Bass Hall, Monadnock Center for History & Culture, Peterborough
Electric Earth Concerts presents New Morse Code, a cello- percussion duo quickly gaining a reputation for their commitment to bold, engaging performances, and to catalyzing collaborations with composers, actors, dancers, and visual artists. Cellist Hannah Collins and percussionist Michael Compitello will present “Shifting Patterns,” a program of rhythm-driven music which explores the fascinating effects of changing the motion and flow of various musical images. The concert will feature works by Pulitzer prize winners Steve Reich, David Lang, and 2013 winner Caroline Shaw, as well as the North American premiere of A Sense of Place, by South African composer Peter Klatzow. The duo will also share brand new material from their current collaboration with electroacoustic composer Samuel Carl Adams.
From a new breed of versatile, boundary-stretching performers, New Morse Code brings talent, intelligence, and an infectious devotion to making today’s music come alive. Their repertoire is new, their approach is informal and interactive, and their performances are completely unique!
The duo is in residence for two weeks at Avaloch Farm Music Institute in Boscawen, New Hamshire, a brand new retreat center for musical groups engaged in preparing major new projects. This is the second group Electric Earth Concerts will present as part of an ongoing collaboration.
Program:
- David Lang: Stuttered Chant
- Caroline Shaw:Boris Kerner
- Nick Didkovsky: Caught by the Sky with Wire
- Peter Klatzow: A Sense of Place
- Steve Reich: Clapping Music\
- Andy Akiho: 21
- new material from Samuel Carl Adams
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