Concert 2: Ensemble X
Friday, March 6
8:00 pm
Sage Chapel

Ensemble X performs music by composers influenced by Messiaen, including Claude Vivier’s Lonely Child (1980) for soprano and orchestra and Gerard Grisey’s Prologue (1976) for viola and electronics.

Program


Gilles Tremblay (b. 1932)
Musiques de l'eau (2009)

Corey Keating (b. 1981)
Brush Creek (2013) for piano and electronics [Premiere ]
Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano

Gérard Grisey (1946–1998)
From Les espaces acoustiques (1975–1977)
      Prologue (1976) for viola and resonators
David Quiggle, viola

Jonathan Harvey (1939–2012)
Tombeau de Messiaen (1994) for piano and tape
Marilyn Nonken, piano

—intermission—

James Wood (b. 1953)
Secret Dialogues (2014) for solo marimba [Premiere ]
Michael Compitello, marimba

Claude Vivier (1948–1983)
Lonely Child (1980) for soprano and orchestra
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Chris Kim, conductor
Ensemble X
Members of the Cornell Chamber Orchestra and the Cornell Symphony Orchestra

If you need accommodations to participate in this event, please contact Damien Mahiet (info@westfield.org, 607-255-3065) as soon as possible.