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Battle Trance at The Rotunda
Courtesy of Mark Christman | Posted on January 26, 2017
Where
The Rotunda
4012 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
Map
215-573-3234
When
Thu, March 2, 2017
8:00 pm
At Door
Save the date
Musicians
Jeremy Viner
saxophonePatrick Breiner
saxophone, tenorAbout
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present the expansive tenor saxophone quartet Battle Trance, celebrating the release of their second album, “Blade of Love.”
The follow-up to their acclaimed 2014 debut Palace of Wind, Battle Trance’s sophomore release Blade of Love comprises a single, densely textured composition by bandleader Travis Laplante that focuses on the physical and spiritual intersection of the saxophone and the human body. The saxophone is one of the few instruments that literally enters the body of the person playing it, and Blade of Love is a medium for this sacred meeting place, with each member of Battle Trance using the saxophone as a vessel for the human spirit. The album was recorded in a wooden room with soaring ceilings in the Vermont forest, after the group spent two years of rigorous rehearsals working to perfect the array of extended techniques, both virtuosic and primal, required to bring the challenging piece to life....