plein jour

June 3, 2010

Creation by Franck Krawczyk
for wind quintet, soprano, accordion and electric guitar

Funding provided by Cultures France, Cultural Service of the French Embassy, the FACE Foundation (French-American
Cultural Exchange), the SACEM Foundation
and agnès b. Endowment Fund.

Lexington Avenue, a door opens… Daylight breaks into
the Armory. Outside, a bell rings. The choir enters silently
before singing a hymn that has no nation. A voice rises,
as if it were a reply from above. The choir disappears,
the door closes… Around the mountain, musicians along
the balconies call one another. The bell rings again…

After Isolde’s death
in Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner
I . Somewhere
             here
II. Above
             here
III. Around
             here
IV. Everywhere
             here
V. Nowhere

With: Argento Chamber Ensemble (conductor: Michel Galante)

- Lance Suzuki, flute
- Arthur Sato, oboe
- Carol McGonnell, clarinet
- Adrian Morejon, bassoon

- Karl Kramer, horn
- Oren Fader, electric guitar
- Tharanga S. Goonetilleke, soprano
- Franck Krawczyk, accordion

Concert in Park Avenue Armory drill hall within No Man's Land – Christian Boltanski.
Prologue: three isolated musicians simultaneously played the song of Dawn in the Armory’s rooms
one hour before the creation.

Audience members were encouraged to record this concert using their personal handheld recording devices and send it to us. All recordings received will be merged together to create one, master composition that represents the collective of the individual experiences. Each person who submits a recording will receive a copy of the edited collective recording.

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