Watercolor (2021) by Eleonor Sandresky; graphic design by Orpheus Bureau
LUNAR LANDSCAPES: Harvest Moon premieres on October 20, 2021 at 9pm ET. We will celebrate the full moon with special guest composer Mary Jane Leach. The livestream will also include music by Philip Glass and Eleonor Sandresky.
Our themed cocktail is the the Indian Summer, and you will receive the recipe and snack recommendations when you purchase your $5 ticket, along with a unique link to the event.
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PROGRAM
SANDRESKY Spice Mix 1 for open ensemble
LEACH Ariadne’s Lament for trombone choir
LEACH Dowland’s Tears for solo + 9 taped flutes
LEACH Xantippe’s Rebuke for solo + 8 taped oboes
GLASS Scene 6 from Les Enfants Terrible, arranged for solo piano by Eleonor Sandresky*
*World premier
About Mary Jane Leach
Mary Jane Leach at Civitella, photo courtesy of the composer.
Mary Jane Leach is a composer/performer whose work reveals a fascination with the physicality of sound, its acoustic properties and how they interact with space. In many of her works Leach creates an other-worldly sound environment using difference, combination, and interference tones; these are tones not actually sounded by the performers, but acoustic phenomena arising from her deft manipulation of intonation and timbral qualities. “An acoustic ‘Through the Looking Glass’ world based on sound that the performer is not making.” (The New Yorker) The result is striking music which has a powerful effect on listeners.
Critics have commented on her ability to "offer a spiritual recharge without the banalities of the new mysticism" (Detroit Free Press), evoking "a visionary quest for inner peace" (Vice Versa Magazine), and "an iridescent lingering sense of suspended time." (Musicworks Magazine) Leach’s music has been performed throughout the world in a variety of settings, from the concert stage to experimental music forums, and in collaboration with dance and theatre artists. Recordings of her work are on Modern Love, Blume, Apostos, die Schachtel, Lovely Music, New World, XI, Starkland, Innova, and Aerial compact disc labels.