Your money goes directly into supporting an artist committed to continually become the best version of himself. If you’re liking these daily posts, perhaps you can consider becoming a monthly donor for a year or making a one-time contribution. LA Original flyer for Elsewhere live cinema event by Peter Mettler My apprenticeship with Peter Mettler began in 2006 when he asked me to help him put together Elsewhere his “live cinema event” for the Toronto International Film Festival.
Music by Evergreen Gamelan Ensemble, Murcof, Marc Weiser, Martin Schutz, Adam Marshall, Tom Kuo, Telefunk Sound SystemĪt the Toronto International Film Festival, Berkeley Church, Toronto, 2006 George Crumb, 1990 George Crumb: Black Angels (1970) Watch on Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Juan Pablo Izquierdo Black Angels is probably the only quartet to have been inspired by the Vietnam War. There were terifying things in the air they found their way into Black Angels. Live image mix by Peter Mettler, with Greg Hermanovic, Elysha Poirer, Lester Alfonso Thirteen images from the dark land Things were turned upside down. I have spent a lot of time over the past ten years preparing for publication a score of Beethovens Ninth Symphony with the instrumental alterations (Retuschen). The first clip was taken from my station just off stage. Thanks to Angel Hamilton who shot two of these videos of us in rehearsal. Not only a contemporary classic of the string quartet literature, Crumbs Black Angel is one of his most iconic scores. I hope to be able to post a video of the entire performance soon. It’s a tricky challenge to use images of war for a video art piece. Black Angels was written at a time when America was convulsed by tremendous social upheaval and the trauma of Vietnam (the top of the score is inscribed. The Latin phrase in tempore belli, in time of war, written into the score by Crumb is a reference to the Vietnam War taking place at the time when Black Angels was composed… The piece is notable for its unconventional instrumentation, which calls for electric string instruments, crystal glasses, and two suspended tam-tam gongs. Other major works from this period include: Black Angels (1970), for electric string quartet Vox Balaenae (1971), for electric flute, electric cello and amplified piano Makrokosmos, Volumes 1 and 2 (1972, 73) for amplified piano Music for a Summer Evening (1974) for two amplified pianos and percussion and Crumb’s largest score Star. It was composed over the course of a year and is dated “Friday the Thirteenth, March 1970 (in tempore belli)” as written on the score. “Black Angels” refers to the black helicopters used during the Vietnam war.īlack Angels, subtitled “Thirteen Images from the Dark Land”, is a work for “electric string quartet” by the American avant-garde composer George Crumb.
Black Angels by George Crumb performed by The Rolston String Quartet with live film mix by Lester Alfonso - in Rehearsal, Clip #3 (8 min. Black Angels (Images I) for String Quartet & Electronic Sounds/Elektra Nonesuch 79242-2: Kronos Quartet.
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