Fast Forward: Coleman and Kagel
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This is a joint concert with composer/performer Anthony Coleman; the first half of the concert will feature Coleman and friends performing Kagel’s rarely heard Der Schall, quite possibly a once in a life time opportunity.
This concert considers Mauricio Kagel as a window to the past and the future. Kagel’s compsitional output itself pivots between looking forward and looking backward. Tonight we encounter him as a teacher, a model, and a colleague.
The concert begins at 8pm.
Programme:
“It is thus possible to create a tradition that is held together by strict rules, and that is also successful, to some extent. But is it desirable to support such a tradition to the exclusion of everything else?...These are questions I intend to ask...And to these questions my answer will be a firm and resounding NO.
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--Paul K. Feyerabend, Against Method