Duplex
Originally released 1980, re-released 2015
THIS (1980) by James DeMars
THIS (a contracrostipunctus) for Frederic Rzewsky and Douglas Hofstadter IS an opportunity to adJUST to circles of reference and TIME, because a variety of “meanings” are available in (this) unusual interplay of an invertible text AND a looping melody which apparently refer to each and YOU; however, if you TAKE your TIME (AND you are) YOU may HEAR JUST both, which is MUSIC, which IS an opportunity to adJUST to circles of reference and TIME, because a variety of “meanings” are available in (this) unusual interplay of MUSIC FOR KLEIST (1980) by Zeitgeist
In the collectively composed MUSIC FOR KLEIST, severe changes in mood reflect the character of Kleist’s life and work (particularly a short story entitled “Earthquake in Chile,” which provided the dramatic frame for the composition). Dramatic, expressionistic gestures are contrasted with serene, almost euphoric passages. SPINNGEWEBE (1976) by Tristan Fuentes was inspired by the way a spider weaves its web, first spinning a framework and then adding the spiral. Written for Zeitgeist, the piece was premiered July 25, 1980.
SIGNATURE ONE: A MENDELSSOHN FANTASY (1980) by Homer Lambrecht was commissioned by the Jerome Foundation for Zeitgeist and received its premiere at Carnegie Recital Hall October 18, 1980 in New York.
“Music spans time in history; the movement of time also articulates the form and substance of music. Patterns of movement form streams of rhythm, flow of harmonic motion, and currents of timbre. These patterns also reveal the spiritual substance of the composer and his cultural heritage. To find patterns that connect my time with the past is the origin of SIGNATURE ONE. Techniques common to today’s music are used to transform ‘Adieu,’ one of Mendelssohn’s ‘Songs Without Words.’” Joseph Holmquist – marimba, lujon, cymbals, Chinese gongs, voice
Jay Johnson – vibes, cymbals, Chinese gongs, handbells, voice Greg Theisen – piano, coild spring (on SPINNGEWEBE) James DeMars – piano (on THIS, MUSIC FOR KLEIST, and SIGNATURE ONE) and voice Homer Lambrecht – trombone Pat Moriarty – alto saxophone Engineer: Russell Borud Producer: Jay Johnson Cover Painting: Greg Kelsey Graphics: Sandi Weis-Freier Time Ghost Records #Z1002 974 Monvel Street St. Paul, MN 55114 Composer BiosJames DeMars (b.1952) Composer/conductor James DeMars belongs to a generation that is revealing a new integration of world music with the range, depth and stylistic variety of the classical tradition. His works include orchestral concertos for violin, piano, African drum ensemble, pow-wow singers, Native American flute, several cantatas, a requiem mass and an opera.
Ensembles that perform DeMars' music include the New York Choral Society, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Phoenix Symphony, California Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, Tucson Symphony, Anchorage Symphony, Choer et Orchestre Francais D'Oratorio (Paris), Wuppertal (Germany) Orchestra. DeMars has received commissions from the NEA, the Heard Museum, Flynn Foundation, Art Renaissance Foundation, the Phoenix Symphony, Canyon Records, the European-American Foundation, the Phoenix Boys Choir, I Solisti di Zagreb, and the Arizona Commission on the Arts. As a conductor, DeMars' performances include the national premiere of his work, An American Requiem, at the Kennedy Center in Washington and nationally televised performances at Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. In 1998 he conducted the European premiere of the requiem in Paris at Église La Trinité with Choer et Orchestre Francais D'Oratorio and was inducted to the French Order of Arts and Letters. With Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai he has created four CDs for Canyon Records. Two World Concerto received two Native American Music Awards and led to the 2008 release of DeMars' inter-cultural opera, GUADALUPE. In 2010 he received the Arizona Artist of the Year Governor's Award. Aesthetic influences include the writings of Joseph Campbell and Albert Camus. He holds a doctorate from the University of Minnesota and currently teaches composition at Arizona State University in Tempe Tristan Fuentes, born 1951 in Mexico City, is the son of a school teacher and barrister. His first ensemble experience was "Cherub Choir" as a five-year-old, and piano studies followed at age six. In the fifth grade he had the opportunity to join the class band. It was denied that he play trumpet but firmly suggested that he play drums. At age fifteen he organized his first combo and started playing professionally.
As a university student he persued a dual track of classical music and rock & roll. In his mid-twenties he studied percussion, music theory, and composition at the New England Conservatory and suffered under the tutelage of Gunther Schuller. Upon his liberation with a Master of Music degree, he set upon a diverse life of people, places, languages, and art objects. His main compositional influences have been Terry Riley, John Cage, and Frederic Rzewski. His works are primarily for small instrumental ensembles. After having received a B.A. with honors and a M.A., Homer Lambrecht received a Doctorate in Music Composition from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. An avid trombonist, he studied with Glenn Dodson of the Chicago and Philadelphia Symphonies, played in clubs, and performed in numerous free jazz ensembles. Receiving commissions from Minnesota Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as well numerous other grants and fellowships, his compositions have been played from Japan and Europe to Carnegie Hall. Enjoying the challenge of technology, he studied computer music at M.I.T. and pursued web development utilizing various flavors of JavaScript, scripting languages, and SQL. Employing electronic music beginning with analogue tape slicing and continuing through today's digital technology (such as SuperCollider and Reaktor), he is currently involved with improvisational electronics as well as more traditional notated systems. His favorite philosophers, Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze, have been essential to his tentative understanding of the indeterminate elasticity of that which is nameless and contingent on the dynamics of Now.
Performer BiosJoe Holmquist is a new music specialist based in Lincoln, NE. One of the original founders of Zeitgeist, he holds a B.A. degree from Macalester College and a M.M. degree from the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he studied with master teacher Vic Firth. He has played in premiere performances of hundreds of works throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Jay Johnson received the B.F.A. and M.M. degrees in Percussion with an emphasis on Ethnomusicology from the University of Minnesota. He has performed dozens of world premieres at major festivals and concert halls throughout the United States and Europe. He can be heard locally in concert or on recordings with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Opera Company, Plymouth Music Series, Dale Warland Singers, and others.
Pat Moriarty studied saxophone with Ruben Haugen and formed his first working band in 1973, upon meeting drummer Phil Hey. His graphic notation scores have been exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Walker Art Center, and the Hartt School in Hartford, Connecticut. Moriarty has a teaching degree and is a band director at Roseville High School.
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