Synthesizer Legend Morton Subotnick Revisits 1967 Classic Album, Silver Apples of the Moon
A Lecture-Demonstration, Followed By A Short Performance Friday, April 8, 2011 at 6 p.m., 2011 Greenwich House Music School, NYC For the last installment of North River Music’s 25th anniversary season, Greenwich House Music School (GHMS) is pleased to present an evening with pioneer of electronic music and multimedia performance, Morton Subotnick, on Friday, April 8. The synthesizer legend will retrace the development of his 1967 classic album, Silver Apples of the Moon , which the Library of Congress inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2009. The lecture-demonstration will serve as an appendix to Subotnick’s appearance at Lincoln Center’s Unsound Festival New York on April 7, during which the composer will revisit this landmark composition with visual accompaniment from Berlin-based video artist Lillevan. The GHMS talk will be followed by a short solo performance by Subotnick. Morton Subotnick’s Silver Apples of the Moon was the first electronic work composed espec...