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Vijay Iyer and Fulcrum New Music Project Perform RADHE, RADHE: Rites of Holi

Dec. 01, 2019

Vijay Iyer and Fulcrum New Music Project Perform <em>RADHE, RADHE: Rites of Holi</em>

On December 10, Vijay Iyer performed the midwest premiere of RADHE, RADHE: Rites of Holi  with the Fulcrum New Music Project, Kalyan Pathak, tabla, and Greg Ward, saxophone, led by Ben Bolter, as part of their 21st Annual Peace Concert. RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi brings together live music and film to depict a journey of devotion honoring the goddess Radha. The film component of the piece was directed, edited and designed by the late Prashant Bhargava with cinematography by Craig Marsden. Vijay Iyer and Prashant Bhargava noted at the time of the premiere:

“Holi is known around the world as a joyful, chaotic and colorful celebration of springtime in India. When we were invited to respond to Stravinsky’s own famously chaotic work about springtime, we were intrigued by the possible connection with Holi. This festival provides an occasion to reconsider the aspects of ritual and transformation represented in Le Sacre du printemps.”
 


(RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi/Music by Vijay Iyer; film by Prashant Bhargava/Adam Sliwinski, conductor/
ECM Records GmbH under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin)


To learn more about Vijay Iyer, please visit schott-music.com.

Vijay Iyer
RADHE, RADHE: Rites of Holi (2013)
multimedia work for chamber ensemble and electronics
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RADHE, RADHE: Rites of Holi was created for and commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Additional commissioning funds for revision and completion of the work were provided by The Brooklyn Academy of Music/Next Wave Festival, CAP UCLA and The Strathmore Hall Foundation.

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