Join us for Esprit Orchestra's 2018-2019 season opener, For Orbiting Spheres, on October 24, 2018 in the acoustically acclaimed Koerner Hall at 8pm. An engaging pre-concert chat hosted by Juno award winning Canadian composer Alexina Louie precedes the concert at 7:15; access to the chat included with ticket purchase.
Concert Programme:
Missy Mazzoli (U.S.A.) - Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) (2016)*
Unsuk Chin (Korea) - Chorós Chordón (2017)*
Charles Ives (U.S.A.) - The Unanswered Question (1908)
Tristan Keuris (The Netherlands) - Sinfonia (1974)
*Canadian Premiere
Mazzoli’s Sinfonia, cast “in the shape of a solar system”, weaves and coils itself in pulsing loops that twist around each other within a larger orbit while the Sinfonia of Keuris is simply a work of utmost charm and pleasurable musical invention. Chin’s celestial “dance of the strings” extends to the full orchestra and offers musical reflections on natural phenomena and our physical relationship with the cosmos. Ives’ work remains one of the greatest ever pieces expressing awe and wonder about the cosmos.