The Fall of the Empire
&
The People United

An homage to American composer Fred Rzewski (1938–2021)
performed by his long-time collaborators

Emanuele Arciuli
& Allen Otte


Sunday March 5, 2023
6
pm; 7:30pm
$20/$15
James Laughlin Music Hall, Chatham University [map]


Tickets good for one or both features
Free for Chatham University teachers, students, and staff

~ Program ~

6:00pm

The Fall of the empire

12 pieces for speaking percussionist
Allen Otte, percussion

7:30pm

Variations on The People United Will Never be Defeated

for solo piano
Emanuele Arciuli, piano

 

Emanuele Arciuli, piano

Don’t miss the Pittsburgh stop of the US tour of The People United by the renowned Italian pianist Emanuele Arciuli, a specialist of US 20th century composers, with pieces written for him by such masters as George Crumb, Milton Babbitt, and Fred Rzewski himself.

Mr. Arciuli performs The People United at


Allen Otte, percussion

The Fall of the Empire, a collection of pieces written over 15 years with and for percussionist Allen Otte, on quotes by Thomas Jefferson, texts from Rzewski and Otte themselves, passages from Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, … A kind of drama, a 21st-century retelling of the same story.

Mr. Otte performs The Fall of the Empire at 6pm