{"id":1021,"date":"2016-11-07T11:18:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T16:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/curves\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2016-11-07T11:18:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T16:18:55","slug":"tallinn-performance-of-multiplicity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/curves\/2016\/11\/tallinn-performance-of-multiplicity.html","title":{"rendered":"Tallinn performance of Multiplicity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next Sunday, the Tallinn Filharmoonia will give the European premiere of my <em>Multiplicity<\/em>.\u00a0 It\u2019s a cool program, with music by Erkki-Sven T\u00fc\u00fcr, John Adams and Paul Trapkus.\u00a0 Wish I could be there for it &#8212; snowy streets start to sound appealing this time of year \u2013 but I have commitments <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncsa.edu\/music\/composition\/index.aspx\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Multiplicity<\/em> was commissioned by violinist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.music.umich.edu\/faculty_staff\/bio.php?u=dbelen\"><strong>Danielle Bel\u00e9n<\/strong><\/a>; she premiered it in 2012 in Los Angeles.\u00a0 Video evidence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_QGI0gJDQ2Q\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 I wrote it when I was working (musically) through Italo Calvino\u2019s <em>Memos for the Next Millenium<\/em>, in which he lays out five artistic principles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lightness<\/li>\n<li>Quickness<\/li>\n<li>Exactitude<\/li>\n<li>Visibility<\/li>\n<li>Multiplicity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With <em>Multiplicity<\/em>, Calvino references the endless significances that can be drawn from any idea or event \u2013 it\u2019s about finding the infinite in the infinitesimal.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure my composition falls far short of that ideal, but it finds what it can in the materials at hand, and has a lovely time doing so.<\/p>\n<p>For details about the performance, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filharmoonia.ee\/en\/mustpeademaja\/concerts\/upcoming-concerts\/event\/562-brunchert\"><strong>this link<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1022\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/curves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-07-at-11.14.44-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1022\" class=\"wp-image-1022 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/curves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-07-at-11.14.44-AM-300x154.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-07-at-11-14-44-am\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/curves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-07-at-11.14.44-AM-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/curves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-07-at-11.14.44-AM-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/curves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-07-at-11.14.44-AM-1024x525.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/curves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-07-at-11.14.44-AM.png 1674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danielle Belen premiering Multiplicity with Colburn students<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Sunday, the Tallinn Filharmoonia will give the European premiere of my Multiplicity.\u00a0 It\u2019s a cool program, with music by Erkki-Sven T\u00fc\u00fcr, John Adams and Paul Trapkus.\u00a0 Wish I could be there for it &#8212; snowy streets start to sound appealing this time of year \u2013 but I have commitments here. 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