As has been the case with basically every upcoming concert scheduled to occur during the next six weeks or more, New York new-music institution the S.E.M. Ensemble has announced that its planned concert for April 1 at the Bohemian National Hall has been canceled. In this instance, presenting the concert online for an empty house also wasn't an option. But with admirable resourcefulness, the ensemble and its leader – the composer, flutist, and conductor Petr Kotik – will present a virtual recreation of the celebratory event, featuring recent live recordings of the pieces involved.
Dates and sources for the recordings have just been announced:
Christian Wolff
Small Piece for Orchestra (2019, American premiere)
Ostravská banda, Petr Kotik, conductor
August 26, 2019 at Ostrava Days Festival, Czech Republic
Robert Ashley
The Mystery of the River (2014)
Excerpt from the opera Atalanta (Acts of God) (1991)
Thomas Buckner, baritone; Tom Hamilton, electronics
September 11, 2014 at Roulette Intermedium, NYC
Miya Masaoka
States of Being, States of Becoming (2018, world premiere)
S.E.M. Ensemble, Petr Kotik, conductor
December 19, 2018 at Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC
Julius Eastman
Joy Boy (1972)
S.E.M. Ensemble
September 26, 2017 at Studio 1 of Czech Radio Ostrava
Petr Kotik
Wednesdays at RW on Spring Street (2019-20, American premiere)
Ostravská banda, Petr Kotik, conductor; Hana Kotkova, violin
August 30, 2019 at Ostrava Days Festival, Czech Republic
The streaming presentation also will include commentary from Wolff, Masaoka, and Kotik, as well as an overview of S.E.M. activities by George Lewis. You can watch on April 1 at 1pm EST at www.semensemble.org.
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