[silence] THREE

[Brian Brandt]

The Mode recording of THREE with Trio Dolce, who commissioned the work, 
was made in February 1998.
Regards
Brian

Glenn Freeman wrote:

>This is fantastic news! FYI, a 2nd recorded version of THREE is to be  
>released in a few months on OgreOgress, with Susanna Borsch on  
>recorders.
>
>http://www.susannaborsch.com
>http://www.sequenza21.com/index.php/452
>
>Also on this release will be Cage's Twenty-Eight, a major work for  
>wind ensemble. Both works were recorded in Prague this past May/June  
>of 2007. The recording will include brief liner notes by Rob Haskins.
>
>When was the Trio Dolce recording made?
>
>Brian Brandt wrote:
>
>  
>
>>John CAGE  (1912-92)
>>The Number Pieces 4 (Complete John Cage Edition, Volume 38)
>>Trio Dolce, various recorders
>>mode 186
>>
>>Three  (1989)
>>for three players having a variety of recorders
>>written for Trio Dolce
>>FIRST RECORDING
>>
>>Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of Two Voices in Canon, and Six  
>>Short
>>Inventions on the Subject of the Solo (1933)
>>arranged for three alto recorders
>>
>>The first recording of Cage's large scale composition for 3 recorder
>>players.
>>
>>. The Trio Dolce wrote Cage for permission to perform Solo with
>>Obbligato Accompaniment on three alto recorders, one octave higher  
>>than
>>the prescribed range. In a letter from March 1987 Cage replied: "Of
>>course you may use the 3 alto recorders. I am glad that you are  
>>playing
>>that piece." They performed it on July 1988 with Cage in attendance.
>>
>>. Cage's enthusiastic reaction to this performance encouraged Trio  
>>Dolce
>>to ask Cage if he would consider writing a work for them which "could
>>take into account the ranges of the recorders" the Trio then owned.  
>>Upon
>>meeting the members of the Trio during his residency at the Royal
>>Conservatory in The Hague in November 1988, Cage agreed to write a  
>>work
>>for the Trio.
>>
>>. Three was completed in July 1989 and dedicated to Trio Dolce, who
>>premiered it in July 1990 in the presence of the composer during a
>>concert at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music.
>>
>>. The performance instructions state that the indication "as legato as
>>possible". It requires great virtuosity and breath control, while  
>>at the
>>same time changing recorders and maintaining a continuous legato,
>>resulting in a sometimes fragile balance between the durations and  
>>dynamics.
>>
>>. Both outer movements of Three are interpolated by nine movements
>>lettered A through I, one or any number of which may be played. The
>>listener may choose which of the middle movements to listen to by
>>programming the CD player.
>>    
>>
>
>Glenn Freeman
>OgreOgress productions
>http://cdbaby.com/group/ogreogress
>
>--
>To join or leave the Silence mailing list, please go to https://list.mail.virginia.edu/mailman/listinfo/silence.
>You can find searchable list archives at http://list.mail.virginia.edu/pipermail/silence/
>
>  
>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://list.mail.virginia.edu/pipermail/silence/attachments/20071021/066c109c/attachment.html