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Meredith Monk: Basket Rondo; Eric Salzman: Jukebox in Tavern of Love
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About Meredith Monk: Basket Rondo; Eric Salzman: Jukebox
Basket Rondo by Meredith Monk and Jukebox in the Tavern of Love by Eric Salzman and Valeria Vasilevski were both created especially for the six singers of The Western Wind. Both explore new areas of vocal technique and expression while retaining the deep expressive appeal of the human voice at its most basic. Celebrating its 45th anniversary, The Western Wind, noted for its performances of early music, has also been a leader in the performance of new work, much of it written especially for the group. Meredith Monk is perhaps the most original and innovative vocal talent to appear on the scene in recent years. Although many of her works were created for her own unique talents, she has recently been working with other performers to widen her scope and appeal. BASKET RONDO, like most of her work, combines resonant, spiritual overtones with off-beat humor and a social conscience. The title has very specific meanings for the composer who wanted to evoke a pre-industrial community of people working together as a kind of work song. Other sections were based on what she calls a natural kind of resonance meant to evoke a sense of nature or space. The madrigal comedy was an early genre of Renaissance music theater in which a band of vocalists got together to tell stories. One of the most popular of these, The Boat From Venice to Padua by Adriano Banchieri was a staple of The Western Wind repertory for many years but it needed a contemporary counterpart. Eric Salzman, a pioneer of the new music theater, was a logical choice to update a sixteenth-century art form. Valeria Vasilevski provided the text for JUKEBOX IN THE TAVERN OF LOVE which takes place in a New York bar during a severe storm and blackout. A group of strangers a poet, a dancer, a rabbi, a nun and a Con Ed worker has sought shelter and to pass the time each tells a personal story humorous, tragic, touching about life and love. Only after an evocation of the poet Rumi do the lights come up on again; as they leave t
