8:00PM Concert
7:15PM Musical Insights with Alexina Louie & Guests
Traversing rich and varied musical landscapes, this concert laments the dramatic ecological loss of bees and the associated acoustic loss (referencing its musical predecessor Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee), presents a tapestry of a thousand flowers in the constantly shimmering gestures of Martinaityte’s sonic garden, and delivers harp virtuosity in our Music Director’s harp concerto, specially written for Erica Goodman. Silvestrov’s Postludium, rippling with nostalgia and swirling memories, belies Vladimir Putin’s contention that Ukraine doesn’t exist as a country with its own cultural identity. In memoriam, we honour the late Kaija Saariaho performing her fabulous musical voyage through evocative sound worlds guided by texts of the great Persian poet Rumi.
featuring
Alex Pauk Conductor
Kevin Ahfat Piano
Programme
Vito Žuraj (Slovenia)
Api-danza macabra* (2021)
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (Lithuania)
Millefleur** (2018)
Valentin Silvestrov (Ukraine)
Postludium (1984)
Kaija Saariaho (Finland)
Circle Map (2012)
