Monday, May 14, 2007

BMOP concert boasts cast of thousands

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Composer Evan Ziporyn, his Hard Drive will get its world premiere



Boston Modern Orchestra Project plays Sanders Theatre this Saturday evening and the concert, with so many living artists and composers involved, is beginning to take on the feel for me of one of those great '50s epic films, like The Ten Commandments or Lawrence of Arabia. I mean this in the best sense, of course.

The program includes a world premiere, commissioned by the Celebrity Series (Evan Ziporyn's Hard Drive), a North American premiere (Steven Mackey's Dreamhouse), Concerto for DJ and Orchestra by composer Anthony DeRitis, performances by Paul D. Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, Actor/vocalist Rinde Eckert, Synergy Vocals and the Catch Electric Guitar Quartet, all under the baton of conductor Gil Rose. There is a lot to know about a performance like this and so I have arranged this little link farm to help you, gentle reader, to get your pretty little head around our extravaganza.

Program notes on the Celebrity Series concert by Robert Kirzinger



Program notes on Dreamhouse by Steven Mackey



Steven Mackey interview from Composition Today.com (the short, teaser version for non-subscribers)



Steven Mackey's web site



Anthony DeRitis' Devolution page



Boston Modern Orchestra Project's web site



Gil Rose's web site



Paul Miller, a.k.a., DJ Spooky, that subliminal kid web site



Evan Ziporyn's web site



Evan Ziporyn's web page at M.I.T. (features eight .mp3 files of Ziporyn's works)



Evan Ziporyn on Art of the States (features two .ram files of Ziporyn's works)



Rinde Eckert's web site



Synergy Vocals' web site



Catch Electric Guitar Quartet page at BMOP.org



Evan Ziporyn will be interviewed Tuesday, May 15 at 3:00 pm on The New Edge with Ken Field on WMBR radio 88.1 FM, WMBR web site with hi, medium and lo streaming links



Link to buy tickets to the May 19 Sanders Theatre concert (this one is my favorite...har)



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