The Muse and the Fuse

Mar 17, 1980
Field:

Concert, Performance

 Location:

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front

 Time:

8:30 p.m.

Description:

Don Buchla (synthesizer, electric music box) and Ami Radunskaya (cello, electric cello, vocals) performed a concert in the Grand Luxe Hall as part of the festival Music from the New Wilderness. 

The first part of their performance involved an alchemy experiment, in which Buchla combined a number of substances to create a controlled explosion with sulphuric acid. Following an intermission, Radunskaya and Buchla performed several works with accompaniment by projected visuals. 

The concert featured the following compositions:

Jean Pelink, Sonatine Chimique (H2S04)
Pierre Boulez, excerpt from Explosant Fixe
Don Buchla, Anagnorisis–Jeanne D’Arc
Don Buchla, Sili con cello
David Rosenboom, The Seduction of Sapientia 

Video documentation available upon request.

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