"Time and River" is performance art of newly commissioned chamber music for nine instruments, inspired by and incorporating photos from the Platte River basin time-lapse photographic project begun in early 2011 by conservation photographer Michael Forsberg and photographer-film producer Michael Farrell, both of Lincoln.
More than 60 time-lapse camera systems are in place throughout the 90,000 square-mile Platte River basin, from the river’s headwaters along the Continental Divide in the Colorado Rockies to its confluence with the Missouri River on Nebraska’s eastern border. Each camera tells one part of the story of the water’s roughly 900-mile journey through the heart of North America.
The chamber music is composed by Kurt Knecht, organist, conductor and composer of Kansas City. He emphasizes that the piece is neither a score for a visual presentation nor, by design, a stand-alone composition. Rather, it is music integrated with the time-lapse photos as a single artwork to express the Platte River through performance.
This concert will be the world premiere, performed by a nine-member faculty chamber ensemble of UNL’s Glenn Korff School of Music, consisting of John Bailey, flute; William McMullen, oboe; Diane Barger, clarinet; Jeffrey McCray, bassoon; Alan Mattingly, horn; David Neely, violin; Clark Potter, viola; Karen Becker, cello; Hans Sturm, bass.
Saturday, April 27 2019
7:30 pm
Kimball Recital Hall
Kurt Knecht: Time and River
Louis Spohr: Grand Nonetto, op. 31
Single concert ticket prices: $15 adults; $5 students.
Tickets available at the Lied Center Box Office, 301 N. 12th St., online at https://tickets.liedcenter.org/events, or call the Box Office at 402-472-4747.
Pre-concert buffet and program at 5:30 p.m. in the Lied Commons. Proceeds will benefit presentations of "Time and River" in North Platte and Omaha. Join your hosts Max and Lillie Larsen and Bob Kuzelka to enjoy:
- a rite of spring buffet prepared by Kasia Bradley
- wine and special beers from Tavern on the Square
- a brief program by the creators of "Time and the River:" - - Kurt Knecht – composer; Michael Forsberg – photographer; and Michael Ferrell – filmmaker and photographer
Suggested donations are $80 per person and are tax deductible. Please reserve your seat by Friday, April 19.
You can pay online or by check. All donations are appreciated, even if you can't attend.
Register and pay online for the buffet at https://www.lfcm.us/time-and-the-river/
If you prefer to mail your donation, make the check payable to LFCM and send to:
LFCM
1935 A St.
Lincoln NE 68502.
If you have questions, please contact Bob Kuzelka at 402-475-0221 or rkuzelka1@unl.edu.