“a feast for the eye and for the ear” — Radio 4, Holland
4 degrees above zero
Sixty Videos, Sixty Composers, Sixty World Premieres by and for Guy Livingston
GUY LIVINGSTON recording ARTICHOKE SILENCE by Tsulke Hürn
“What if 60 composers from 18 countries each wrote 60 seconds for solo piano?” Don’t Panic! Livingston handles the show with an expert vison and masterful storytelling skills. Anecdotes of composers and mishaps are mixed with insight into the very nature of time.
Featured on the front page of the New York Times, in Le Monde, and on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition.
Ruby, music by David Dramm; film by Menno Otten
Little Angel, music by Peter Klatzow; film by Juan de Graaf
Last Minute Tango, music by Frank J. Oteri; film by Thijs Schreuder
The Piece that Anton Webern Wrote, music by Anders Jallen; film by Nelleke Koop
“A great performance, visually and musically” — NRC Handelsblad
Interview on National Public RadioMusic by Marek Zebrowski, performed by Guy Livingston
rehearsing in Utrecht
Flyer for the mini concerts (1 minute of music in your home)
the DVD cover
The DVD
still from Last Minute Tango
still from The Piece that Anton Webern Wrote
playing magnets on the strings
strapping on the piano to the truck
too much mud
No Entry/No Exit still photo
out in left field
too much rain
is silence tangible?
More about Silence
Suggested reading list on silence
John Cage: Silence (this is the bible of John Cage fans – full of insight and anecdotes)
Kyle Gann: No Such Thing as Silence (Gann was head music critic for the Village Voice)
Salomé Voegelin: Silence and Noise (a modern take on sound art)
Douglas Kahn: Noise Water Meat (a controversial rebuttal of many preconceived ideas)
Film: Die große Stille (a mystical documentary about a french monastery)
Movie: The Sound of Noise (Swedish alternative detective movie, hilarious, cult)
Suggested listening list
Arvo Pärt
Meredith Monk
Hildegaard Westerkamp
Pauline Oliveros
medieval music of the école de Notre Dame: especially Leonin and Pérotin