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Performed live by the Kronos Quartet at Shoenberg Hall UCLA December 12, 1986.
David Harrington - violin, John Sherba - violin, Hank Duff - viola, Joan Renard - cello

PROGRAM NOTES:

The rugs of Turkey and Kurdistan are boldly colored and patterned. They are based on a square knot which lends itself best to geometric shapes. These square knots of bright and challenging colors pattern themselves (like mosaics) to form the borders and iconography of the community. Out of this basic vocabulary each rugmaker must construct a personal language. In this culture that prizes independence and freedom above all, the rugmaker’s skill is judged not only by their formal interpretation of tradition, but also by their ability to make bold an courageous moves: to balance beige against yellow, to float an incongruous image in a field, or to deliberately alter a pattern mid-stream. Rather than destroying the projection of the rug, these breaks from tradition enhance
It with a deep respect for its own singularity.

The Rugmaker was written for the Kronos Quartet. It is about the making of things, with a primary focus on “color, surface, pattern, form.”

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Later, Bunita Marcus discovered a disturbing subtext to this work and wrote the following program notes:

Structurally, the primary focus of The Rugmaker is on " color, surface, pattern, form." Sounds are projected from all four corners of the Hall to imitate the psychological resonance of the sound in the composer's mind. Emotionally, The Rugmaker is about love and betrayal. The love of a child for the parent,
the deception, and the violation of incest.

You read more about the story behind The Rugmaker here: www.newmusicbox.org/articles/who-is-bunita-marcus/

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from Favorite Works from the 1980's, released September 26, 2011

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