Sō Percussion’s “Trilogy” on the Lincoln Center Festival: Cage, Lansky, Mackey

July 30, 20168:00pm

Creatively used found objects, exotic artifacts, and traditional instruments expand the sound palette in pieces by three ingenious composers.

The earliest piece planned for Sō Percussion’s trilogy of concerts, John Cage’s Third Construction from 1942, represents a landmark in composing for percussion. Here, instruments from around the world—including rattles, drums, tin cans, claves, cowbells, lion’s roar, cymbal, ratchet, teponaxtle, quijades, cricket caller, and conch shell—are arranged and re-arranged into various combinations to create an astonishing array of colors and rhythms. The second piece, Paul Lansky’s Threads, is one of the most popular works ever written for percussion ensemble. Structured like a Baroque cantata, it swings between moments of intense delicacy and ecstatic drumming. Finally, the four mini-concertos of Steve Mackey’s It Is Time marshal the virtuosity of the individual members of Sō Percussion to speed up, slow down, warp, celebrate, and mourn our perceptions of time.

October 24, 20257:30am

Babe the blue OX and the Schickele Family Denim Review

Sō Laboratories (Our Home In Brooklyn!)
20 Grand Avenue, #205, Brooklyn, New York 11205

Apparently this band has been making new music for 35 years and didn’t bother to tell many people. Why ruin it? Rose, Eddie, Hanna, Tim, Squiggy, Lemmy, Alfalfa they’ll all be there, with brand new ways to cut in song in pieces. Tell Everyone! Cuz it’s free (donation suggested) and there’s a fridge of beer and seltzer!

November 1, 20258:30pm

Sō Plays Madrid!

Durante 25 años, el cuarteto de percusión ganador de un  Grammy Sō Percussion, ha redefinido la música de cámara del siglo XXI mediante una emocionante combinación de precisión y anarquía, rigor y caos (The New Yorker).

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