I Was A Bum Once Myself: The Boxcar Revelations Of Harry Partch - Wonderland Spiegeltent - 17 Nov 2-13
Sunday 17
November at 7pm
Tickets $15
via www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/mmw
or
http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=68381&skin=4654_mmw14&ref=mmw
Presented as part of Melbourne Music Week’s Self-Made program.
Curated by Sophia Brous and Woody MacDonald.
CHRIS
RAINIER
co-presented
with Melbourne Music Week 2013
I Was A
Bum Once Myself: The Boxcar Revelations Of Harry Partch
Within the spectacular interior of the Wonderland Spiegeltent,
Chris Rainier co-presented with Melbourne Music Week 2013 presents an evening
of music by the maverick American composer, theorist and instrument-builder
Harry Partch [1901-1974]. Influencing the likes of Tom Waits, Frank Zappa and
Steve Reich, Partch’s legacy continues to resonate with both artists and
audiences.
'I Was A Bum Once Myself' focuses on Partch’s rarely-heard works for voice and adapted guitar. Composed during the early 1940’s, these pieces were inspired by his years as a hobo, riding the rails during the Depression. Hitchhiker’s inscriptions, snatches of inebriated dialogue, and letters from ex-convicts are all brought to life using his unique microtonal scale of 43 notes to the octave. These found and overheard texts paint a dark and desperate personal vision of America laced with humour, profanity and repressed desire.
The concert will include the Australasian premieres of various Partch compositions, all performed on a specially commissioned guitar.
'I Was A Bum Once Myself' focuses on Partch’s rarely-heard works for voice and adapted guitar. Composed during the early 1940’s, these pieces were inspired by his years as a hobo, riding the rails during the Depression. Hitchhiker’s inscriptions, snatches of inebriated dialogue, and letters from ex-convicts are all brought to life using his unique microtonal scale of 43 notes to the octave. These found and overheard texts paint a dark and desperate personal vision of America laced with humour, profanity and repressed desire.
The concert will include the Australasian premieres of various Partch compositions, all performed on a specially commissioned guitar.
Chris Rainier is a multi-instrumentalist, performer,
composer/improviser and visual artist.
All details and directions;
Sunday 17 November at 7pm
Wonderland Spiegeltent, 120 Pearl River Road [under the
Melbourne Star Observation Wheel], Harbour Town, Docklands
Getting to the Wonderland Spiegeltent - click
here.
Tickets $15
via www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/mmw
or
http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=68381&skin=4654_mmw14&ref=mmw
Presented as part of Melbourne Music Week’s Self-Made program.
Curated by Sophia Brous and Woody MacDonald.
(forwarded from Chris Rainier)
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