Future Lilacs

  • Color Theory (2017)

    by PRISM Quartet and Sō Percussion

    Color Theory
    with PRISM Quartet and So Percussion
    2017

    Music for Saxophones, Percussion and Harry Partch Instruments

  • World Premiere of “Future Lilacs” (2016) by Ken Ueno

    Notes

    Color Theory Concert: PRISM Quartet and Partch

    Ken Ueno: My work, “Future Lilacs,” metaphorically connects to color theory in blending different temperaments. It is the scientific reduction of sounds to a common denominator (thinking in terms of frequencies rather than scales) that helps me with this approach, which I consider a Newtonian way of rationalizing the ineffable.

    June 12, 2016

    Co-Presented by PRISM Quartet and Roulette

Ulysses at the Edge of the World

Notes

Harry Partch’s Ulysses at the Edge of the World, originally written for jazz trumpeter Chet Baker and subtitled “A Minor Adventure in Rhythm,” also exists in multiple versions. In its 4th and final incarnation, the composer joined trumpet and baritone sax to honor the popular Chet Baker/Gerry Mulligan duo [he was a fan], replacing the initial double bass part with the Bass Marimba. Syncopations and time signatures of five and seven easily predate Dave Brubeck, culminating in a pithy punchline that features a cop arresting the titular homeless Greek hero for vagrancy.

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