Alvin Curran - Theme Park

Performed by William Winant, the title track on Theme Park is a work for percussion quartet. The work had been played live before, with four percussionists sitting in the four corners of a stage, but this version is entirely played by Winant. Besides the technical difficulties of reducing a piece that was intended for four players to one, Alvin Curran threw in a few other oddities, including the purchase of a six-pack of turkey drumsticks to give the low end a completely unique sound. Read More