Divination by Mirrors for Saw and Strings information
1998 concerto
"Divination By Mirrors" redirects here. For divination using a mirror, see Catoptromancy.
Divination by Mirrors for Saw and Strings (1998) by Michael A. Levine is a concerto scored for two string groups tuned a quarter-step apart and placed on opposite sides of the stage with a musical saw soloist playing in both pitch universes.[1] Featuring eight sections each named for a different means of divination and organized according to dynamic symmetry (specifically the golden ratio),[1] the piece was premiered, with soloist Dale Stuckenbruck,[2] at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City by New Century Chamber Orchestra and New York Virtuosi.
Pyromancy
Aeromancy
Psychomancy
Oneiromancy
Sciomancy
Meteoromancy
Catoptromancy
Tephramancy
Stuckenbruck's performance has been reviewed in the Sacramento Gazette as "a wonder".[3]
^ ab"Divination by Mirrors – Notes[permanent dead link]", MichaelLevineMusic.com.
^(1998). "Classical music", The New Yorker, vol. 74, iss. 1–10, p. 23.
^"Dale, sawist", Violin-Saw.com. Full review at E. Haig (October 17, 2003). "Varied Program Highlights New Century Premier", New Century Chamber Orchestra.
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