stick figure (2001) 10'
cl,pf,vc, perc and 1 or 2 non-percussionists
Program Note order music score preview
program note
A child learns to draw by drawing lines. In the hands of a child a person is a stick figure, a skeletal intersection of stark lines, stripped of flesh, without subtle details. Only later does a child learn to add things—some hair, a dress, some shoes. Watching my children go through this stage has made me realize that my music is moving in the opposite direction. With every piece a little bit of flesh is removed, a little more skeleton is uncovered.
—David Lang
score preview
first performance:
Sentieri Selvaggi, 12 March 2001, Teatro La Scala, Milan, Italy
Recordings:
Music from the film (Untitled)
Artist: David Lang
Release Date: 2009
Label: Cantaloupe Music
ensembles: Bang on a Can All-Stars Evan Ziporyn Lisa Moore Sentieri Selvaggi Steven Schick
collaborators: Adam Goldberg, actor|director Jonathan Parker
child
Release Date: 2003
Label: Cantaloupe Music
ensembles: Sentieri Selvaggi
soloists: Andrea Dulbecco Andrea Rebaudengo Antonello Leofreddi Filippo Del Corno Marco Decimo Mirco Ghirardini Paola Fre Thomas Schrott
conductors: Carlo Boccadoro