Pianist Xenia Pestova and tabla player Shawn Mativetsky perform an eclectic programme of new music for piano, toy piano, Indian harmonium, and tabla.
Date/Time: Apr 1 2016, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Vancouver, Western FrontCost: $16.00
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Their unique repertoire explores a multitude of trans-musical and cross cultural possibilities that emerge through the blending of Western and Indian classical music.
PROGRAMME
Tina Pearson – Migration of Their Materials (2013)
Toy piano and tabla
I Beacon
II Night Feeding
III The Nest of Imports
IV Gentle Hands
The overall inquiry of the composition is concerned with migrations – of people, materials and pelagic birds. It is placed on the seas that are the environment for much of these migrations, and the temporary meeting places of migratory routes. It is also about the making of things, the mixing of materials, and about rules of engagement from one place to the other. And it is about the listening and intimacy of new and unfamiliar juxtapositions. Dedicated to the memory of the late Jon B. Higgins (1939-1984), a masterful musician and teacher. The Migration of Their Materials was composed specifically for Xenia Pestova and Shawn Mativetsky with the assistance of a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.
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