Event

Music as Situation

The S.E.M. Ensemble
Presents
Music as Situation

PROGRAM:

Ian Davis Three Movements for Ensemble (2019) (World premiere)
Petr Kotik Tubamirum (2019) (World premiere)
Judith Berkson Partial Memories Part III (2019) (U.S. Premiere)
John Cage Cheap Imitation (1969/1982)
Sean Kiley ancient cascades (2019) (U.S. Premiere)
Petr Kotik Torso (String Quartet No. 2) (2012)

The S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Director

Judith Berkson, voice
Petr Kotik, flute & conductor
Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon
John Altieri, tuba
Lucie Vítkova, accordion
Ian Davis, piano
Chris Nappi, percussion
Leah Asher, violin
Mioi Takeda, violin
Liuh-Wen Ting, viola
Meaghan Burke, cello

The S.E.M. Ensemble, led by Petr Kotik, returns to Paula Cooper Gallery for its annual holiday concert on Wednesday, December 18, at 8 p.m. The program highlights music spanning over 50 years and exemplifying the compositional shift from the narrative classical form to the exploration of a situation a compositional concept, best described by Morton Feldman as getting deeper and deeper into one thought. Featured works include John Cages 1969 Cheap Imitation in its rarely heard flute version (1982); Kotiks string quartet, Torso (2012); the world premiere of his new work for solo tuba, Tubamirum (2019); and three premieres by the youngest generation of composers who participated in the Ostrava Days 2019 Festival Judith Berkson, Ian Davis, and Sean Kiley.