Extradition’s 2019 season continues with a recital by Edmonton-based composer/performer Mark Hannesson of the Wandelweiser Composers Collective, performing five of his own works with guest musicians from the Extradition Series community.
> Child (2019): This piece, which is receiving its world premiere tonight, uses words and short phrases from the “United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child” to create a minimalist canticle, with an open instrumental ensemble supporting a vocalist. It will be performed by Jena Viemeister (voice), Mark Hannesson (trumpet), Matt Carlson (piano), Lee Elderton (clarinet), Branic Howard (guitar), Catherine Lee (oboe), and Collin Oldham (cello).
> Home.Haven.Refuge (2019): Our second world premiere for the evening is based around a UNHCR statistic showing that someone, somewhere in the world, is forcibly displaced every two seconds as a result of conflict or persecution. It will be performed by Mark Hannesson (trumpet), Catherine Lee (oboe), and Matt Hannafin (percussion).
> Like the Shuffling of Feet on Pavement (2017): A duo for pianist and clarinetist, each of which is given a small range of written material, which they must arrange over the course of the piece according to their own sense of pace and timing. The piece will be performed by Matt Carlson (piano) and Lee Elderton (clarinet).
> Small Garden (2015): Small Garden is a series of seven short, poetic text scores, each comprising just four to eighteen words. Tonight’s performance will assay five of them, each performed by a different group of instrumentalists that includes Mark Hannesson (trumpet), Matt Carlson (piano), Lee Elderton (clarinet), Matt Hannafin (percussion), Branic Howard (guitar), Catherine Lee (oboe), and Collin Oldham (cello).
> Undeclared (2016): On October 20, 2006, a drone attack in Pakistan’s Bajaur District struck a school, killing 68 children aged 7 to 17. The score for this piece consists entirely of those children’s names and ages, along with the simple instructions “play one note/sound for each child / take as much time as needed / pause between each as long as needed.” It will be performed solo by Mark Hannesson (whistling + computer processing).
NOTE: This recital will take place at Resound NW, not at Extradition’s regular concert venue.
Saturday, September 21
Resound NW
1532 SW Jefferson St, PDX
Doors 7pm, music 7:30pm
Refreshments will be served during intermission.
The Extradition Series presents concerts and recitals that exist at the intersection of composition and improvisation, intentionality and chance, clarity and silence. The series is curated and directed by Matt Hannafin and presented by the Creative Music Guild.
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