Percussionist Allen Otte
Time & Truth: 50 years of Brün & Rzewski

March 22, 2019
Studio Z: 275 East Fourth Street, Suite 200, St. Paul
7:30 p.m. 
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Tickets: $15

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Percussionist Allen Otte presents TIME AND TRUTH – 50 years of the music and art of Herbert Brün and Frederic Rzewski, featuring works for mixed percussion, marimba, and electronics. This is a rare opportunity to hear one of the master percussionists of our time interpret two of the most important composers you may never have heard of:

Composer Herbert Brün (1918-2000) was a pioneer in the application of computer technology to the generation of both music and images. 

Virtuoso pianist and composer Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938) ranks with the legendary David Tudor as one of the most creative voices for his instrument in the last three generations. 

Percussionist and composer Allen Otte (b. 1950) was a co-founder of the Blackearth Percussion Group and Percussion Group/Cincinnati and currently tours as a soloist. He worked closely with both Brün and Rzewski for decades as one of the most sensitive interpreters of their work. In 2017 he was inducted into The International Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame. 

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PROGRAM:

Three excerpts from The Fall of the Empire, by Frederic Rzewski  (2007)
                               dedicated to Allen Otte  
Prolog
Global Warming
Letter from Reading Gaol

On Stilts Among Ducks, by Herbert Brün (1997)
                               realization for solo marimba, Allen Otte

Time and Truth, for percussion solo (2018)
                              for Herbert Brün on his centenary
          Time, text and music by Allen Otte
          Truth, text by Richard Howe; music by John Lane

Infraudibles by Herbert Brün  (electronics, 1968; percussion trio, 1984)
                              realization for percussion solo, 2017, Allen Otte

Touch and Go, computer graphic by Herbert Brün (1967)
                                realization by Allen Otte  (1995/2011)

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