Partch performs Castor & Pollux by Harry Partch

PRISM Quartet, Inc. Presents COLOR THEORY PRISM Quartet and Partch (East Coast Debut) June 12, 2016 Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave • Brooklyn, NY Partch Erin Barnes: diamond marimba Alison Bjorkedal: kithara, “Castor“ canon Matt Cook: surrogate kithara, “Pollux“ canon David Johnson: cloud chamber bowls, chromelodeon John Schneider: harmonic “Castor“ canon, adapted viola Nick Terry: bass marimba, cloud chamber bowls T. J. Troy: bass marimba CASTOR & POLLUX (1952) by Harry Partch (1901 – 1974) A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini CASTOR, Leda and the Swan 1. Insemination 2. Conception 3. Incubation 4. Delivery POLLUX, Leda and the Swan 1. Insemination 2. Conception 3. Incubation 4. Delivery Perhaps the only ‘triple exposure’ in music history, Partch called this infectious dance music, “A tribute to the twin stars of luck. Atonal-dynamic dithyramb. A ritualistic