Bach Marathon Hour Ten: 4am to 5am
Your host is Zoe
This hour’s lineup, with performer bios and program notes:
Tori Kudo (Ehime, Japan)
Goldberg-Variationen
Tori Kudo is a musician and potter from Ehime, Japan. He has been actively performing and releasing music since the 1970s. His groups include Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Noise (with Reiko Kudo), and many more. https://torikudo.bandcamp.com
Keith Fullerton Whitman
Bach Redactions #2, composed by Keith Fullerton Whitman
Keith Fullerton Whitman is a Composer & Performer based in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. keithfullertonwhitman.com
Rhiannon Banerdt (NYC, NY, USA)
From the archives: Bach to the Future II (2014)
3rd movement from Sonata for Violin No.2 in a minor
Violinist Rhiannon Banerdt made her solo debut at age 14 with the New England Symphonic Ensemble in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has since made solo and chamber music appearances at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, New York’s Weill Hall at Carnegie, and Boston’s Jordan Hall, among others. Ms. Banerdt is a founding member of the Ulysses String Quartet, winners of the First Prize at the 2018 Schoenfeld International Chamber Music Competition, Grand Prize at the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, First Prize at the 2017 American Prize Chamber Ensemble, and Silver Medal at the 2017 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. Ulysses has been named the Graduate String Quartet in Residence at the Juilliard School for 2019-2021 academic years. Ms. Banerdt was a violin Fellow at Community MusicWorks (2013-2015).
Seijiro Murayama
non-idiomatic improvisations by a drum kit – #3, composed by Seijiro Murayama
Seijiro Murayama is a Japanese improviser and composer based in France. He was the original drummer of Fushitsusha with Keiji Haino. He took a big influence from Tom Cora in 1982 in New York. Seijiro is a co-author of the text “idioms and idiots”.
Miguel Vasquez (Providence, RI, USA)
Cello Suite No. 2 (Prelude, Allemande & Courante) & Suite No. 1 (Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Menuet and Gigue)
Miguel, cellist, is an active performer and educator in the New England area. Miguel is a Resident Musician at Community MusicWorks. He has participated in several music festivals, including the Tanglewood Music Center in 2017 and the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, where he was part of their 2009 – 2013 tours, as well as in their Carnegie Hall concert in 2010. Miguel graduated with a Bachelor of Music in 2014 from Longy School of Music of Bard College and Emerson College in Boston, where he studied with Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist Mihail Jojatu. In 2016, he graduated with a Master’s degree in Cello Performance from the New England Conservatory where he studied with Borromeo Quartet cellist Yeesun Kim.
Glockabelle (Catskill Mountains, NY, USA)
Looks like a Casio, Feels like a Piano
Glockabelle plays two Casio-VL Tones and a glockenspiel with eight thimbles. She would like to apologize to J.S. Bach in advance for transcribing two of his preludes to one-centimeter plastic calculator buttons. It seemed like a good idea at the time. She would also like to thank Middlebury College for allowing her to perform one prelude on their concert grand piano. She hopes this has redeemed her in Bach’s esteem with some semblance of elegance and class. www.glockabelle.com
House Red (Providence, RI, USA)
From the archives: Bach to the Future II (2014)
Composed and Improvised by House Red
House Red is the performance name of Rebecca Mitchell, a Providence, RI based vocalist, audiobook narrator, voice over artist, and emcee. Rebecca is a founding board member and vocal coach with Girls Rock! Rhode Island, an organization that fosters empowerment for girls, women, trans, and gender non-conforming individuals through music. www.rebamitchell.com