Myra Melford composer and artistic director, with David Szlasa - video, Oguri - dance, Sofia Rei - spoken word and Snowy Egret: Ron Miles (cornet), Stomu Takeishi (bass guitar), Liberty Ellman (guitar) and Tyshawn Sorey (drums) and Myra Melford (piano, sampler and melodica)
Cindy Cox, Pianos
Concerto solo piano/sampler keyboard, twelve musicians, and live electronics
I. Dark, Racing
II. Mercurial
III. Quirky, like a turning wheel
IV. Slowly revolving, wistful
V. Brash
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.
