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Morton Subotnick Live in New York and Moscow

Mar. 04, 2015

Morton Subotnick Live in New York and Moscow

Morton Subotnick gives two live performances of his monumental From Silver Apples of the Moon to A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur: V in New York and Moscow this month alongside long-time collaborator and video artist Lillevan. On March 4, New York’s The Kitchen presents the duo as part of its Synth Nights series. Following the performance, The Save Festival and Arma17 in Moscow host Subotnick and Lillevan for a performance of From Silver Apples on March 7.

From Silver Apples of the Moon to A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur: V is a spontaneous duet of light and sound, which uses elements of Subotnick’s original analog recordings along with newly developed material. Of their performances, Subotnick writes:

I have 'deconstructed' the original music by breaking the original works into available material for impromptu re-assembly at the concert. The new materials and processing of the re-assembled fragments of the original works are performed on a Mac laptop [using Ableton Live], the original Buchla used in making the works [1965] and the newest Buchla 200e [2011]. The three systems are inter-connected. Lillevan works in a very similar way with the visual materials so that the performances are truly an improvisational duet. Each 'revisit' is a unique performance.

Last month, Mills College in Oakland, CA hosted Subotnick as its Jean Macduff Composer-in-Residence. The residency culminated in a portrait of his works, including Trembling for violin, piano and ghost electronics, Liquid Strata for piano and ghost electronics, as well as a performance of From Silver Apples.

Details on the performances can be found at thekitchen.org and mixtura.org.

Visit schott-music.com for more information on Morton Subotnick.

Morton Subotnick
Trembling (1983)
for violin, piano and electronic ghost
17’ 

Liquid Strata (1977)
for piano and electronic ghost
27’

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