Oratorio Designer
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Mark Grey knew he was on to something when he co-founded the Gas Chamber Orchestra with three other friends at San Jose State University. Performing with ampliflied utensils and an improvisatory spirit, Grey developed a cutting edge attitude about music, and went on to collaborate with other composers like John Adams. Tonight, we hear selections from his beautiful and powerful Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio, based on a mythical tale of twin warrior brothers trying to keep the world safe, and the ceremony they perform to cleanse victims of the horrors of violence. Also music of Franz Liszt and Heitor Villa-Lobos.
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