8:00PM Concert
7:15PM Musical Insights with Alexina Louie & Guests
Collaborating with some of the world’s great orchestras, Esprit has co-commissioned Operascope for orchestra by Unsuk Chin and will give the work’s North American Premiere on this program. Operascope traces the history of operatic music – with references to Verdi, Puccini, Messiaen, Berg and Shostakovich. Azrieli Music Prize-winner Rita Ueda’s double concerto, with musicians positioned throughout Koerner Hall, blends Japanese, Chinese and Western influences with the Canadian landscape (especially bird calls) and pursues a new transcultural musical identity by asking what it means to migrate and settle on land already rich in history. Mochizuki’s musical collage intimates deep psychological transformations as described by Carl G. Jung and almost subliminally incorporates an homage to Robert Schumann.
featuring
Alex Pauk Conductor
Zhongxi Wu Sheng/Suona
Naomi Sato Shō
Programme
Misato Mochizuki (Japan)
Nigredo* (2009 rev. 2018)
Unsuk Chin (South Korea)
Operascope** (2023)
Rita Ueda (Canada)
Birds Calling…From the Canada in You*** (2022)
