Meredith Monk chose music from The Games for this album because she felt it was relevant to current world events and combined the 'edgy, urban energy of Bang on a Can' with her 'primordial, plangent style'.
Composition History
The suite of pieces from The Games: a science fiction opera forms the centerpiece of this recording.
Recording & Production
This album, MEMORY GAME, features music composed by Meredith Monk and arranged by various musicians, mostly consisting of pieces not previously recorded.
Composition History
Meredith Monk composed 'Totentanz' for her 2006 work impermanence, a full evening piece reflecting on the ephemerality of life, created in response to the sudden death of her partner, Mieke van Hoek.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The Games: a science fiction opera, set on an imaginary planet, is a meditation on the aesthetics and trappings of Fascism in relation to the future of our Earth, taking place after a post-nuclear or global warming catastrophe.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Meredith Monk was inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead when composing 'Totentanz', embracing the idea of accepting and celebrating death as a natural part of life.
Composition History
The Games: a science fiction opera, from which several pieces on this album are taken, was created by Meredith Monk and Ping Chong in response to the political climate of West Berlin in 1983, with missiles pointed from the East and the Berlin Wall still standing.
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