Jun 21, 2017
06.20.17 On the eve of Petr Kotik’s 75th birthday, S.E.M. ensemble staged a recital at their HQ on Willow Place in Brooklyn Heights. The evening began with Kotik’s delicate ‘Etude 7 for Oboe’ (1962) for solo oboe played by Jacqueline Leclair. Robert Boston then brilliantly performed Philip Glass’ dizzying ‘Two Pages’ (1968) for organ. This was followed by excellent performances of Kotik’s vocal pieces ‘There is Singularly Nothing’ (1972) and ‘Many Many Women’ (1975-78) [excerpt] featuring Roberta Michel and Petr Kotik on flute, William Lang and James Roger on trombones with the intertwining voices of sopranos Kamala Sankaram and Vivian Yau with baritones Jacob Ingbar and Jeffrey Gavett.