MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Music & the Arts

Slapback: Music of Donnacha Dennehy, Michael Fiday, David Lang, amnd Caroline Shaw

Friday 20 May at 8pm at the Royal Room: Slapback features Paddy, a virtuosic, nonstop percussion solo by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy; Boris Kerner, an ethereal duo for amplified cello and tuned flowerpots by Pulitzer-Prize-winning American composer Caroline Shaw; Slapback, a tour-de-force of deconstructed Pete Townshend riffs for electric guitar by American composer Michael Fiday; and a drop-tuned, mildly metal version of American composer David Lang’s Warmth for electric guitar duo. 

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