“Congregations” by David A. Jaffe; Cello Octet Amsterdam
Performance of David A. Jaffe's "Congregations" for eight cellos, performed by Cello Octet Amsterdam at Musis Sacrum Arnhem hall in Arnhem, The Netherlands on November 11, 2010.
This work deals with ways in which people come together. The movements are:
I. "String Band" (includes elements of bluegrass music)
II. "Minyan" (includes Yiddish and Hebrew liturgical and folk music)
III. "Sparring Match" (inspired by Kung Fu)
IV. "Refuge" (elements of Nature and the other 3 movements)
Codex Versions
by Bruce Brubaker
On his Codex album, released January 19, 2018, American pianist
Bruce Brubaker faced off Terry Riley's Keyboard Study 2 (1965) and pieces from the Codex Faenza, a 15thcentury manuscript that is one of the earliest collections of keyboard sheet music. Creating an echo chamber for the primacy of the performer-creator and the effacement of the composer, this back-and-forth invites us on a journey that is both timeless and eminently contemporary.
These four new versions surrendered to the expert hands of Max Cooper, Arandel and Olga Bell, bring Brubaker's minimalist tapestries to life, in the myriad colours of the modern electronic and experimental scene.