Boosey & Hawkes Presents Premiere Showcase at SXSW
(February 2008)
Boosey & Hawkes (B&H) is pleased to present its first-ever showcase at one of America's largest music festivals, South by Southwest (SXSW), featuring the music of innovative composers Steve Reich, John Adams, Elliott Carter, Elena Kats-Chernin, and Michael Torke.
The showcase entitled "Reich, Rags, & Road Movies: Music by Steve Reich & Friends," which will take place on Wednesday, March 12 at St. David's Episcopal Church (304 E. 7th St. @ San Jacinto Blvd.) from 9:00 - 11:00 pm, brings the fresh sounds of B&H's contemporary composers to SXSW audiences through live performances by guitarist C.E. Whalen, New York City's So Percussion, San Antonio's own SOLI chamber ensemble, and pianist Michelle Schumann of the Austin Chamber Music Center.
Gramophone Magazine is pleased to be the official media partner of "Reich, Rags, & Road Movies." Gramophone's North American section editor Anastasia Tsioulcas will interview Steve Reich and artists participating in the concert in a discussion prior to the 9:00 PM event. B&H's label partner WMG/Nonesuch will co-host a pre-concert welcome reception.
This premiere composer showcase will feature intimate performances of solo and chamber works, leading off with pianist Michelle Schumann playing Elena Kats-Chernin's Russian Rag I and II (1996), before being joined by violinist Ertan Torgu for a performance of John Adams's Road Movies (1995).
SOLI chamber ensemble will follow with Michael Torke's Yellow Pages (1985), Elliott Carter's Gra (1993) for solo clarinet, Kats-Chernin's Slicked Back Tango (2002), and audience favorite and international sensation Eliza Aria (2005), closing the first half of the showcase with Steve Reich's New York Counterpoint (1985) for clarinet and tape.
Guitarist C. E. Whalen will open the second half of the showcase, all devoted to Reich, with Electric Counterpoint (1987) — originally written for Pat Metheny, before So Percussion takes the stage to perform Music for Pieces of Wood (1973), Nagoya Marimbas (1994), Drumming (1970-71), and Clapping Music (1972).
The following day (Thursday, March 13) at 1:15 pm, Reich will be heard in conversation with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore at the Austin Convention Center (Room 18 ABC).
About SXSW
Since 1987 SXSW has produced the internationally recognized Music and Media Conference & Festival, created as a forum to bring together creative people and companies from a wide area to meet and share ideas. Originally a music festival, SXSW has grown from 700 people in 1987 to nearly 10,000 people today, now including a film conference and interactive festival in its annual March events.
Anastasia Tsioulcas will be writing a blog about "Reich, Rags, & Road Movies" for Gramophone; the magazine will also be featuring coverage of the event in an upcoming issue. To read the blog and learn more, please visit Gramophone's official website: www.gramophone.co.uk
Photo: Wonge Bergmann
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