Sun, 2009-03-15 19:46 — bfields
In Berkeley I went with Andy and his wife to a concert by the University Symphony Orchestra. They were very good. Anyway, the program was:
- "Practice" for full orchestra and computer (2007), Edmund Campion
- "An American in Paris", George Gershwin
- "Practice" for full orchestra and computer (2007), Edmund Campion
- Intermission
- "Amériques" (1918-21; rev. 1928), Edgard Varèse
- "La Valse" (1919-20), Maurice Ravel
When we first saw that, we said: so does "Practice" come in two parts, or are they playing it twice? As it turns out, they just played the whole thing through twice. Which was actually a fantastic idea: I think premieres should always work that way. You get a lot more out of it the second time through. (And it was sort of fun to hear the piece after the Gershwin and think: "hey, that sounded a little Gershwin-y".)
Great program, anyway.