"Vestige of Celenity"

"Vestige of Celenity"

For Kingma System Alto Flute

Bil Smith Composer

2018

Published by LNM Editions

Recording: "Even Ostra-Tendrils for Hire" Bil Smith Composer

Bandung Conference Participants

A musical critique of the major theoretical statements on “colonial discourse” and “post-colonialism.

In the 1950's, nationalism emerged as the primary expression of defiance to Western imperialism in a multitude of regions from the Indian subcontinent to Africa, to parts of Latin America and the Pacific Rim. 

With the Bandung Conference (1955) and the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961, many of Europe's former colonies banded together to form a common bloc, aligned with neither the advanced capitalist “First World” nor with the socialist “Second World.” 

An exercise in political authoritarianism and economic failure, this music is a 'stare back', often literally, in the form of smirking faces making good on the titular promise of a failed lurking presence.

http://www.mixcloud.com/bilsmith311/even-ostra-tendrils-for-hire/

In this historical context, the category of “Third World music and literature” emerged, a category that has itself spawned a whole industry of scholarly and critical studies, particularly in the metropolitan West, but increasingly in the homelands of the Third World itself.

Chroma Blast (2014) for four pianists and seven pianos. Bil Smith Composer, Bernhard Gander Composer, Virgil Schindler, A Particularization of Peter Parker (2004)

Chroma Blast (2014) for four pianists and seven pianos.

Bil Smith Composer, Bernhard Gander Composer, Virgil Schindler, PVC

A Particularization of Peter Parker (2004)

Recording on Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/bil-smith/chromablast

Premier, August 15, 2014 at 58-60 Leonard Street SiteSpec adjacent to the new Herzog and de Meuron (architects) designed '56 Leonard' Project.

Performance by 'ensemble di pianoforte osceni'

The premiere made possible with the generous support of A.P. Moller–Maersk Group.

This performance of the eve of a separate performance of the original 'Peter Parker' for solo piano at Centralstation (Halle and Saal)on the final evening of the Darmstadt Summer Courses.

Reinfactional Recording:

Pianists:

Sulayman Agmundr

Adria Jaki

M. Buolo Partidgis

Rebbecah Lesly