MUSIC: CONCERT REVIEW Reducing an entire orchestra to two pianos (and it works!) ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
Review of Nov. 1, 2010 NEXUS + Duo Piano concert
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Press Release – NEXUS + 2X10 Piano Duo
Click HERE for a Press Release about the November 1st concert with the 2X10 Piano Duo.
Exciting!
Thanks for an exceptional concert last night, everyone! Judging by the many enthusiastic comments that swirled around me at intermission and afterwards, I was definitely not alone in finding the music (Rite of Spring and The Planets) exciting, sublime, and played to perfection by NEXUS, Midori Koga and Lydia Wong (a tour de force!), and… Read more »
Images from Hyogo
September 10, 2010 – Hyogo Performing Arts Center (all photos by Yasuhiro Ishino)
“Rosewood Dreaming” – Oct. 24, 2010
Genesee Symphony Orchestra conductor Raffaele Ponti (on the right) poses with two orchestra guests at the GSO’s season-opening October 24 concert. At left is composer Bill Cahn, whose piece, “Rosewood Dreaming,” was performed on the concert. Melzie Case (center) was the featured soloist, performing Cahn’s piece on marimba. She was the winner of the… Read more »
Moving NEXUS: Craig Snowden’s Story
We have a guest blogger today. Craig is going to tell us about moving NEXUS around North America! Thanks, Craig, for this behind-the-scenes look! My name is Craig Snowden and since Autumn 2004 I have been working on the road with NEXUS. I have been asked to write a short blog about my experiences on… Read more »
Mark your calendars: November 1st, Toronto
Join us at Walter Hall in Toronto for the opening of the University of Toronto’s Faculty Artists Series featuring NEXUS and the piano duo 2 x 10 (Midori Koga and Lydia Wong). Also performing will be the University’s Women’s Chamber Choir and special guest, percussionist John Rudolph.
Super Percussion – Tokyo Music Joy, 1988
Garry recently posted on YouTube three excerpts from a concert called Super Percussion, presented as part of the Tokyo Music Joy festival in 1988. It was the fourth annual Music Joy festival, produced by Toru Takemitsu and Koinuma Music, and sponsored by the Seibu-Saison Group in Tokyo. The four-day festival was organized around a jazz… Read more »
“Kpanlogo” performed at Super Percussion – Tokyo, 1988 (YouTube)
NEXUS performs “Kpanlogo” at Tokyo Music Joy concert in 1988, with Abraham Adzenyah on congas, Steve Gadd on drumset and Samul Nori from Korea.
“Duke’s Lullaby” performed at Super Percussion – Tokyo, 1988 (YouTube)
NEXUS performs Steve Gadd’s “Duke’s Lullaby” at Tokyo Music Joy concert in 1988, with Steve Gadd on drumset and Abraham Adzenyah on congas.
“Palta” performed at Super Percussion – Tokyo, 1988 (YouTube)
NEXUS performs Bob Becker’s “Palta” at Tokyo Music Joy concert in 1988, with Steve Gadd on drumset.
Review of From me flows what you call Time…
Here is a lovely review by Gene Tyranny that Bob Becker has discovered on the Midomi site (visit it here to read the original). The review is undated, but provides a most sensitive description of NEXUS’ signature work, Toru Takemitsu’s From me flows what you call Time… Performed by the percussion group Nexus, and the… Read more »
Residency in Carolina – Oct. 10 to 14, 2010
I’m home again after a 12-hour straight-shot drive from Pembroke, North Carolina that included about 20-minutes of dead-stop traffic on the Washington, D.C. Beltway during the 5:00 rush hour. I was at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke as a guest artist in residence at the invitation of Dr. Tracy Wiggins, the UNCP coordinator… Read more »
10/10/10 at 10:10 AM
It’s 10/10/10 and I’m in Petersburg, Virginia. Today I’ll be driving to Pembroke, North Carolina for several days of workshops and performances at the University of North Carolina. Yesterday, I walked through the old town historic area of Petersburg, and though it was a beautiful sunny and mild Saturday, there were literally no people to be… Read more »
Repertoire!
Creating, commissioning and developing repertoire is a huge part of NEXUS. New material is always in the works, written by all the NEXUS members, each of whom is a composer in his own right.
