Emerald City Music Spotlight: Composer George Crumb

“I am certain that most composers today would consider today’s music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics.”

– George Crumb

In this special theatrical evening, Emerald City Music hones in on the music and legacy of American composer George Crumb (b. 1929).This iconic Pulitzer and GRAMMY-winning composer is known for his juxtaposition of contrasting musical styles, ranging from music of the western art-music tradition, to hymns and folk music, to non-Western musics.

BLACK ANGELS (1970)  

GEORGE CRUMB: VOX HOMINIS : FILM BY ZAC NICHOLSON

MUNDUS CANIS (1998)

I – “Tammy”

II – “Fritzi”

III – ” Heidel”

IV – “Emma-Jean”

V – “Yoda”

NIGHT OF THE FOUR MOONS (1969)

1. La luna está muerta, muerta… (the moon is dead, dead…)
2. Cuando sale la luna… (when the moon rises…)

III. Otro Adán oscuro está soñando. (another obscure Adam dreams…)

1. ¡Huye luna, luna, luna! (run away moon, moon, moon!…)

 ARTISTS:

Charlotte Mundy, Mezzo Soprano

Demarre McGill, alto flute/piccolo

Jordan Dodson banjo & guitar

Jay Campbell. cello

Ji Hye Jung, percussion

JACK QUARTET:  Christopher Otto, violin; Austin Wulliman, violin; John Pickford Richards, viola; Jay Campbell, cello

Zac Nicholson, filmmaker

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