October 11, 2009
“Beyond the splendor of the big city’s symphony, the extraordinarily progressive California Symphony is often relegated to “over there” status. But ensconced in Walnut Creek’s Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, where it performs four concerts per year, Barry Jekowsky’s gem of an orchestra continues to break new ground.
“Michael MoschenTake the Symphony’s forthcoming concert, “Music in Motion.” The programming may have its share of crowd pleasers in the form of Rossini’s William Tell Overture and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2, but it also boasts something entirely unique. For the first time in his career as a world-renowned visual motion artist, Connecticut-based Michael Moschen will choreograph his performance art to live symphonic music.
“Hearing that Moschen plans to weave his crystal balls through Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite and an excerpt from Mason Bates’ Mercury Interludes may, to some, sound like a gimmick. But Jekowsky insists that Moschen, who has received a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship and performed at Spoleto USA, the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival, Lincoln Center’s Serious Fun Festival, the 75th Annual New Yorker Magazine Festival, and the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, is a true performance artist…”
