[silence] Mode Bulletin 6.08

Sun Mar 30 16:42:46 EDT 2008

  Welcome to Mode's Sixth Bulletin of 2008. This month we have the 
release of Margaret Leng Tan's documentary and performance films 
released together on one DVD. And to celebrate the release, all of Ms. 
Tan's in-stock releases are on sale for the month of April.

  NEW ON MODE FOR APRIL:  

      MARGARET LENG TAN

      Sorceress of the New Piano, The Artistry of Margaret Leng Tan

      Two Films by Evans Chan

      Mode 194 DVD   (Region 0, NTSC)  Special price $16 until April 30,
      $19.99 afterwardss

10 years in the making, 2 films by Evans Chan trace the artist's life, 
career and pianism.

    SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO (2004)     90 minutes

The Sorceress of The New Piano includes excerpts from the following pieces;

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (on toy piano):
Sonata in C major Op.2, No.3 with Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1971) by 
Charles M. Schulz
Sonata in C-sharp minor ("Moonlight")  

John CAGE:
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942) with Joan La Barbara
Daughters of the Lonesome Isle (1945)
Music for Marcel Duchamp (1945) with Anemic Cinema (1926) by Marcel Duchamp
Works of Calder with film by Herbert Matter (1949-50)
The Perilous Night (1944) with the Perilous Night by Jasper Johns
Four Walls (1944) with film, featuring choreography and performance by 
Merce Cunningham
4'33" and Water Music (1952)
In a Landscape (1948)
Music for Piano No. 2 (1953)
Suite for Toy Piano (1948)
One2 (1989)

Henry COWELL:
The Tides of Manaunaun (1912)
The Banshee (1925)

George CRUMB:
Makrokosmos I: The Phantom Gondolier (1972)
Makrokosmos II: Morning Music; Cosmic Wind (1973)

Jed DISTLER:
Three Landscapes for Peter Wyer (1994)

GE Gan-Ru:
Gu Yue (Ancient Music) (1986)

Philip GLASS:
Modern Love Waltz (1977)

Guy KLUCEVSEK:
Sweet Chinoiserie (1996)

Stephen MONTAGUE:
Mirabella (1995)

Erik SATIE:
Gymnopédie No. 3 (1888)

Somei SATOH:
Litania (1973)

TAN Dun:
C-A-G-E (1993)

Toby TWINING:
Satie Blues (1995) with Great Small Works' A Mammals Notebook: The Erik 
Satie Cabaret
Nightmare Rag (1995)

Lois V VIERK:
To Stare Astonished at the Sea (1994)

Strumming the strings of a grand piano like a harp and performing 
Beethoven on toy piano are among the surprising scenes in Evans Chan's 
documentary, Sorceress of the New Piano (2004), which celebrates the 
trans-cultural career of Singapore-born, New York-based pianist Margaret 
Leng Tan, hailed by The New Yorker as "the diva of avant-garde pianism". 

. Featured performers and critics include Joan LaBarbara, Edward 
Rothstein (The New York Times), Mark Swed (Los Angeles Times), and 
Joshua Kosman (San Francisco Chronicle) share their thoughts on Tan's 
artistry and musical lineage.

. With additional featured appearances by composers John Cage, George 
Crumb, Raphael Mostel, Toby Twining, Lois V Vierk, Someil Satoh and Ge 
Gan-ru.

. Incorporating vintage footage of Merce Cunningham's dance, Jasper 
Johns' art, and a Marcel Duchamp film; Sorceress also highlights Tan's 
latest transformation as the champion and pioneer of new repertoire for 
the toy piano

Best Music Documentary Nominee:
Silverdocs: AFI-Discovery Channel Documentary Festival (2005)
Best Documentary Nominee:
San Francisco Asian American International Film Festival (2005)
"an exemplary documentary" -- 2005 TimeOut Film Guide
"an exciting work of art in itself" --Tim Page, The Washington Post
"a charming, very human film" -- John Schaeffer, host of NPR's New Sounds

    BONUS FILM: THE MAVERICK PIANO (2006)     50 minutes

. The Maverick Piano is an excursion into the sonic world of the 
avant-garde piano, as Margaret Leng Tan gives complete performances of 
the following 6 pieces:

John CAGE:
In a Landscape with Great Small Works 
In the Name of the Holocaust  
Music for Piano No. 2 featuring prints by Cage Dream and Indeterminacy

GE Gan-Ru:
Gu Yue "Pipa"

Erik SATIE:
Gymnopédie No. 3 with Great Small Works

Toby TWINING:
Satie Blues with Great Small Works

. The film represents the grand piano in various transformations:
- as a conventional keyboard instrument (Cage: In a Landscape)
- prepared piano, also played with fists/forearms (Cage: In the Name of 
the Holocaust)
- as a stringed instrument, both plucked and bowed juxtaposed with 
images of Cage's artwork (Cage: Music for Piano No. 2)
- strummed while played from the crook of the piano (Ge Gan-ru: 
Pipa/Ancient Music)
- in combination with the toy piano (Twining: Satie Blues, and Satie: 
Gymnopédie No. 3 arranged by Margaret Leng Tan, in collaboration with 
Great Small Works)

  ALL MARGARET LENG TAN RELEASES ON SALE FOR $12/CD and $16/DVD (through
  April 30th)

Sonic Encounters - works of Cage, Crumb, Hovhaness, Ge Gan-ru, Somei 
Satoh (mode 15)  $12
http://www.moderecords.com/catalog/015tan.html

Cage: The Piano Works 4 (mode 106)  $12
http://www.moderecords.com/catalog/106cage.html

Cage: The Piano Works 7 (mode 158, CD or DVD)  $12/CD, $16/DVD
http://www.moderecords.com/catalog/158cage.html

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