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North/South Season Finale - Tuesday, June 18 @ 8 PM
To be heard for the first time in New York City are works by Argentinean-American Hayg Boyadjian; Canadian Julia Mermelstein; Italian Federico Ermirio; Mexican-American Max Lifchitz and Venezuelan-American Teresa Carreño. Cellist Rose Bart and flutist Lisa Hansen will appear as soloists.
The concert will start at 8 PM and end approximately at 9:30 PM. It will be held at the acoustically superior air-conditioned auditorium of Christ and St. Stephen’s Church (120 West 69th Street -- between Broadway and Columbus) in Manhattan. The auditorium is ADA accessible. No tickets or reservations needed.
ABOUT THE COMPOSERS AND THEIR MUSIC
Hayg Boyadjian's Fourth Canticle for flute and strings evokes a pastoral scene where a shepherd attends his sheep in a landscape of undulating hills. While the opening melancholic melody in the flute represents the loss of his sweetheart, dance-like rhythms portray the shepherd remembering happier days. The piece concludes quietly as the shepherd accepts his loss and his fate. Boyadjian was born in Paris to Armenian parents but grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he attended at the Franz Liszt Conservatory. Boyadjian's music has been widely performed and is available on numerous recordings. North/South's performance of Fourth Canticle will honor the composer on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Federico Ermirio's Concerto Breve for cello and strings is a dramatic composition in three sections where the soloist and ensemble function as musical rivals. The ideas introduced by the solo cello at the onset eventually find their way into the fabric woven by the ensemble. While at first a mere accompanist of the solo cello the ensemble gradually transforms itself into a second soloist as the piece unfolds. Born in 1950 in Genova Ermirio studied with Goffredo Petrassi at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and taught at the Puccini Conservatory in La Spezia. His works have earned prizes at several international compositions (including the New York Based IBLA Foundation) and have been performed throughout Europe. A few seasons back the North/South Chamber Orchestra premiered and recorded his Landscapes of a Soul.
Max Lifchitz's Brightness Aloft is based on the lilting melody Xicochi Conetzintle -- a 17th century Christmas Villancico written for the Mexico City Cathedral. The text of this religious song is in Náhuatl, the language of the Aztecs. A lullaby, its title can be translated as "Sleep, O my Child" obviously referring to baby Jesus. The composition consists of a series of unassuming variations on the motet’s iridescent melody which is introduced at the opening by the solo violin. The work was written during the early days of February 2015 while reacting to the gradual increase in daylight that effortlessly follows the Winter Solstice. Lifchitz began his musical training in his native Mexico City before earning a scholarship to attend The Juilliard School. He has toured throughout Europe, Latin American and the US. Numerous recordings feature his performances and compositions.
Julia Mermelstein's Shift explores moments of musical transparency through the awareness of space and movement. Musicians are asked to externalize their breathing through their bowing thus allowing their sound to become an extension of their inner pulse. All of these elements together reveal a broader form of how movements interconnect and subtly change over time. Based in Toronto, Mermelstein studied at Concordia University in Montreal. Her music is influenced by Buddhist philosophy, psychology, and ritualistic tendencies that shape its relationship to form, stillness, and sense of space. Her music has been performed throughout Canada and Japan and is being heard in New York City for the time as part of this concert.
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
Flutist Lisa Hansen’s critically acclaimed EMI/Angel recording of Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto Pastoral with the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has been broadcast worldwide. The New York Times described her playing as “irresistibly lyrical” while Fanfare proclaimed: "One might well prefer Hansen to Galway.” A graduate of The Juilliard School, Ms. Hansen is now the flute professor at Kean University. She has performed and recorded with North/South Consonance since 1988.
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