The program:
Vijay Iyer (b. 1971) – Dig the Say (2012)
I. carry the ball
IIa. this thing together
IIb. up from the ground
III. to live tomorrow 10′
PUBLIQuartet – MIND | THE | GAP: Pavement Pounding Rose (2019), improvisations on Fats Waller’s “Honeysuckle Rose”
PUBLIQuartet – MIND | THE | GAP: Free Radicals (2021), improvisations on “Law Years” and “Street Woman” by Ornette Coleman
PUBLIQuartet – MIND | THE | GAP: Wild Women Don’t Get the Blues (2021) ,improvisations on music by Tina Turner, Betty Davis, Alice Coltrane, and Ida Cox 10′
PUBLIQuartet – MIND | THE | GAP: What Is American? (2016) improvisations on Antonin Dvorak’s “American” Quartet (Op. 96)
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Lento
III. Molto vivace
IV. Finale. Vivace ma non troppo