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Music of Frank Zappa in London and New York

Jan. 03, 2018

On January 19, the music of Frank Zappa takes center stage during a concert at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama featuring the school’s Ubu Ensemble, which focuses on classics of avant-garde and experimental music. The ensemble, led by Simon Wills and assisted by vocalist Natalie Davies, presents 'Music from The Yellow Shark' at the Silk Street Music Hall. Also on the program are Stravinsky’s Octet and Pribaoutki, Webern’s Concerto for Nine Instruments and Varèse’s Intégrales.




(Frank Zappa’s G-Spot Tornado/Ensemble Modern/Frank Zappa and Peter Rundel, conductors)


On January 25-26 at Brooklyn’s Roulette Intermedium, conductor Matthias Pintscher leads the Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Alumni in performances of works by Frank Zappa, including The Perfect Stranger, Naval Aviation in Art?The Girl in the Magnesium Dress, Dupree’s Paradise, Dog Breath Variation/Uncle Meat, Outrage at Valdez, Get Whitey, and G-Spot Tornado. Zappa’s music is presented alongside pieces by Pierre Boulez and Edgard Varèse as well as works by composers including Olga Neuwirth, John Zorn, and Tyshawn Sorey.



(Frank Zappa’s Naval Aviation in Art?/Ensemble InterContemporain/Pierre Boulez, conductor)


Frank Zappa

Dupree’s Paradise (1982-84)

for orchestra

2.2.ca.2.bcl.1-2.2.2.1-3perc(mar, b.d, concert s.d, bells, low gong, chimes, low wdbl, slapstick, popgun, vib, xyl, b.d, pic s.d, tam-t, chimes, casts, cym (pair), Chinese cyms, slapstick)-hp.2pno(cel)-str

8’

Get Whitey (1992)

for orchestra

1(afl).1(ca).1.bcl.1(cbsn)-2.1.1.btbn.1-3perc(perc1: timp, mar, cowbells. perc2: chimes, crot, gong, glsp, tam-t. perc3: vib, cemb)-gtr.mand.hp.pno-str

7’

G-Spot Tornado (1992)

for orchestra

transcribed by Ali N. Askin
1(pic).1.1(Ebcl).bcl(Eb barsax, perc ad lib).1(perc ad lib.)-2(perc ad lib.).2(2.pic tpt).2(perc ad lib.).1(perc ad lib.)-3perc(perc1: 2bng, tub bells, xyl, cym (pair), Chinese cym, large tam-t, tamb, tri, wdbl, cowbell. perc2: 2wdbl, low tom-t, h.h, cym. perc3: 4tom-t, b.d, glsp, cym (pair), crash cym, cabaça)-gtr.mand.hp.cel.pno-str(2vn.va.vc.elec db)
5'

Naval Aviation in Art? (1984)

for chamber ensemble

2.2.2.bcl.1-2.2.2.1-3perc(bells, vib)-hp.pno-str(3.0.2.2.1)

3’

Outrage at Valdez (1992)
for ensemble
1(afl).1.1.bcl.1(cbsn)-2.1.flhn.1.btbn.1-3perc(egg shaker, large b.d, glsp, tub bells, mar, low tam-t)-gtr.mand.hp.cel.pno-str(2.0.1.1.1)
3’


The Dog Breath Variation/Uncle Meat (1970)
for wind ensemble with rock band
2(1,2.pic.afl).2(1,2.ca).3.bcl.2.cbsn-4.2.2.2-3perc(perc1: pic s.d, marac, bells, cym (pair), 5wdbl, bell tree, casts on stand. perc2: concert s.d, xyl, 5cowbells, 2wdbl, tamb, bell tree, mark tree. perc3: vib, huge b.d, field drum, wdbl, 5tempbl, mark tree, marac, tam-t, 2bng, casts on stand)-2kybd(electric tack piano, Fender Rhodes CS-80)-egtr.ebgtr.eperc(vib, mar, chimes, syndrum)-drum set(s.d, 3floor toms, h.h, crash cym, ride cym, casts)
6’

The Girl in the Magnesium Dress (1992)

for chamber ensemble

3perc(perc1: vib, cemb. perc2: tub bells, xyl. perc3: mar)-gtr.mand.hp.cel.pno

5’

The Perfect Stranger (1984)

for orchestra

2(2afl).2(2ca).2.bcl.1-2.2.2.1-3perc(perc1 and 3: mar, b.d, s.d, bells, low gong, chimes, marac, sleigh bells, 2wdbl, tri, casts, slapstick. perc2: vib, xyl, b.d, pic s.d, tam-t, chimes, casts, tri, chinese cym (pair), popgun)-hp.2pno(2cel)-str
13’

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