ckk@cmu-cs-g.ARPA (Chris Koenigsberg) (02/21/85)
Last night the University of Pittsburgh sponsored an interesting
concert of electronic and acoustic music. The program was:
Ensembles for Synthesizer by Milton Babbitt, 4 channel tape,
Four Voices in Three Voices by Robert Morris, Saralee Sax on piano,
Occasional Variations by Milton Babbitt, 4 channel tape,
4 pieces by Wolfgang Mozart! Fantasie KV397, Adagio KV 540,
Minuetto KV 355, Gigue KV 574, Don Franklin, fortepiano,
Greetings, by Dr. Wayne Slawson, 4 channel tape.
It was a nice mixture. The piano piece by Morris was slow
and full of jagged clusters. Babbitt's works are classic
serialistic humorous synthesizer works. The Mozart pieces
were fairly obscure, even dissonant, and the fortepiano
is a lovely wooden instrument which I had never heard before.
Wayne Slawson's piece was a full blast assault on the
senses, very rich thick intensely vibrating sounds
heavily modulated and filtered.
We get some good music here in Pittsburgh sometimes. The
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble is always good for an excellent
show. George Gee and his Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra are
becoming very popular. I've given up on rock music though.
I just wonder what people outside of Pgh. ever hear about
from here besides the sports teams and the awful weather.
Chris Koenigsberg
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