Pianos is a concerto for solo piano/sampler keyboard and large chamber ensemble with extensive live electronics. Performed by renowned (former Regent’s Lecturer) Gloria Cheng, the piece is a collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio
Technologies (CNMAT), and makes use of an extensive archive of sampled piano recordings.
V. La cruz del sur y el cielo que gira ("The southern cross and the revolving sky")
This piece was commissioned by the Alexander String Quartet for the occasion of their thirtieth anniversary season, and is gratefully dedicated to them.
IV. La tierra fría que duerme ("The sleeping cold earth")
This piece was commissioned by the Alexander String Quartet for the occasion of their thirtieth anniversary season, and is gratefully dedicated to them.
III. Ballenas australes y pingu?inos de Magallanes ("Southern right whales and Magellanic penguins")
This piece was commissioned by the Alexander String Quartet for the occasion of their thirtieth anniversary season, and is gratefully dedicated to them.
