Not only is Iannis Xenakis' monumental Pleiades one of the most complex and fiendishly difficult works ever written for percussion, the Greek avant garde master added an extra layer of difficulty by ...

Dmaathen Steven Schick, Percussion Jacqueline Leclair, Oboe Iannis Xenakis, Composer Pleïades, Movements: Métaux Iannis Xenakis, Composer Red Fish Blue Fish Pleïades, Movements: Claviers Iannis ...

Xenakis Week here at Unquiet Thoughts continues with some additional observations by the master percussionist Steven Schick, whose book “The Percussionist’s Art” gave me as much to think about as any ...

Sound is elemental. It is why the heartrate, composed of many individual heartbeats in succession is called a vital sign. Percussionist Kuniko understands this in an explicit and integral manner. Her ...

Red Fish Blue Fish play the ending of “Persephassa,” from Xenakis: Percussion Works (Mode). About the Xenakis performance, the Make Music Web site explains: “The six percussionists will be placed in a ...

This collection of ensemble works, six altogether, ranges across the last two decades of Iannis Xenakis's life. It includes the last two pieces he composed, Zythos, for trombone and six marimbas, and ...

Let's face it, there is something elementally fascinating about a big, brash, thwacking percussion solo. Monday night's concert by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, aptly titled "Big Bang, ...

Percussionists back in Beethoven's day could be forgiven for feeling a little bored, waiting for the infrequent roll of the kettledrum or the occasional cymbal crash. But as orchestras grew bigger, ...

Tickets: Wheeler Opera House box office; http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com You’re invited to lie down on the stage of Harris Concert Hall on Monday night for a ...

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The last of the BBC's three composer days this season was devoted to the uncompromising music of Iannis Xenakis. As well as talks and films, there were two concerts. The first, given by students from ...