tyshawn Sorey Bertha's Lair (2016, West Coast Premiere)
Vijay Iyer Flute Goals (2016, West Coast Premiere) Edgard Varèse
Density 21.5 (1936) Pauchi Sasaki Gama XV: Piece for Two Speaker
Dresses (2016, West Coast Premiere) Richard Beaudoin Another Woman of
Another Kind: seven stories on texts by Paul Griffiths (2016, West
Coast Premiere) Density 2036: Part IV (2016) is dedicated to the
loving memory of Pauline Oliveros (1932—2016). Density 2036: Part V
(2017) Marcos BalterPan (concert preview) * all works played on solo
flute with accompanying instruments and/or voices rendered
electronically
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