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Jason Kao Hwang & Spontaneous River at The Brecht Forum
Courtesy of James Keepnews | Posted on April 11, 2012
Where
The Brecht Forum
451 West Street
New York, NY
Map
(212) 242-4201
When
Sat, April 14, 2012
8 PM
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Musicians
Jason Kao Hwang
violinAndrew Drury
drumsDom Minasi
guitarHans Tammen
guitarKen Filiano
bassFrancois Grillot
bass, acousticTomas Ulrich
celloAbout
On Saturday, April 14th, 8pm, Neues Kabarett will present Jason Kao Hwang’s improvising string orchestra, Spontaneous River, performing his Symphony of Souls at the Brecht Forum. The Brecht is located at 451 West Street (the West Side Highway) between Bank & Bethune Streets. This concert is made possible with the generous support of the Argosy Foundation. This concert will celebrate composer/conductor/violinist Mr.Hwang’s acclaimed 2011 CD, Symphony of Souls, produced by David Soldier for Mulatta Records.
Symphony of Souls is a spontaneous flow of notated passages and conducted improvisations. As Dr. Thomas Stanley writes in the liner notes, “The orchestra is then summoned to explore soul as both a nexus of dialog and as the motive force compelling action and interaction. “I felt in this one unified sound, I could hear the voice of each soul,” Jason recalls, “The music was a whole tree, but you could hear each individual leaf in motion.”...