[silence] Amelia Cuni performs Cage ragas

[Malty]

It would be really nice to see this video if it works out to be usable. 
Keep us informed on the progress, I'd love to check it out. --DaveX

Richard Friedman wrote:
> It was a spectacular performance. Amelia combined the Ragas with some
> some of Cage's other short theater pieces for solo performer.  It was
> something we rarely see on stage any more. And while the visual aspect
> is very important to the piece, the new CD, released last week, is
> just as wonderful. Amelia has worked on this for years, and its great
> to see it finally come to light.
>
> We had an audience of about 300, and the performance was very well
> received, altho I didn't see any reviewers from the print media.
>
> We did make a fixed-position video recording, but I haven't seen it
> yet. If it's usable we might be able to put some of it on the Other
> Minds website.
>
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> On Nov 5, 2007 10:31 AM, Rob Haskins <rob_haskins@yahoo.com> wrote:
>   
>> I've talked to Amelia a couple of times--I thought originally through the
>> Silence list--she is very serious about her work and has performed the ragas
>> in Germany and also in New York.  I'm very eager to hear what she does with
>> them.
>>
>> Best,
>> Rob
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>> Rob Haskins
>> Assistant Professor of Music
>> University of New Hampshire
>> rob_haskins@yahoo.com
>> http://robhaskins.net
>> http://musicandmiscellaneous.blogspot.com/
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>>
>> "Heroism doesn't consist in brilliantly combatting someone else. . . .  What
>> is heroic is to accept the situation in which you find yourself."  -- John
>> Cage
>>
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>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Josh Ronsen <joshronsen@yahoo.com>
>> To: silence@list.mail.virginia.edu
>> Sent: Monday, November 5, 2007 1:33:37 AM
>> Subject: [silence] Amelia Cuni performs Cage ragas
>>
>>  I don't remember seeing mention of this before today:
>>
>> http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Cageragas.shtml
>>
>> There are 3 brief .mp3 samples to download of the CD.
>>
>> "John Cage wrote his 18 Microtonal Ragas after years of immersing
>> himself in Indian music and philosophy. Nearly forty years later,
>> Italian-German dhrupad singer Amelia Cuni, with extensive training in
>> both the European and Indian classical traditions, interprets this work
>> that could have been written for her special artistry. She will perform
>> the complete Solo 58 from Song Books, combined with numerous
>> performances of other solos from the same collection, with
>> percussionists Raymond Kaczynski and Federico Sanesi, and Werner Durand
>> establishing both the traditional Indian drones specially created to
>> accompany the microtonal ragas, and performing on electronics."
>>
>> -Josh Ronsen
>> in Austin, Texas
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