In our latest episode of Big Ears: Conversations About Music, journalist Peter Margasak sits down for a deep conversation with Christopher Rountree, the artistic director of the adventurous Los Angeles-based ensemble Wild Up, and composer-violinist Darian Donovan Thomas, one of the group’s most vital voices and a boundary-breaker in his own right.
Wild Up brings two major programs to Big Ears in March: Julius Eastman’s Femenine—the ecstatic, pulsing minimalist masterpiece they’ve championed worldwide—at The Bijou on Thursday; and Arthur Russell’s 24 to 24—his danceable, rarely-heard disco work—at Jackson Terminal on Friday. Their conversation explores the challenges and revelations of bringing these radical, visionary composers’ music to life.
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