Work
Red Mesa
for piano with light amplification
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About
Written for solo piano with amplification, Red Mesa has been described "as dry, quiet and wild as the desert it depicts, and among her [Lockwood's] best works" (Gann, Village Voice).
Commissioned note
Written at the request of Max Lifchitz
Dedication note
To American composer, Ruth Anderson
Contents note
Single movement
Performance history
23 Sep 1989: Performed by Sorrel Hays (piano) at the International Festival of Women Composers in Heidelberg, Germany on 23 September 1989
06 Nov 1990: Performed by Max Lifchitz (piano) in New York, United States on 6 November 1990
07 Aug 1993: Performed by Emma Sayers (piano); Composing Women's Festival, Wellington Town Hall
09 Dec 2008: Contemporary Visions 10
Performed by Dan Poynton