
Western Vinyl
Erik Hall - Canto Ostinato
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In
the
fall
of
2021,
Simeon
ten
Holt's
"Canto
Ostinato"
was
reborn
in
a
'solo
version
for
seven
keyboards'.
During
the
weeks
leading
up
to
the
birth
of
his
son
Lark,
Erik
Hall
moved
methodically
among
the
instruments
in
his
recording
studio,
conducting
a
multi-track
conversation
with
himself
and
the
piece's
score.
Ten
Holt
composed
"Canto
Ostinato"
between
1976
and
1979.
The
rhythmic
motif
(ostinato)
repeated
over
its
entire
length
has
a
limited
number
of
printed
notes.
It
is
up
to
the
performers
how
to
play
them,
for
how
long,
where
to
place
accents,
etc.
In
the
score,
the
composer
calls
on
musicians
to
interact
and
evaluate,
to
fuse
sounds
and
colors
into
one
cohesive
musical
universe.
Then
a
cosmos
is
created.
You
can
get
lost
in
that.
You
want
to
get
lost
in
that,
like
in
the
original
live
recording
with
four
pianos.
"That
performance
is
deeply
compelling,
almost
otherworldly,"
says
Hall.
He
has
always
been
drawn
to
music
that
is
based
on
repetition,
harmonically
rich,
and
tonal.
He
previously
added
a
groundbreaking
dimension
to
Steve
Reich's
1976
minimal
masterpiece
"Music
for
18
Musicians",
and–
as
again
now
with
'Canto'–
his
motivation
is
the
love
of
the
music
itself.
"When
I
first
heard
the
piece,
I
was
captivated."
Then
the
plan
emerged
to
undergo
the
same
focused
practice
as
before.
He
stacked
seven
total
layers
of
his
1962
Hammond
M-101
organ,
a
1910
Steinway
grand
piano,
and
a
1978
Rhodes
electric
piano,
each
performance
informed
by
those
that
preceded
it.
Erik
Hall's
"Canto
Ostinato"
lasts
for
one
hour,
and
from
the
sheer
joy
of
playing
this
wondrous
composition
emerges
an
elegantly
meandering
journey.
In
it,
music
rises
above
itself,
higher
and
higher,
like
a
lark
jubilating
freedom
in
the
sky.
“Shrewd...
prismatic...
organic...Makes
a
minimalist
standard
freshly
thrilling
to
revisit.”
-
PITCHFORK
//
“Erik
Hall...has
made
something
thrilling
and
beautiful
out
of
parts
so
complicated...
I
think
Mr.
Reich
will
approve.”
-
POP
MATTERS
//
Also
Available
From
Erik
Hall:
Music
For
18
Musicians
(Steve
Reich)
LP/CD.
Tracks
:
01
Sections
1-16
02
Sections
17-30
03
Sections
31-40
04
Sections
41-55
05
Sections
56-73
06
Sections
74-87
07
Sections
88-90
08
Sections
91-94
09
Sections
95-106
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