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previous artist: gisèle vienne		there are 2 titles featuring lois v. vierk in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: viki

$12.61

back in stock as of
february 11th, 2009

first in stock on
march 9th, 2007

threads:
modern-composition
guitar-themed
minimalism-drones

experimental intermedia (usa) #xi 102 cd
xi records (usa) #xi 102 cd

lois v. vierk “simoom” compact disc

go guitars (12:06)
cirrus (18:43)
simoom (20:34)

... have always loved the title track of this disc ; 12-minutes of punky overdubbed electric guitar coming from the same lower-east-side primordials that birthed glenn branca, rhys chatham, et.al ...

experimental intermedia press release...

lois v vierk
simoom

lois v vierk creates music whose distinctiveness flows from a mixture of the intense analytical disciplines of her composition teacher leonard stein, and the gentle admonitions of her japanese court music teacher suenobu togi to "just do it."

the influences of vierk's long study of gagaku (the imperial court music of japan) do not show on the surface. rather they are heard in knowing that what has happened and what will happen are part of a sure path toward fulfillment. gagaku unfolds with ceremonious slowness. time seems to be suspended before the taiko drum sounds its next musical heartbeat. but the drum does sound, and when it does, it divides the music that has just passed and that which is to follow, all part of an elegant musical order. the elegance and order of vierk's music, like gagaku, touch the heart of the person who listens, who takes time, who is open.

on simoom we hear three of vierk's works for "big instruments," that is, multiples of the same instrument, treated more like single entities than like groups of voices: go guitars for five electric guitars tuned microtonally around "e," cirrus for six trumpets, and simoom for eight cellos.

all three works employ what vierk describes as "exponential structure," which utilizes exponential relationships to control time, pitch movement and rates of change. within this system, vierk creates very directional compositions possessing high energy. as in gagaku, they unfold slowly. although clearly building on the work of minimalist composers, vierk's music is much more concerned with constant development and climax.

this disc offers virtuoso performances by david seidel, electric guitar; gary trosclair, trumpet; and theodore mook, cello.

$14.62

new to stock as of
december 21st, 2010

new world (usa) #nw 80665 cd

margaret lancaster “io” compact disc

johanna beyer - have faith! (2:00) 1936
lois v. vierk - io (10:14) 1999
joan la barbara - atmos (14:37) 2008
james tenney - seegersong #2 (12:10) 1999
larry polansky - daughter of piker (2:56) 1998
larry polansky - i know you! (3:17) 1998
larry polansky - you're no piker (2:12) 1998
larry polansky - you're a piker (2:37) 1998
larry polansky - piker (9:10) 1998

june 2009 release ; assorted pieces for flute - in solo and small-ensemble settings - performed by margaret lancaster ...

new world press release...

composer(s): johanna beyer, lois v. vierk, joan la barbara, james tenney, larry polansky
album title: io
cat. no.: 80665
genre: classical / solo instrumental
release date: 06/2009

margaret lancaster, flutes;

beth griffith, soprano
larry polansky, electric guitar
matthew gold, marimba, percussion

margaret lancaster has burst onto the scene as our leading proponent of the avant-garde flute ... what distinguishes lancaster is her versatility, her willingness to let her flute be the focus of anything from technopop to theater to tap dancing, along with a breathless fluidity of line that raises every performance above the merely technically correct.

- kyle gann

this gathering of music by five composers spanning more than 70 years demonstrates the richness and possibility of the stylistic freedom that is sometimes called the american experimental tradition. timelessly potent for their careful exploration of musical material, these are works which have no cause to be esoteric, by leading american composers who deserve much higher regard. and in the hands of a performer and new-music advocate, margaret lancaster, who curates her repertoire with an attention to a continuum which composer johanna beyer calls "future, present, past," we are given the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of how this tradition lives. these are all, with the exception of seegersong #2, world-premiere recordings.

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