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Esprit Orchestra | COSMIC HEARTBEATS
April 17 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$20
Part of the Edge Of Your Seat International Festival
Pre-concert talk at 7:15 p.m.
Alluding to ritual Korean court music as well as lively traditional Korean folkloric music, Chin’s depiction of “heartbeat stars” in Alaraph blends a large array percussion instruments with massive orchestral forces to create a work of tremendous energy and physicality.
Esprit’s premiere of Ma’s Hijinks launches not only an exciting new work but also a young composer’s early career in the manner Esprit has done for young composers through its history.
The world premiere of O’Callaghan’s new work provides the composer with the opportunity to drop his usual blend of acoustic and electronic instruments and focus intensely on writing for the orchestra alone.
Vivier’s “long song of solitude,” in both French and the invented language from the composer’s extraordinary imagination, is autobiographical and subconsciously self-revelatory in nature. Lonely Child conveys childlike innocence as well as a profound reaching out to the heavens and the solace of eternity.
Featuring:
Alex Pauk, Music Director & conductor
Sophia Burgos (USA), soprano
Program:
Nicholas Ma (CA): Hijinks* (2024-25)
James O’Callaghan (CA): New Work* (2025)
Claude Vivier (CA): Lonely Child (1980)
Unsuk Chin (KR): Alaraph ‘Ritus des Herschlagz’** (2023)
*World premiere & Esprit Orchestra commission
**Canadian premiere
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