Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms
Frontiers Series
Organ Studio, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Free admission
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Featuring Thomas Strønen
Gertrude Stein’s ground-breaking stream of consciousness work (1914): ‘Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms’ has been heralded as “a masterpiece of verbal cubism”. Her unique writing style challenges traditional alignments of words addressing instead their underlying sound and rhythm: “By departing from conventional meaning, grammar and syntax, she attempted to capture ‘moments of consciousness’ independent of time and memory.”
This contemporary interpretation of Stein’s work is a cross-disciplinary symbiosis of composition and improvisation, setting her unorthodox text for four piece vocal ensemble (SATB) and improvisers: drums/percussion/electronics and trumpet.
Forthcoming events in Frontiers Series
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