Monday, January 09   07pm to 07:45pm
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021

Space-Time Continuum-Pro et Contra is a contemporary chamber concerto composed by Dai Bo for thirteen wind and string instruments, with the harpsicord taking center stage. The ultra-traditionalist style of this piece expresses an aesthetic pursuit of the specialization of time. The violin combines overtone and vibrato with bow playing; the harpsichord’s presentation is bantering, with dissonance; the oboe adds a tinge of tragedy. Each instrument finds its their place in the complex rhythms and irregular syntax of this unique piece, which mimics a phonograph playing at an unstable tempo, the needle jumping from time to time, creating an ethereal effect.

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