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a•pe•ri•od•ic

Chicago’s critically acclaimed experimental music ensemble, a•pe•ri•od•ic, makes its first appearance in Baltimore on an East coast tour featuring work written for the ensemble by Wandelweiser composers Jürg Frey and Michael Pisaro, along with works by Catherine Lamb, Morgan Evans Weiler, Pauline Oliveros, and Nomi Epstein.

Specializing in notated, acoustic, experimental music, a•pe•ri•od•ic‘s repertoire explores the indeterminacy of various musical elements including instrumentation, structure, pitch, and/or duration. Drawn to works of sparseness, contemplation, and quietude, this "daring group" (Chicago Reader) has a history of interpreting distinctive pieces using a collaborative rehearsal process, deriving meaning and intention from oblique prose scores with great sensitivity. 

Program

Jürg Frey: Fragile Balance (commissioned by a•pe•ri•od•ic, 2014)

Morgan Evans Weiler: "General Motions in Relation II" (2017)

Nomi Epstein: combine, juxtapose, delayed overlap (2013/2017)

Michael Pisaro: festhalten/loslassen (commissioned by a•pe•ri•od•ic, 2013)

Pauline Oliveros: XVI (1971)

Cat Lamb: line/shadow (2011)

This concert is partially supported by New Music Inc.