2016: Big City Orchestra

Das: percussion
Ninah Pixie: voice, reeds
Andy Cowitt: voice, reeds, bass guitar
Polly Moller: flutes, percussion
Suki O’Kane: percussion

Big City Orchestra will present a unique version of The Persian Market, composed by Albert William Ketelbey in 1920, inspired by Johann Strauss II's Composition “Persischer Marschof” which was very popular with theater orchestras and in sheet music form, and was followed by other similar exotic compositions such as “In a Chinese Temple Garden,” and “In a Monastery Garden.” Although this type of music is now out of style, it was well considered at the time—Albert Ketelby was in some ways the last of a line that included Johann Strauss and Franz Lehar.

Big City Orchestra is a long-running art/anti-art group based in California. They have an ever rotating cast of musician and nonmusician members. They were formed in 1979 as the house band for a network of artist residences. Almost comedically prolific, BCO sailed through the cassette culture movement of the 1980s and 1990s with about 130 hour-long releases on over 100 labels. They have been creating and composing what can be crudely described as ideational noise installation art symphonies. . While BCO has promised nothing, the collective has suggested readings from The Collected Works of Od McUb might take place and new BCO puppets will be in full effect.

Artist (photo by Photographer)