Esprit Orchestra | Runner

Soloist friends of Esprit and outstanding soloists drawn from within Esprit are spotlighted in this program performing three exceptional concertos from different cultures. Reich’s minimalist, energized and infectious Runner sets the pace for this concert and leads to the contrasting, intense and distilled poetic moments of Abrahamsen’s Double Concerto with individual soloists relating to each other separately then alternatively playing in unison.

Full attention will be on Erica Goodman in her performance of Music Director Pauk’s Harp Concerto, a work of virtuosity bringing the wide-ranging musical experiences of the composer’s background into play in a kind of musical self-portrait.

Gorecki’s concerto won’t let you go. From the work’s first flurry of notes the piece takes you on an electrifying wild ride. Breathtaking!

featuring
Alex Pauk, Conductor
Mark Fewer, Violin
Kevin Ahfat, Piano
Erica Goodman, Harp
Wesley Shen, Harpsichord

PROGRAM

• Steve Reich (USA): Runner * (2016) * Canadian Premiere
• Hans Abrahamsen (DNK)” Double Concerto (2011)
• Alex Pauk (CAN): Harp Concerto (2005)
• Henryk Gorecki (POL): Harpsichord Concerto (1980)

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