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Dal Niente Presents: figures that did nothing but simply were

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Dal Niente presents Matt Oliphant (horn), Theo Ramsey (violin), and Mabel Kwan (piano), performing a study of silences set in sound.

"...a person who demands attention purely by her being there... processes of development are not unfolded, but instead "conditions of being" are presented in hard-edged sections that cut into each other....figures that did nothing but simply were."

—Gertrude Stein on her book Ida, 1941.

Program: 

Rebecca Saunders, Duo (1999) for violin and piano

Jessie Marino, Piece for the Middle Seat (2017) for trio

Dai Fujikura, poyopoyo (2012) for solo horn

Louis d’Heudieres, Laughter Studies 3 (2016, rev. 2022) for trio

Hans Abrahamsen, Six Pieces (1984) for horn, violin, piano


Performers: 

Matt Oliphant, horn

Theo Ramsey, violin

Mabel Kwan, piano

Earlier Event: January 24
Dal Niente @ Appalachian State
Later Event: February 17
Dal Niente @ Western Michigan University