In February of 2010 NMC commissioned two large scale works of chamber music from maverick composers Radu Malfatti (Austria) and Michael Pisaro (California). On September 25th, NMC will reprise these two septets in celebration of the release of our studio recording of the two works.

Both Pisaro and Malfatti are active members of Wandelweiser, a geographically far flung collection of composer/performers who have been presenting concerts and publishing recordings and scores of their music for over 20 years. Recently, Alex Ross wrote a piece about Wandelweiser in the The New Yorker.Wandelweiser stands on the shoulders of 20th century pioneers such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, and La Monte Young, continuing to explore sound, silence, and form in new music.