Flute Center Presents
Selections from Density 2036
Featuring Claire Chase, flute, bass flute, contrabass flute, ocarina
With special guests Ilaria Hawley and Amir Farsi, flutes
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Program
Meditation and Calligraphy (2013-14) - Felipe Lara For solo amplified bass flute
The Stimulus of Loss (2016) - Suzanne Farrin For glissando flute and ondes martenot
Throat-song (2020) - Liza Lim For solo ocarina
excerpt from UBIQUE (2023) - Anna Thorvaldsdottir For solo contrabass flute and electronics
excerpts from Roots of Interior (2019) - Phyllis Chen For flute and heartbeat
Amir Farsi, flute
life, life, life (2020) - Richard Beaudoin For solo flute (written for the Density Seeds project)
Ilaria Hawley, flute
Echo (2019) - Marcos Balter For flute, electronics, triangles, and chimes
Project Overview
Density 2036 is a 24-year project launched by Claire Chase in 2013 to create a new body of flute repertory leading up to the 100th anniversary of Edgard Varese’s seminal 1936 flute solo, Density 21.5. Now entering its 10th year, Density reimagines the solo flute literature over a quarter-century through commissions, performances, recordings, education, and an accessible archive at densityarts.org.