Third Construction (10:18)
by John Cage
Third Coast Percussion has been bringing performances of Third Construction (1941) to audiences around the country for 5 years. This master piece of Cage’s early output is scored for everything from drums and tin cans to split pieces of bamboo, a conch shell and the “lion’s roar,” a modified drum that uses friction to produce a low groaning sound.
Live Recording: Gottlieb Hall, Chicago IL. September 18, 2010
Second Construction (7:56)
by John Cage
Second Construction was composed in 1940. In addition to drums, shakers, and gongs - including one that is lowered into a bucket of water to lower its pitch - the score calls for a prepared piano, which involves placing cardboard and a screw between the piano strings.
Live Recording: Gottlieb Hall, Chicago, IL September 18, 2010
First Construction (10:30)
by John Cage
First Construction was Cage's first piece to use a rigid numerical structure (4-3-2-3-4) to bring order to a chaotic array of, in this case, entirely metallic instruments.
Live Recording: Gottlieb Hall, Chicago, IL September 18, 2010
Double Helix (3:50)
by Owen Clayton Condon
Double Helix was composed by TCP ensemble member Owen Clay Condon. The piece has been featured in multimedia installations at Fallingwater (Frank Lloyd Wright) and Cloud Gate (AKA "The Bean") in Millennium Park, Chicago.
Le Livre des Claviers, mvt 2 (6:15)
by Philippe Manoury
Le Livre des Claviers (“the Book of Keyboards”) is a virtuosic collection of pieces for mallet percussion instruments, including a mind-boggling vibraphone solo, a playful marimba duet, two movements for 6 players playing marimbas and sonorous Thai gongs, and two movements for “Sixxen,” a microtonal metal instrument manufactured by the musicians for this performance.
Live Recording: September 18, 2010, Gottlieb Hall, Chicago, IL