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Video: Quando Carnaval Chegar arranged by Maiani da Silva

Chico Buarque//Maiani da Silva

Trailer: composition as explanation

Recording artists: Maiani da Silva: Violin, voice
Zachary Good: Clarinets, Voice
Matthew Duvall: Percussion, Voice
Lisa Kaplan: Piano, Voice
Dalia Chin: Flutes, Voice
Four-time Grammy-winning sextet, Eighth Blackbird (8BB), “one of the smartest, most dynamic contemporary classical ensembles on the planet” (Chicago Tribune), presents the world premiere recording of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang’s composition as explanation, based on Gertrude Stein’s seminal 1926 lecture of the same name.

Called “Super Chamber Music” by David Lang, this multidisciplinary work incorporates elements of chamber music, theater, and performance art; it has the groundbreaking ensemble not only performing the music, but also speaking and singing Stein’s text. For the performance, the 8BB players committed themselves to a rigorous education process, including lessons in acting, diction, and the art of theater

Video: The Making of Vital Sines

"Vital Sines" is constructed of several musical sequences and chaccone forms, all of which use repetition as means of development. It's overarching structure thus bears resemblance to the visual depiction of the sine wave, rising and falling like the tracing of breaths and heartbeats. The Piece is dedicated to my father's memory and the key moments in my life when I found sanctuary in music, when the music healed my heart."
- Viet Cuong