Plunder

October 27, 2006, 8 pm
The Music Gallery
197 John Street, Toronto, ON, CA, M5T 1X6 map

John Oswald’s new work for Continuum samples and remixes four works gathered from our 2005 International Call for Scores. Renegade media pioneer, Oswald is living proof of Stravinsky’s maxim: “A good composer does not imitate; he steals.”

Program

  1. God's Trees *
    Nick AkersUS/JP
  2. Elegy (for a known) *
    Ross CareyNZ
  3. Music to Boil an Egg By *
    Ross CareyNZ
  4. The 5-Chambered Heart *
    Colin MacDonaldCA
  5. Nineteen Frames *
    Chris MayoCA
  6. Continuum Concrescence †‡
    John OswaldCA

* Continuum Call for Scores
† Ontario Arts Council Commission
‡ Premiered by Continuum

Performers

Continuum’s ensemble, with guest artists Sanya Eng (harp), Jim Gardner (trumpet), Wallace Halladay (saxophone), Kimberley Pritchard (accordion) and Angela Rudden (viola).

Plunder