{"id":398,"date":"2016-01-14T13:27:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T18:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/percdb\/?p=398"},"modified":"2016-01-15T09:40:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T14:40:43","slug":"psathas-psyzygysm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/psathas-psyzygysm\/","title":{"rendered":"Psathas &#8211; Psyzygysm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>John Psathas<\/p>\n<p>Psyzygysm<\/p>\n<p>Number of percussion players: 4 + 1 soli<\/p>\n<p>Total number of players: 15<\/p>\n<p>Instrumentation: solo perc (mba, vib) + 1(pic).0.1.1 \/ 0.1.0.0 \/ 4perc.dms \/ pf \/ str (1.1.1.1.1)<\/p>\n<p>Approximate time: 19\u2019 15\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Description:<\/p>\n<p>The title roughly translatable as \u2018conjunction\u2019, Psyzygysm is a exhilarating chamber concerto which brings together an eclectic ensemble in support of the mallet percussion soloist. Psathas\u2019 preoccupation with jazz and traditional music is synthesised in this work into an explosive, headlong rush.The piano, double bass and drum kit work together like the rhythm section of a jazz combo, the winds and string quartet feature wailing, Middle-Eastern-inspired melodies and the percussion quartet create a musical and visual focus to the piece that locks all the elements together.<\/p>\n<p>From a review of the work\u2019s premiere in the Evening Post, 13 March 2002: \u201cThe star of the evening was Pedro Carneiro, astonishing Portuguese marimbist\u2026 in John Psathas\u2019s Psyzygysm, a tour de force from any point of view. It is genuine music, climaxes built from music rather than mere crescendos. The imaginative inclusion of Carolyn Mills\u2019 harp was just one evidence that real musical impulses, materials and structure were in use; both its excitement and its quiet were in place. Psathas\u2019s work alone would have done me: the audience applauded long and hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Annotated by Nicholas White<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Psathas Psyzygysm Number of percussion players: 4 + 1 soli Total number of players: 15 Instrumentation: solo perc (mba, vib) + 1(pic).0.1.1 \/ 0.1.0.0 \/ 4perc.dms \/ pf \/ str (1.1.1.1.1) Approximate time: 19\u2019 15\u201d Description: The title roughly translatable as \u2018conjunction\u2019, Psyzygysm is a exhilarating chamber concerto which brings together an eclectic ensemble [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}