Alvin Lucier – Slices

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3 comments

Daniel Childers February 19, 2015 • 06:02 - 06:02

A lent contemporary concerto series? Excuse me whilst I copiously salivate over my keyboard, this fascinating piece really leaves everything on the table as to what future uploads can offer, very exciting stuff.

Chris L February 19, 2015 • 12:29 - 12:29

I’m in total agreement with you there, Daniel. One of those now-very-rare “How can anyone not have thought to do this before?!” pieces. A great start to what, I’m sure, will be another great series – Simon, as ever, many thanks!

5:4 February 19, 2015 • 15:55 - 15:55

I can recall instances in the first section of Richard Barrett’s Vanity where the piano fires out pitch ‘bullets’ that are sustained by the orchestra (& it also features a vast orchestral cluster later), but Lucier’s is the only time I’ve ever encountered the idea as a methodical process. Seems such an obvious idea, doesn’t it?

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