Manitoba Live Music Event

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THE END AND THE BEGINNING OF MUSIC

The haunting soundscapes of William Basinski slowly deteriorate even as they are being created. Employing obsolete technology and analog tape loops, his haunting and melancholy soundscapes are created using decades old tape loops which are slowly degraded, leaving a history of their demise through fragmenting reverberations of memory. Einojuhani Rautavaara was the leading Finnish composer of his generation. His musical language evolved throughout his life, fusing elements of modernism, neo-classicism, and romanticism into a unique voice. His Seventh Symphony, Angel of Light, encapsulates the composer’s musical history, growing inexorably from serene and ethereal textures to a vision of apocalyptic intensity.

WORKS

Einojuhani Rautavaara Symphony No. 7 “Angel of Light” CANADIAN PREMIEREThis performance is dedicated to the composer’s memory.

I. Tranquillo
II. Molto allegro
III. Come un sogno
IV. Pesante

William Basinski The Deluge CANADIAN PREMIERE

ARTISTS

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
William Basinski, electronics

PRE-CONCERT PANEL
Creative Destruction; The End and the Beginning of Music
6:15PM | Piano Nobile

William Basinski, presenter
John Schaefer, presenter
Matthew Patton, host

PRE-CONCERT PERFORMANCE
7:00PM | Piano Nobile

Brandon University New Music Ensemble, Megumi Masaki, conductor

POST-CONCERT PANEL
Piano Nobile

William Basinski, composer
John Schaefer, presenter
Alexander Mickelthwate, host
Matthew Patton, host

POST-CONCERT RECEPTION
Piano Nobile

Tony Neustaedter, DJ
Joel Friesen, DJ