8:00PM Concert 7:15PM Musical Insights with Alexina Louie & Guests
Afterglow is the third panel of an orchestral triptych commissioned from Scime by Esprit. In composing Sustain, Norman, America’s most celebrated young composer, considered how audiences one hundred years from now might perceive and be affected by orchestral music. He then set out in a major new creative direction to produce what some have labeled a masterpiece. With inexorable force, Evangelista’s piece draws listeners in and excites heartbeats in the same way his score affects the orchestra’s playing.
featuring
Alex Pauk Conductor Véronique Mathieu Violin
Programme
Andrew Norman (U.S.A.) Sustain (2018)* for orchestra
Adam Scime (Canada) Afterglow (2019)** a fantasy in one movement for violin and orchestra
José Evangelista (Canada) Accelerando (2016) for orchestra
*Canadian Premiere
**World Premiere commissioned by Esprit Orchestra with generous support from The Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation
