Dream is a musical journey through the sound of the electric guitar in American concert music, based on sonic research and on the simplicity and beauty of the electric guitar timbre and colors.

Sergio Sorrentino’s transcription of Dream by John Cage opens the program. This version demonstrates the pure beauty of the electric guitar’s clean sound with only the addition of light reverb. This is the first CD release for the lost electric guitar composition by Morton Feldman, The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar. Originally composed for Christian Wolff, it was reconstructed by guitarist Seth Josel.

John Cage: Dream (1948), adapted for electric guitar by Sorrentino
David Lang: Warmth (2006) for 2 electric guitars
Jack Vees: Alpha Aloha (2013) for 2 electric guitars and sound processing
Elliott Sharp: Mare Undarum (2013)
Alvin Curran: Rose of Beans (1997), fragment for electric guitar solo
Morton Feldman: The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar (1966), reconstruction by Seth Josel
Christian Wolff: Going West (2013); Another Possibility (2004)
Larry Polansky: An Unhappy Set of Coincidences (1980) for electric guitar and electric bass
Van Stiefel: Urutora-man (2014)

Sergio Sorrentino, electric guitar