DACAMERA: Sarah Rothenberg | The Departing Landscape (on-demand until 11/24/2020)
Free (Free)
Sarah Rothenberg, piano
The Departing Landscape: A collaboration with filmmaker John Carrithers.
With a concert grand dramatically installed in the Menil Collection's ancient art galleries, Sarah Rothenberg performs Morton Feldman’s last piano work, Palais de Mari (1986), surrounded by rare objects from the same era as the ruined Mesopotamian palace of 2400 B.C.E. which inspired Feldman’s composition. A mesmerizing filmic performance in which avant-garde music interweaves visually with timeless objects, witnesses to a past of thousands of years.
Feldman speaks to us especially in these times. “Many of us are noticing how, with the interruption of our normal daily routines, our sense of time is disrupted. For some, without the stimuli of engaging with others or moving about physically, this time may be become unusually slow, and even empty. It is as though our lives are missing the musical bar lines by which we usually measure the day,” wrote Rothenberg when the pandemic began. “Contemplative and questioning, Feldman’s is a nearly static music in which fixed components rotate, slowly forming new figurations. The musical materials are suspended, like a constellation of stars in the sky. Our sense of time expands to something much larger than ourselves.”
The broadcast will take place at 7pm Central / 5pm Pacific.
Join us after the event for a virtual discussion with Sarah Rothenberg and The Menil Collection’s Paul Davis, Curator of Collections and Joseph Newland, Director of Publications.
How it works: Register now. Before the event, you will receive an email with the link to watch and a Zoom link for the talkback. After the initial premiere stream, watch The Departing Landscape on demand for 1 week.
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About DACAMERA
Hailed as "reliably adventurous" by the Washington Post and "perennially thoughtful" by The New Yorker's Alex Ross, DACAMERA is internationally recognized as a leading producer and presenter of chamber music and jazz, committed to bringing its audiences transformative musical experiences. Presenting an annual subscription series in Houston's downtown Theater District and at The Menil Collection, DACAMERA brings the world's leading artists to Houston, and continually evolves new and meaningful ways of presenting music.
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