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Elastic Moods and Paper Shirt
Criminals
- Starts out
with sustained chords made up of long single tones held by each member
of
the group. Jeff’s guitar riff starts
some rhythmic duels and celebrations.
Reprised chords let you down easy.
MicroKairos – A feature for viola. Gabriel
starts things off with a strong idea
that gets picked up by the group into a rollicking saunter through an
American
landscape of many colors.
MINIATURES I - The first set
of miniatures. Extremely short pieces. Get to the point and leave it there.
QUANTUM DECOHERENCE – This was the centerpiece of the
performance and
shows what NHIC is all about. It is
inspired by the bridge between quantum and classical physics. The piece deals with the relationships and
entanglements between musicians, the interference of sound and action,
science,
music, and the meaning of life.
Double Slit –
Interference patterns of similar notes allude to the classic
experiments on the
duality of light. Percussion moves it
all along. Are those church bells? Just sit back and be.
Eigen Do This
– A little math goes a long way. A seven
dimensional Eigenspace for improv. Principal
Axes.
Universal Entanglement – On a macroscopic level, the group mixes it
up and really
has some fun. Without each other we are
nothing. Together we rock.
That Cat’s Death has been
Greatly Exaggerated – Slows
down into existential contemplation. Are
we alive or dead or both at
the same time. I ponder, I develop, I
repeat,
therefore I am.
Anthropica (Life in the
Multiverse) – Bring it all
back to human interactions pull
together with a Conduction inspired by Butch Morris.
Tension builds, tension builds, and finally a
big bang to nothingness.
9-3-7-1-6 - Feature
for
Bass Clarinet. Carl takes it outside to
a NHIC place. Clockwork, gears, eventual
peace.
Straight No Chaser – Each set closed with a take on this monk
theme. Theme - OutThere - Theme. Everyone
adds their own and assorted borrowed melodies on top of one another. Very
dry viola. String Bass.
Beatniks Revolt! – This miniature started the second set in
six.
To Gorge – A feature for voice. Anne takes us on a
tour of the
vocal chords. Breathy,
melismatic, strong,
playful, operatic, and confidential. The
group ebbs and flows with support and
interaction.
Oberek Sokkyo - This
piece reflects the influences of
Darkmatter – Feature for Soprano Saxophone. Paul goes modal, exotic and pastoral. The group comes in with dramatic backup
including a melodic sax/guitar duet.
Gutted and Wired – Feature for Guitar.
Jeff starts off euphonically atmospheric. Viola
comes in with poignant support followed
by the rest of the group on a mission through a desert space to an
insistent
spidery progression.
Chords - This is an
exquisite, fragile
piece. It takes some attention to
experience the delicate tension and beauty.
Avenue B - Guitar Feature.
Bob in the east village. Offbeat
rhythms, a little mystery, a group walk through
Gravity – Started off as a computer generated
graphical
piece. We orbit one another and explore
the cosmos.
Straight No Chaser – Almost Punk Monk Johnny, with Bass
Clarinet. Urgent.