Quiet American announces a very special concert event:
Leif Inge's '9 Beet Stretch' at 964 Natoma
a Twenty-Four-Hour Timestretch of Beethoven's Ninth
presented in its mind-changing entirety
~ overnight ~
a sleep-over pajamas-please futon-beanbag extravaganza
bring your pillows, loved ones, and munchies
to this once-in-a-lifetime deep-listening
~ trip through the mind of Beethoven ~
Friday and Saturday, April 23-24, 2004
Doors probably around 10pm on Friday,
show goes nonstop until around 11pm Saturday.
Details to emerge, but mark your calendars now.
A tantalizing foretaste:
'What a treat! I am utterly overpowered, or should I say uplifted,
elevated, blown away towards soaring skies, riding away on a ray
of Beethovenesque light between the clouds of summer.'
- Ingvar Nordin, Sonoloco Records Reviews
And you should know:
Leif Inge is visiting from Norway to present his work, which
was recently favorably reviewed by Kyle Gann in the Village
Voice:
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0407/gann.php
and on NPR's 'All Things Considered' last year:
http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_858257.html
You can preview the work in your cubicle here:
http://www.notam02.no/9/
but nothing will equal stretching out in the Pillow Kingdom (tm)
for a full twenty-four hours, now will it?
'When I did this, I primarily wanted to make a piece where the
duration is so long that the sensation of composition disappeared.
It doesn't really have beginnings or ends you need to concern
about. You can enjoy the time you actually spend to get at it
wherever in the piece you are...'
- Leif Inge in an interview with Jacki Lyden (NPR)
----> Venue Info <----------------------------------------------------
964 Natoma
San Francisco, CA, USA
Between Mission and Howard, 10th and 11th street, south of market.
A few blocks from Civic Center BART, or the corner of Market & Van
Ness. Plenty of secure bike parking inside!
----> Fine Print <----------------------------------------------------
This message is not for print distribution or advertising.
This is a private event for friends, family and our community.
Questions? Write ghede@well.com
Cost: TBD