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Marsyas’s Turn (2020),4:30 for solo flute Kaisa Kortelainen Marsyas was a character from Greek Mythology known for his skill on the flute – and for his hubris to challenge Apollo to a musical duel. According to a common version of the myth, Apollo won the contest with his restrained strumming of the lyre, which the audience-judges deemed more pleasurable than Marsyas’s technical playing. As punishment, Marsyas was skinned alive. Marsyas’s Turn was composed for Kaisa Kortelainen as part of Idols 2020, a 70 minute stage work collectively created by Dayjob Collective which examines relationships between each of its four performers and their craft. Virtuosity is among the topics deconstructed in this concert-performance/performance-concert. |