"First Lady of Percussion" meets "Diva of the Cello"

And what, you might ask, is transformative music?

It is music that undergoes change or gets transformed in the hands of an artist while at the same time transforming the artist herself as she performs it, and the listener as well.
In this particular instance, at 8 PM on FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11 at ROYCE HALL in UCLA, it is what happens when the “First Lady of Percussion” DAME EVELYN GLENNIE meets the “Diva of the Cello” MAYA BEISER, and through their playing-each individually AND together for the first time-open up new sonic universes that are certain to seduce the senses and invigorate the intellect.

Both classically trained, BEISER (while in the Israeli kibbutz where she was born and raised by her French mother and Argentinian father, then at Yale) and GLENNIE (while growing up and losing her useful hearing in a remote farm in North east Scotland, then at London’s Royal Academy of Music) take their instruments to places where they have never been before, at times using multimedia and electronic technology creatively and without fear in true 21st century fashion to enhance the artistic experience.

BEISER performs selections from her latest recording “PROVENANCE” and GLENNIE plays improvised and pre-written pieces from her eclectic repertoire. TOGETHER on stage for the first time, they will perform the world premiere of “STUTTERED CHANT” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer DAVID LANG, a piece for two cellos written specially for GLENNIE AND BEISER. LANG’s music, informed by minimalism, modernism and rock, has been described as “post minimalist” or “totalist.” The program (see below) promises to be an evening that crosses conventional musical boundaries and will be etched in your memory forever. Guaranteed!

FanFaire is pleased to once again partner with UCLA Live in giving away three (3) pairs of tickets to this unique concert. Lucky winners will be notified by phone and/or email 2 days before the concert.
We invite you to JOIN the GIVEAWAYfor a chance to experience the power of transformative music. You will never think of the cello OR drums OR sticks OR flower pots, etc. in the same way again. At the very least, you’ll be in for a most life-enriching musical experience. GUARANTEED! So… MARK YOUR CALENDAR.WHEN: Friday November 11, 2024 at 8:00 pm
WHERE: Royce Hall, UCLA (North Campus) / 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095
TICKETS: from $20 ($15 UCLA students) Call 310.825.2101

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PROGRAM

Selections from Provenance

Maya Beiser, cello
Bassam Saba, oud
Shane Shanaham, percussion
Matt Kilmer, percussion

I Was There - for cello, oud & percussion……………… Kayhan Kalhor
Memories - for cello……………………………………….. Djivan Gasparian / Maya Beiser
Mar De Leche - for voice, cello, oud & percussion…… Tamar Muskal
Only Breath - for cello……………………………………. Douglas J. Cuomo
Kashmir - for multi-track cello………………………… Jimmy Page/Robert Plant
Arr. Evan Ziporyn

INTERMISSION

Evelyn Glennie, solo performance (percussion)

Ilijas…………………………………………………………. Nebojša Jovan Živković
Waterphone Improvisation…………………………….. Evelyn Glennie
Orologeria Aureola……………………………………….. Evelyn Glennie/Philip Shepperd
Barracuda Solo……………………………………………. Jacob ter Veldhuis
Prim…………………………………………………………. Askell Masson
Libertango………………………………………………….. Piazolla arr. Evelyn Glennie
Clapping Music……………………………………………. Steve Reich
Rhythmic Caprice………………………………………… Leigh Howard Stevens

Evelyn Glennie & Maya Beiser

Stuttered Chant (World Premiere)…………………….. David Lang