Peggy Seeger presented a concert and a talk at Swarthmore during Alumni Weekend 2009. This was her fourth visit to campus; she and her brother Mike sang and played in informal gatherings around the campus at the 1954, 1955, and 1957 Folk Festivals. Her most recent visit was organized by Swarthmore Folk, a group of alumni interested in carrying forward the tradition of folk music on the campus. Enjoy Seeger's rendition of Cindy that was part of her talk titled "Scalpels or Sledgehammers? Music as a Tool for Activism."
Composer: Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn
Movement 1: Molto allegro agitato
Performers: Halleh Balch '12 - violin, Paul Wiggins '11 - cello, Corey Silberstein '12 - piano
Ensemble: Gamelan Semara Santi (Balinese Classical Percussion Orchestra)
Composition/composer: Sekar Ginotan, composed by I Wayan Lotring ca. 1930.
Artistic directors: I Nyoman Suadin and Thomas Whitman
Recorded: December 9th 2007 in Lang Concert Hall
Music composed by I Wayan Lotring (ca. 1898-1983); as taught by I Madé Gerindem, village of Teges, Central Bali (d. 1989)
Gender Rambat Soloists: Mark Loria, Abram Lipman
Suling (bamboo flutes): Laura Keeler, I Nyoman Suadin
"Sekar Ginotan takes its name from a common flower. It was composed by I Wayan Lotring, one of the most influential composers of twentieth-century Bali. He was particularly famous for spiking his compositions with unpredictable rhythms and asymmetrical gong cycles. There are four main parts heard on this recording: a fast introductory section for the full ensemble; a slower section; a section in medium tempo; and a fast closing section. This final section is itself composed of two contrasting types of music: a fast, loud ostinato alternating with a quirky and rhythmically lopsided passage. The composition concludes with a graceful fade into silence."
~ Tom Whitman, Associate Professor of Music
Listen to the Swarthmore College Orchestra perform Robert Schumann's Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major, op.97 (Movement 5: Lebhaft [Lively] Schneller [Faster]).
Peggy Seeger presented a concert and a talk at Swarthmore during Alumni Weekend 2009. This was her fourth visit to campus; she and her brother Mike sang and played in informal gatherings around the campus at the 1954, 1955, and 1957 Folk Festivals. Her most recent visit was organized by Swarthmore Folk, a group of alumni interested in carrying forward the tradition of folk music on the campus. Enjoy Seeger's rendition of Cindy that was part of her talk titled "Scalpels or Sledgehammers? Music as a Tool for Activism."