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4/14/2006
PHOTOSPHERE -- CD RELEASE CONCERT
Robert Dick, flutes and Ursel Schlicht, piano
Thursday, May 4, 2006 8:00 PM
Goethe-Institute New York
1054 Fifth Avenue (between 82nd and 83rd Streets)
New York, NY 10021
Info and reservations: (212) 861-1384
Tickets: $15 ($10 students and seniors)
On Thursday, May 4, Robert Dick and Ursel Schlicht are performing works from their newly released CD Photosphere (NEMU 002) at the Goethe-Institute New York. Their music, integrating composition and improvisation, radically expands the sound world and expressive possibilities of the traditional flute and piano configuration.
Schlicht is a masterfully poetic player both inside the piano and on the keyboard. Dick is known for creating revolutionary visions of the flute�s musical role. He will be using a wide range of flutes, including the giant contrabass flute and his invention, the Glissando Headjoint�, the �whammy bar� for the flute.
The duo has been together for the past several years and has performed in New York and Germany, notably at Merkin Hall on the Interpretations series in September 2005. Writing in the New York Times, Bernard Holland observed:
Robert Dick and Ursel Schlicht carried on the idea that if musical art is going somewhere, the means of conveyance is as important as the destination.
From the CD Liner Notes by Gene Santoro:
This meeting of minds, intriguingly titled PHOTOSPHERE, joins Robert Dick and Ursel Schlicht, two virtuosi whose talent for stretching their instruments and minds allows them to paint with more colors and textures than flute and piano have any right to expect. A common pairing in classical music, flute-piano duos are rare in improvised music. But as they roam the territory between jazz, new music, and world music, Dick and Schlicht field a host of unusual sonics and techniques so startling that they open new panoramas.
NEMU Records (New European Music) is based in Germany and has an exciting roster of creative talent. http://www.nemu-records.com Distribution in the United States is through Qualiton Imports http://www.qualiton.com
Ursel Schlicht - a European talent who has the skill and finesse to number her among the best of the free improvisers on either side of the Atlantic. Steven A. Loewy, allmusicguide.com
There are few musicians that are truly revolutionary. Robert Dick is one of them. Bill Shoemaker, Jazz Times
For more info on the artists:
http://www.urselschlicht.com
http://www.robertdick.net
posted by Coming Events
4/14/2006 04:23:00 PM
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