Third Coast Percussion offers Cage, Rzewski, Little at the Atlas

The ensemble Third Coast Percussion brought a strong program to the Atlas on Friday night. If only it had been a little more strongly played. That's not to say there wasn't a lot to like. Cleaving to traditional programming convention, the group offered three pieces, presented in chronological order. The oldest and most classic dated from 1942: John Cage's "Credo in Us," though not played on original instruments, since the radio of the original score was replaced by sound samples from a laptop c...