More on Frederic Rzewskis

Hey guys,
I didn't go to Rzewski's show at Carnegie Hall, but I heard it was GREAT (if it's anything like how Wolf described it, that is!).

"Frederic Rzewski’s show at Carnegie Hall, entitled Making Music, utilized a form of structured chaos that was very goofy sounding but also very pleasing. At times, Rzewski’s unique instrumentation made his compositions constantly stimulating and often humorous, most notably, his use of a basketball to provide booming sporadic percussion. Nonetheless, at other points in the show, the instrumentation stunted his compositions and made them sound very dated, specifically the vibraphone part in the song Attica and the use of people who were “news casting” over the music. At these points, the songs began to a 1980’s science fiction movie or the introduction to a corny 1990’s television show. The combination of the minimal, avant-garde classical aspects of his sound and the campy, dated, science fiction a cappella aspects made it often sound like a collaboration between John Cage and William Shatner..." -excerpt from Wolf's review.

If you guys want to find out more about Rzewkis's work, CLICK HERE.


-Nino