Thanksong has been performed in London, Outremont, Snape Bridge and Totnes…
Thanksong is based on the third movement of Beethoven’s late Quartet Op.132 (the ’Heiliger Dankgesang’). Like Beethoven’s remarkable opening, Thanksong is quiet, inwardly focused and full of gratitude. To compose the piece, Miller sang along (automatic singing-in-meditation) to the four individual parts of the quartet, many times in repetition, transforming the material into gentle pendulum-like repeated gestures. The members of the Quatuor Bozzini and Juliet Fraser each perform independently, as if five soloists. They learn the music by ear, listening in headphones to Miller’s voice, and perform with graphic notation to aid the mimetic memory.
16
June 2020
3:00 pm
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Cancelled
BachMillerOesterleSchubert |
In person
Aldeburgh (England, UK)
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10
Augu 2020
7:30 pm
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Cancelled
BoastMillerPinnockPusterlaSabatVassena |
In person
New York City (New York, USA)
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8
Octo 2020
8:30 am – 10:30 am
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BeethovenMarinoMiller |
In person Workshop
Outremont (Québec)
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15
Augu 2022
7:30 pm
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BeethovenMillerSchubert |
In person
Totnes (England, UK)
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3
Dece 2022
7:00 pm
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BarryMillerOesterle |
In person
London (England, UK)
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17
June 2023
3:30 pm
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BachBeethovenMillerOesterle |
In person
Snape Bridge (England, UK)
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