No Let Up and Crying Out Loud were recorded at All Saints Church, East Finchley, London, on October 27, 2013.
Recording & Production
UNDANCE was recorded in the Lilian Baylis Studio at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London on April 18, 2013.
Composer Biography
Mark-Anthony Turnage, born in Britain in 1960, studied with notable figures like Oliver Knussen, John Lambert, and Gunther Schuller.
Composition History
Crying Out Loud, composed by Mark-Anthony Turnage for the Ensemble Modern, attracted the attention of choreographers and was used in ballets by Heinz Spoerli and Ashley Page.
Compositional Technique
Each of the eight numbers in UNDANCE is related to a pair of verbs from a list created by US artist Richard Serra in 1967-68, which the score then enacts.
Composition History
UNDANCE, a ballet score, grew out of a collaboration between composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, choreographer Wayne McGregor, and visual artist Mark Wallinger.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The title UNDANCE contains notions of unsafety, unrest, and uncoiling, reflecting themes of failed accord and soured tonality in Mark-Anthony Turnage's music.
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