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Sir Isaac’s Apples

2005

Creative Team

Choreographer

Eliot Feld

Lighting Designer

Set Designer

Running Time

127 min

Music

Composer

Steve Reich

Composition

Drumming

Notes

At the premiere, the music was performed live by Tomoya Aomori, Michael Caterisano, Ying-Hsueh Chen, June Hahn, Alex Lipowski, Luke Rinderknecht, Eric Roberts, Kevin Shah, and Chihiro Shibayama of The Juilliard Percussion Ensemble, as well as Alexandra Sopp (Piccolo), Suzanne Ohlmann (Voice), and Daisy Press (Voice).

Credits & Notes

The movements of Sir Isaac’s Apples are as follows:

Part One – Eight Small Tuned Drums
Part Two – Three Marimbas and Female Voices
Part Three – Three Glockenspiels with Whistling and Piccolo
Part Four – Entire Ensemble

Media

Copyright Notice

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