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2 months agoInterleaving words and music: Third Angle New Music and Kim Stafford at the World Forestry Center * Oregon ArtsWatch
In between movements Stafford would come up and read a poem to introduce each piece, interleaving words and music. The poems Stafford read from were from throughout his large oeuvre, but all were about nature. (Stafford's poetry touches on many topics, of course, but the narrowed focus was apropos of the music.) Third Angle loves to cast its performances in low, colored lighting, inducing an introspective atmosphere during its concerts. At "Evergreen," the humming primary color hues illuminated the musicians, Stafford, and the ASL interpreter.