Moon Viewing Music: William Winant(Perc)

Moon Viewing Music is a quiet, mesmerizing work for large Thai-style gongs and tam-tam, performed by the celebrated Grammy-nominated percussionist William Winant. The composer writes: For me, moon viewing is a year-round activity. This cycle was composed in the winter. There is a unique light and intensity in a winter moon. There is also a special silence...an inscrutable stillness. Garlands music seems to be about the sheer expressive power of sound itself. (Fanfare magazine) [Garland is] an artist who knows what hes doing, and then does itrepeatedly, each time out. Hes a marvelous artist; I admire his work a lot. (Harold Budd) Percussionist William Winant has been the avant-elites go-to percussionist for more than 35 years. (SPIN magazine) Peter Garlands music is informed by his well-traveled ear and intense personal vision. Since the 1970s, his pieces have been marked by a radical consonance and simplification of structure and performed around the world by such noted performers as Aki Takahashi, Herbert Henck, and Kronos Quartet. Also a musicologist and writer, he championed the work of such composers as Revueltas, Partch, and Nancarrow long before their music became fashionable. Grammy-nominated percussionist William Winant has performed with some of the most innovative and creative musicians of our time, including John Cage, Anthony Braxton, and Kronos Quartet.