Melo/Dramas
2018
ABOUT
“Melo/Dramas” pairs projected slow-moving scenes drawn from former projects such “Portraits In Dramatic Time” with live orchestral music. While pre-existing music by composers such as Morton Feldman has been used in several venues, it’s the maximalist orchestral music, scored for specific films by composer Du Yun, that adds layers of unexpected and riviting complexity. As Vivein Schweitzer for the New York Times reviewed in 2018: “Du Yun wrote music to accompany David Michalek’s striking videos of theater performers, slowed down to convey facial expressions in dramatic, exaggerated detail. Ms. Du’s dense, richly textured score provided a soundtrack for these stylized, ultra-expressive movements; ominous music reflected the startled, wide-eyed stare of women whose long, diaphanous sleeves billowed delicately across the screen.”
PRESS
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/arts/music/american-composers-orchestra-at-carnegie-hall.html
https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-fe-bso-new-music-fest-review-20180622-story.html
LINKS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRtLKmBfeMo&t=18s