The concert celebrates Xenakis and other composers with regular jobs:
Xenakis – architect
Feldman – worked in parents clothes factory
Glass – taxi driver, plumber
Ives – insurance Clerk
James Williamson – insurance Claims Handler
Cage – graphic designer & Fungus Collector (mycologist)
Xenakis: Mists
Glass: Knee Play 4 (from Einstein on the Beach
Feldman: Extension 3
Ives: Selection of short piano works
1) Anthem – Processional
2) Study No. 21 – Some Southpaw Pitching
3) The Seen and Unseen
4) Baseball Take-Off
5) Allegretto
6) Bad and Good Resolutions
James Williamson: New Work (WP)
Xenakis – Chansons I-VI
Cage – In a Landscape
Xenakis – A.r. (Homage Ravel)
6.45pm – preconcert talk by James Williamson plus a complimentary glass of wine or juice