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![WILD AT HEART ALBUM RELEASEThursday, November 4 at 6:30PMPauline Kim Harris, ViolinArts On Site12 St. Marks PlaceNew York, NY 10003Experience the latest iteration of Pauline Kim’s Chaconne Project in two parts. In the 6:30pm set, she will perform works from her new album Wild At Heart in celebration of the release on Sono Luminus featuring reincarnations of the iconic Bach Chaconne by Annie Gosfield, Elizabeth Hoffman, John King and Yoon-Ji Lee. For the second set at 8:30pm, she will be joined by Sound Artist, Spencer Topel and Choreographer, Dancer/Actor, Matilda Sakamoto for a REMIX performance of the celebrated Ambient Chaconne for violin and electronics from her debut album, Heroine with video by Filmmaker, Animator and Holographer, Eric Leiser.[Tickets must be purchased separately to attend both events]. A complimentary copy of the album Wild At Heart will be available upon request with admission to the 6:30pm set.Tickets: Wild At HeartWild at Heart is the second album in the “Chaconne Project” series on Sono Luminus which reaches into the realm of parallel universes — connecting the past to the present, into the future. A collection of contemporary chaconnes that echo reincarnations of Bach’s iconic work, Wild at Heart is in essence a stark contrast to the first release, Heroine. All music for acoustic, solo violin, it reflects a spectrum of sounds from delicate harmonics to extended-technique driven, hardcore noise with a touch of ethnic flare -- new responses to the iconic Bach Chaconne. The composers featured on this album are Yoon-Ji Lee, Elizabeth Hoffman, Annie Gosfield and John King, who each introduce a unique voice, pushing sonic expectations of the violin in unexpected ways.Heroine was released in the fall of 2019, just before the global pandemic hit. At that time, I fantasized about “freezing time” and played around with the concept that by stretching and layering a familiar piece of music into an open space, the sense of passing time can be altered into an infinite unknown. Part of understanding time relates to what we know comes next — the expectations or outcomes of what follows is what allows us to dream of a future which is yet to be defined. As there is no real way to control the future, the past is also unalterable. However, the journey in the present is a record of our evolution connecting the past to the present.If this global pandemic of 2020 has made anything more clear, it is that we are all connected. By simply remembering something that is not physically here on earth anymore, it is “kept alive.” Some believe in the afterlife. This means there must have been a past life. Lately, I’ve been thinking about the possibility of both co-existing in “real time” and the notion of the omnipresent God. What if the dead, the living, and yet to be born are all part of a multilateral evo-system? Could the music that we perform, record and release be in some magnificent way connected?At first, these new works felt like mere reactions to the Chaconne. But now, as Ambient Chaconne from Heroine was a futuristic reimagining of remaining fragments deconstructed, I really see this second album as a series of reincarnations of Bach’s Chaconne. Each composer found their own personal connection to the Chaconne, giving new life to those select elements from the original work that resonated with them. Whether it be the bass line, counterpoint, the keys of d minor and D Major, you will find a magical resemblance, evolved.Performing the original work connects us to the past, keeping Bach present. Creating new works inspired by the Chaconne facilitates a dream for a future. And, the new works are reproductions of the past in new lifeforms.Pauline Kim Harris](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5629c0eee4b0c11a7cc8cad7/1634303557994-3R6JAJV6CD5YL0KQNS3O/DSL-92253+Cover.jpg)
WILD AT HEART ALBUM RELEASE
Thursday, November 4 at 6:30PM
Pauline Kim Harris, Violin
Arts On Site
12 St. Marks Place
New York, NY 10003
Experience the latest iteration of Pauline Kim’s Chaconne Project in two parts. In the 6:30pm set, she will perform works from her new album Wild At Heart in celebration of the release on Sono Luminus featuring reincarnations of the iconic Bach Chaconne by Annie Gosfield, Elizabeth Hoffman, John King and Yoon-Ji Lee. For the second set at 8:30pm, she will be joined by Sound Artist, Spencer Topel and Choreographer, Dancer/Actor, Matilda Sakamoto for a REMIX performance of the celebrated Ambient Chaconne for violin and electronics from her debut album, Heroine with video by Filmmaker, Animator and Holographer, Eric Leiser.
[Tickets must be purchased separately to attend both events]. A complimentary copy of the album Wild At Heart will be available upon request with admission to the 6:30pm set.
Tickets: Wild At Heart
Wild at Heart is the second album in the “Chaconne Project” series on Sono Luminus which reaches into the realm of parallel universes — connecting the past to the present, into the future. A collection of contemporary chaconnes that echo reincarnations of Bach’s iconic work, Wild at Heart is in essence a stark contrast to the first release, Heroine. All music for acoustic, solo violin, it reflects a spectrum of sounds from delicate harmonics to extended-technique driven, hardcore noise with a touch of ethnic flare -- new responses to the iconic Bach Chaconne. The composers featured on this album are Yoon-Ji Lee, Elizabeth Hoffman, Annie Gosfield and John King, who each introduce a unique voice, pushing sonic expectations of the violin in unexpected ways.
Heroine was released in the fall of 2019, just before the global pandemic hit. At that time, I fantasized about “freezing time” and played around with the concept that by stretching and layering a familiar piece of music into an open space, the sense of passing time can be altered into an infinite unknown. Part of understanding time relates to what we know comes next — the expectations or outcomes of what follows is what allows us to dream of a future which is yet to be defined. As there is no real way to control the future, the past is also unalterable. However, the journey in the present is a record of our evolution connecting the past to the present.
If this global pandemic of 2020 has made anything more clear, it is that we are all connected. By simply remembering something that is not physically here on earth anymore, it is “kept alive.” Some believe in the afterlife. This means there must have been a past life. Lately, I’ve been thinking about the possibility of both co-existing in “real time” and the notion of the omnipresent God. What if the dead, the living, and yet to be born are all part of a multilateral evo-system? Could the music that we perform, record and release be in some magnificent way connected?
At first, these new works felt like mere reactions to the Chaconne. But now, as Ambient Chaconne from Heroine was a futuristic reimagining of remaining fragments deconstructed, I really see this second album as a series of reincarnations of Bach’s Chaconne. Each composer found their own personal connection to the Chaconne, giving new life to those select elements from the original work that resonated with them. Whether it be the bass line, counterpoint, the keys of d minor and D Major, you will find a magical resemblance, evolved.
Performing the original work connects us to the past, keeping Bach present. Creating new works inspired by the Chaconne facilitates a dream for a future. And, the new works are reproductions of the past in new lifeforms.
Pauline Kim Harris
HEROINE the ALBUM : Ambient Chaconne
Thursday, November 4 at 8:30PM
Pauline Kim Harris, Violin | Spencer Topel, Electronics | Matilda Sakamoto, Choreographer, Dancer/Actor
Arts On Site
12 St. Marks Place
New York, NY 10003
Experience the latest iteration of Pauline Kim’s Chaconne Project in two parts. In the 6:30pm set, she will perform works from her new album Wild At Heart in celebration of the release on Sono Luminus featuring reincarnations of the iconic Bach Chaconne by Annie Gosfield, Elizabeth Hoffman, John King and Yoon-Ji Lee. For the second set at 8:30pm, she will be joined by Sound Artist, Spencer Topel and Choreographer, Dancer/Actor, Matilda Sakamoto for a REMIX performance of the celebrated Ambient Chaconne for violin and electronics from her debut album, Heroine with video by Filmmaker, Animator and Holographer, Eric Leiser.
[Tickets must be purchased separately to attend both events]. A complimentary copy of the album Wild At Heart will be available upon request with admission to the 6:30pm set.
Tickets: HEROINE: Ambient Chaconne
HEROINE
“In reimagining the Bach Chaconne and Ockeghem’s Deo Gratias, I searched for meaning and connection to the greater, mysterious universe. My collaborator Spencer Topel, and I created an expansive sonic experience. It is as close to stopping time as I can imagine.”
—Pauline Kim
AMBIENT CHACONNE
A reimagining of the Chaconne from the Partita in D minor (BWV 1004) by J.S. Bach.
Composed by Pauline Kim Harris and Spencer Topel
Ambient Chaconne is an immersive exploration of the J. S. Bach Partita No. 2 in D Minor: IV. Chaconne (BWV 1004). Unfolding over 42 minutes Ambient Chaconne blends live and pre-recorded violin with electronics. Using both human and machine transcription, the Chaconne serves as the structural underpinning to the work, appearing often as small disassociated fragments, and at other times in extremes: consisting of extended passages of sounded or silent materials. As with renditions of the Chaconne by past composers such as Brahms and Busoni, Ambient Chaconne extends the notion of transcription metaphysical, framing the Chaconne both as a musical composition and as a collective-subconscious memory.