Bach Marathon Hour Twelve: 6am to 7am
Your host is Alyssa
This hour’s lineup, with performer bios and program notes:
Seijiro Murayama (Paris, France)
non-idiomatic improvisations by a drum kit – #2, composed/improvised 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”.
Jake Pietroniro (Providence, RI, USA)
Cello Suite No. 6 (Arr. Viola)
Jake Pietroniro, violist, began his studies in New Hampshire through a Waldorf school program. Jake now holds two degrees in viola performance from the University of California at Santa Barbara and The Hartt School, where he studied with Helen Callus and Rita Porfiris. Jake has appeared as a soloist with the Kankakee Valley Youth Symphony, and was a founding member of the Luna String Quartet, which was awarded a fellowship at The Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music in 2019. In competition, Jake won first prize in the Hartt Chamber Music Competition and was recently a finalist in the Coltman Chamber Competition in Austin, TX. Jake has also appeared as a guest teaching artist with Arpeggio Peru and El Sistema de Guatemala. In his spare time, Jake likes to learn about physical therapy as it relates to healthy playing, and enjoys playing basketball, reading, and hiking in the White Mountains. He is currently a Viola Fellow at Community MusicWorks.
Assembly of Light (Providence, RI, USA)
From the archives: Bach to the Future VII (2019)
A choir version of ‘Erbarme dich, mein Gott’ from St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Providence, Rhode Island-based ASSEMBLY OF LIGHT choir is a secular all-female choral faction, unifying their incredible range of voices into beautiful, and often undeniably eerie, ethereal hymns, which blend classical styles through their own artistic experimentation. Chrissy Wolpert formed A.O.L. in 2008 and also handles the writing of all unconventional choral songs for the rotating cast of 20+ women which includes artists, scientists, gardeners, and teachers and musicians. The choir have collaborated with other vocalists and musicians often; the most notable of these collaborations and appearances on record would inarguably be the choir’s massive inclusion on the 2010-released All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood, the acclaimed sophomore LP from apocalyptic doom duo The Body. Live, the choir has played everything from the Carnegie Library Theater, St. Stephens Church to D.I.Y. warehouse spaces and punk houses, and have sometimes included covers of Judas Priest and The Velvet Underground.
Heath Marlow (Newton, MA, USA)
From the archives: Bach to the Future IV (2016)
Sarabandes from Cello Suite 4-6
Heath is a cellist, a founding member of Community MusicWorks, former Associate Dean of Arts Leadership, at New England Conservatory (where he also led the Sistema Fellows Program and Sistema Fellowship Resource Center), and current Director of Development at Emmanuel Music in Boston.
Sanggar Kembang Ceraki (Bali, Indonesia)
Contrapunctus X from the Art of Fugue (arranged by I Putu Gede Sukaryana)
Performers : I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot), leader I Putu Arya Deva Suryanegara, I Gede Putu Resky Gita Adhi Pratista, I Komang Pasek Wijaya, I Gede Putu Gita Kumara Putra, I Putu Purwwangsa Nagara, I Putu Suta Muliartawan, Ida Bagus Hery Yoga Permadi, I Wayan Situbanda, I Wayan Ari Widyantara, Yan Priya Kumara Janardhana, I Gusti Putu Arya Wira Kusuma, I Made Alit Widiarsana, I Made Rika Pradivta, I Gede Wahyu Kurniawan
The musicians/performers live in Bali. The project was conceived by John Noise Manis (in Italy), who made the initial adaptation to the gamelan scale, and mastered the audio files. Jonathan Adams (USA) made sound and video recordings and compiled the extensive liner notes for the album (iTunes). Videos may be found on YouTube searching Yantra Gamelan www.gamelan.gs
Price Hill Duo (Cincinnati, OH, USA)
Allemande from English Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809
Jordana Greenberg, violin & Laura Jekel, cello
Price Hill Duo, named for a neighborhood on the west side of Cincinnati, is a violin-cello ensemble that plays original arrangements of classical works, as well as their own compositions. They engage audiences in both casual and formal performance settings. Jordana & Laura memorize their repertoire so they can fully immerse themselves in the music. They are dedicated to the vibrant arts scene through performance, education, and community-building. In addition to performing as a duo, Jordana and Laura are Teaching Artists at MYCincinnati, a free El Sistema-inspired youth orchestra program in Price Hill. They are also principal string players of Queen City Opera. https://pricehillduo.square.site/about