Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas – SYZYGY Release Concert
Schedule
Sat Oct 16 2021 at 08:00 pm
Location
Nevada Theatre | Nevada City, CA
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Paul Emery PresentsNevada Theatre, Nevada City, CA
Saturday, October 16, 8:00pm
https://paulemerymusic.com/alasdair-fraser-natalie-haas-2/
We will be abiding by Nevada County Public Health requirements for all shows. Proof of vaccination or current negative Covid test required for entry.
SYZYGY: "the joining of any two entities without losing the individual characteristics of either one.”
Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and California cellist Natalie Haas celebrate the release of their most recent CD SYZYGY at the historic Nevada Theatre in Nevada City, California.
This word has SO many meanings and is derived from the Greek and Latin words describing a state of "conjunction". Spending time with syzygy will whisk the enquiring mind into the realms of astronomy, mathematics, biology, computers, Jungian philosophy and symbolism, gnosticism, yin yang, rhythmites, tides, and the subtle metric power of a poem. Then, most surprisingly perhaps, one encounters the concept of the "Caledonian antisysygy" - a condition claimed for Scotland by G. Gregory Smith in 1919 to describe the clash of extremes at the heart of the Scottish mind and character.
While none of the above was on our minds while writing this music, the word kept calling to us as a way to describe what we strive for in our fiddle and cello duo of over 20 years. This, our sixth album together, marks a culminating point on our musical journey. The compositions are original, shared equally, and enable us to celebrate our contrasting backgrounds, experiences and world views while engaging in a dance-like celebration of two instruments in deep and playful conversation. This album showcases our continuing compositional direction towards the ultimate combination of minimalism and richness, seeking moments of both sophistication and vigor while relishing the ancient and modern. The tunes are rooted in tradition as always - weddings, newborns, bicycle mishaps, Scottish landscapes, Nordic heroes, Broadway, family, myths, jesters and troubadours - and then there's that antisyzygy again - a "zigzag of contradictions"!
cutting-edge fiddle and cello explorations of Scottish and global music
" … you would think they'd been playing together for centuries. While his fiddle dances, her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly. Then [Haas] opens her cello's throat, joining Fraser in soaring sustains, windswept refrains, and sudden, jazzy explosions. Their sound is as urbane as a Manhattan midnight, and as wild as a Clackmannan winter." — Boston Globe
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Where is it happening?
Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
