Progressive and outstanding new music. This concert, led by visionary composer/conductor Giorgio Magnanensi, runs the gamut from the beauty of acoustic strings to the edginess of new electronics
Date/Time: Nov 3 2017, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Vancouver, Orpheum Annex | Event calendarCost: $35.00
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These pieces tell stories of collective loss, modern life in the digital age, the power of place and the allure of anticipation, illustrating not how things have been done, but how they could be done.
Concert Programme:
Kotoka Suzuki (Canada)
In Praise of Shadows
Vancouver Electronic Ensemble Collaborative (Canada)
ISCM Remix
Linda Catlin Smith (Canada/United States of America)
Orient Point
Michiko Fukazawa (Japan)
Lemminkainen’s Mother
Serena Teatini (Italy)
Mi Fa
Jay Schwartz (United States of America)
Music for Orchestra III
Performers:
Vancouver New Music String Orchestra
Giorgio Magnanensi, Conductor
Ross Birdwise
Joda Clement
Scott Gubbels
Lee Hutzulak
Constantine Katsiris
Julian La Brooy
David Leith
Matthew O’Donnell
prOphecy sun
Since its founding in 1922, the International Society for Contemporary Music has been the world’s premier network for new music. Each year, its festival is hosted in a different city around the globe.
In 2017, the Canadian League of Composers and Music on Main welcome nearly 50 countries for a festival of new music and a celebration of new ideas, new collaborations, and new fusions.
Presented with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, the Deux Mille Foundation, the Hamber Foundation, the SOCAN Foundation, and donors like you.
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