
Keyboard musician Ben Schwendener and opera singer Carley DeFranco are joined by dancer Shari Repasz in Lyric, a musical improvisation above Fog x Hill. Lyrics are borrowed from contemporary poetry that explores the role of the self in relation to natural surroundings and human interactions. The poems are connected through natural imagery and a contemporary sense of self within our expansive, complicated environment. Using simple yet potentially limitless designs with the Circle of Lydian Keys, Schwendener creates, modally, what he terms ‘geometric polyphony’ – harmonic melodies that accompany the texts realized in the moment by DeFranco.
Performances at 3pm and 4pm.
This program is made possible with generous support from Barbara and Amos Hostetter and Eugene M. Lang Foundation.


