{"id":627,"date":"2014-11-09T21:43:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T02:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/szswp\/?p=627"},"modified":"2014-11-10T01:34:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T06:34:03","slug":"gyorgy-ligeti-continuum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/gyorgy-ligeti-continuum\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyorgy Ligeti &#8211; Continuum"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/13896293\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n<span><br \/>Gy\u00f6rgi Ligeti&#8217;s &#8220;Continuum&#8221; &#8211; originally for harpsichord, adapted for 2 marimbas.<\/span><br \/><span>Line C3 Percussion Group in Hanagawa Japan, May 2004.<br \/><\/span><br \/><span>Sam Solomon and Chris Thompson of Line C3, performers.<\/span><br \/><span>For more please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/linec3.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.linec3.com<br \/><br \/><\/a><br \/><i>Continuum<\/i><span>\u00a0was originally written in 1970 for harpsichord; versions for barrel organ and for two player pianos were recorded in 1997 under the composer&#8217;s direction. This version for two marimbas was premiered in 2001 by Samuel Solomon and Eric Poland. Due to its extreme speed, a mechanical performance of the piece (like the barrel organ or two player piano versions) is perhaps ideal. Although the version for two marimbas must be executed at a much slower pace, the resonance of the instrument provides a continuity that effectively realizes this work&#8217;s intention.\u00a0<\/span><span>Continuum is a steady stream of notes which are played &#8220;as fast as possible so that the individual notes can hardly be perceived, but rather merge into a continuum.&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span>-Samuel Solomon<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/linec3.com\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><br \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gy\u00f6rgi Ligeti&#8217;s &#8220;Continuum&#8221; &#8211; originally for harpsichord, adapted for 2 marimbas.Line C3 Percussion Group in Hanagawa Japan, May 2004.Sam Solomon and Chris Thompson of Line C3, performers.For more please visit www.linec3.comContinuum\u00a0was originally written in 1970 for harpsichord; versions for barrel organ and for two player pianos were recorded in 1997 under the composer&#8217;s direction. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12,17],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qnlH-a7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":617,"url":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/nico-muhly-ta-clap\/","url_meta":{"origin":627,"position":0},"title":"Nico Muhly &#8211; Ta &#038; Clap","author":"Samuel Z Solomon","date":"November 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Nico Muhly's\u00a0Ta and Clap, written for Line C3.Chris Thompson, John Ostrowski, Haruka Fujii, Sam SolomonRecorded at Oktaven Audio, 2013Ryan Streber: AudioMolly Yeh: CamerasSam Solomon: Audio and Video EditingThis project is supported by New Music USA\u2019s CAP Recording Program, made possible by endowment funds from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Recording - Line C3&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Recording - Line C3","link":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/category\/line-c3\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1469,"url":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/keiko-abe-works-marimba\/","url_meta":{"origin":627,"position":1},"title":"Abe &#8211; Works for Marimba","author":"Samuel Z Solomon bts","date":"January 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Keiko Abe is undoubtedly the most influential marimbist and composer for the marimba that the percussion world has seen. 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