{"id":468,"date":"2016-11-19T12:17:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T18:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/piercegradone.com\/?page_id=468"},"modified":"2018-12-24T17:53:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T23:53:47","slug":"to-paint-their-madness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/piercegradone.com\/?page_id=468","title":{"rendered":"To Paint Their Madness | chamber ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To Paint Their Madness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">for chamber ensemble<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2016<\/h4>\n\n\n<p>commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University \/\/&nbsp;premiered October 7, 2016; &nbsp;Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p>instrumentation: flute (piccolo), oboe (con anglais), clarinet, alto saxophone (tenor saxophone), horn, harp, piano, percussion, violin, viola, &#8216;cello and double bass.<\/p>\n<p>duration: 10 minutes<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y5zKIY-cNNU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><br><input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"NM58GMNRFLM3C\"><p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div data-configid=\"14249089\/40923951\" style=\"width:800px; height:520px;\" class=\"issuuembed\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><input name=\"on0\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"Select Delivery\">Select Delivery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><select style=\"color: #770000;\" name=\"os0\"><option value=\"PDF Score\">PDF Score $20.00 USD<\/option><option value=\"PDF Score\/Parts\">PDF Score\/Parts $30.00 USD<\/option><option value=\"Printed Score\/Parts\">Printed Score\/Parts $75.00 USD<\/option><\/select><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><input name=\"currency_code\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"USD\"><br><input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<\/form>\n<p>Program Note:<\/p>\n<p>To Paint Their Madness draws its title from a passage of Diderot\u2019s Paradoxe sur le com\u00e9dien, an early text on the art of acting. Diderot\u2019s ideal actor rids themselves of all emotion, instead creating a convincing and, most importantly, repeatable illusion of it. This paradox that lies at the heart of his theory strikes me as surprisingly modern, finding particular resonance in contemporary musical performance practices. In prioritizing repeatability, Diderot presages the Fordism that would insinuate itself into Western music culture, where the fetishization of technical perfection that one must prepare each \u201cexpressive\u201d gesture at a pre-determined moment. With this piece, ideals of accuracy and expression recede, replaced with a pleasing roughness as the musical topography constantly shifts in and out of focus.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Paint Their Madness for chamber ensemble 2016 commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University \/\/&nbsp;premiered October 7, 2016; &nbsp;Chicago, IL instrumentation: flute (piccolo), oboe (con anglais), clarinet, alto saxophone (tenor saxophone), horn, harp, piano, percussion, violin, viola, <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/piercegradone.com\/?page_id=468\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-468","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/piercegradone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/piercegradone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/piercegradone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piercegradone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piercegradone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/piercegradone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":696,"href":"https:\/\/piercegradone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468\/revisions\/696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/piercegradone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}