Word: fluting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...serenading one another from the balconies of the hall. In another piece, Kyr also uses an unusual spatial arrangement of sound. "Struggles in Passing," a dance mime about the nature of work, is accompanied both by a tape produced using subway noises and conversations, and by the ensemble of flute, tow clarinets, celesta and piano. The sounds of the instruments filter in from outside of the theater hall, while the tape is projected directly into the hall. The mimes move between a pastoral, smooth kind of work and more isolated, abstract industrial motions, supported by two levels and qualities...
Wuensche's world is prey to minicrises. A pants zipper rips on a band uniform. A flute player is absent. A clarinet complains that the baritone sax is spitting on her. But the real plagues of Wuensche's existence are the twirlers' parents. Among his duties is the awesome responsibility of choosing the Huntsville line. Parents of unsuccessful candidates have accused him of favoritism and threatened to have him fired. Things got so bad that Wuensche no longer allows parents to attend the twirling line tryouts, which are now held behind locked doors in the gym. "They...
...concert opened with a performance of Ravel's Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose), which quite often succeeded in evoking the composer's refreshing fairy-tale images. 'Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant' benefitted from luminous solo passages by the flute and clarinet and conjured a sensuous picture of Sleeping Beauty; the plaintive and delicate waltz Ravel wrote for Beauty and the Beast received a skillful treatment from the upper woodwinds and contrabassoon. But dynamic imbalances proved frustrating here as in the concerto. Too often the less important lines were simply not sufficiently subordinated; exquisitely played solo passages...
...musical experiment and composition, officially titled Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique. IRCAM is a hushed place that fairly radiates energy and cerebration. Here the ordinateur, as the French call a computer, reigns. In one lab, a group is seeking its aid in constructing a new, futuristic flute. In another, a composer is using it to produce a sound heard so far only in his own head...
Andrew Baer plays flute and saxophone music at Berklee Recital Hall, 1140 Boylston St., Boston, at 7:30 p.m. Free. Call 266-1400 for details...