Perhaps this is why the performance was on the short side, lasting a mere 55 enthralling minutes. But the idea of 100 flutists blocking the exits freaks out the fire department.Īt first, only 40 were allowed, then the marshal relented and let in a couple of dozen more as long as they kept moving. The migrant flutists take over the aisles. Sciarrino’s 1977 immersive flute extravaganza calls for the four soloists to be placed around the hall. Whether she attracted the attention of scientists or not, she did bring out the fire marshal. As the centerpiece for her “solo” recital sponsored by the school’s Center for the Art of Performance, Chase performed and organized the West Coast premiere of Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino’s “Il Cerchio Tagliato dei Suoni” (Cutting the Circle of Sounds), written for four flute soloists and 100 migrating flutists and meant to last 70 minutes. But Chase, founder and director of ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble), is both a force of musical nature and a force of the flute. It is unlikely that this rare feat of oxygenation attracted much notice from the scientists who work nearby in the campus’ biology and chemistry laboratories. Claire Chase, a flutist and MacArthur “genius,” on Saturday afternoon did what only a brilliant flutist and MacArthur “genius” could do: She turned UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall into a giant lung.
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