VIVIAN FUNG: A Child's Dream of Toys
BARBER: Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from The Nutcracker
Manfred Honeck, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
VIVIAN FUNG: A Child's Dream of Toys
BARBER: Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from The Nutcracker
Manfred Honeck, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
VIVIAN FUNG: A Child's Dream of Toys – Pittsburgh premiere
BARBER: Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from The Nutcracker
Manfred Honeck, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
Standing Wave celebrates the release of their new album, 20C Remix, with a special concert at the Cultch’s Historic Theatre featuring performances of tracks from the new album along with the world premieres of in an archipelago by James O’Callaghan and Vivian Fung’s Corona Morphs.
October 2021
The Wild Rose Opera Project is a series of four short operatic works that each explore mental health issues through characters with ties to the Alberta landscape. Librettist Royce Vavrek is collaborating with composers Ian Cusson, John Estacio, Vivian Fung and Bryce Kulak to create short works that will be filmed and streamed online.
With Vivian Fung
An exploration of a family’s history dealing with the PTSD inherited from a history of genocide. Shown through a prism of a young woman who seeks context, but the pain (and truth) is concealed by the older members of her family.
Program includes Prayer with Robert Pound conducting
Pianist Archie Chen, a graduate of Spokane’s Mead High School, is a charismatic and commanding performer of solo and chamber music repertoire and is noted for his warm, varied tone, and his unusual and compelling interpretations. His performances have led him throughout the United States, Asia, the Middle East and Europe, where he served as Assistant Professor of Piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and founder of the Dublin International Piano Festival & Summer Academy. He will join the SSQ for Antonin Dvorak’s Piano Quintet No. 2. Also on the program is music by Ludwig von Beethoven and contemporary Canadian composer Vivian Fung.
Ludwig von Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Vivian Fung: String Quartet No. 1
Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quintet No 2 in A Major, Op. 81
Discover music by seven living composers whose art evokes the experiences and perspectives of our time with unique orchestral soundscapes. The program includes music by Gabriela Lena Frank, Vivian Fung, Anna Clyne, Kati Agócs, Evelin Ramon, Erin Rogers, and Amelia McLeod, as well as poetry recited by Edmonton’s new Poet Laureate.
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:
Frank Requiem for a Magical America: El Dia de los Muertos
Fung Baroque Melting
Clyne Restless Oceans
Agócs Devotion
Ramon Petite Toccata pour Orchestre
Rogers The Shape of Things
McLeod Arrival
Recording session of Trumpet Concerto with CYSO and Cedille Records
As part of our commitment to performing new music and diversifying the classical music canon, CYSO is thrilled to present the Chicago premiere of Vivian Fung’s Trumpet Concerto performed by Gold Medal Global Music Award winner Mary Elizabeth Bowden, a 2000 CYSO alum. This is the first concerto written by a North American female composer for a female trumpet soloist and was awarded a New Music USA grant. The November 14 concert will also feature concerto performances from Symphony Orchestra’s Bianca Ciubancan performing Paganini’s Violin Concerto No 1 and Louis Auxenfans performing Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major, alongside works by Barber, Bernstein, and Tchaikovsky.
PROGRAM
Allen Tinkham, conductor
Steven Gooden, assistant conductor
Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
Bianca Ciubancan, violin
Louis Auxenfans, clarinet
Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981) Second Essay
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Movement III, rondo
Bianca Ciubancan, violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622, Movements II and III
Louis Auxenfans, clarinet
CYSO’s CORE Chamber Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Overture to West Side Story
arr. Maurice Peress
Steven Gooden, conductor
Vivian Fung (b. 1975) Concerto for Trumpet
Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36
Joseph Bologne, le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was an 18th century composer (and swordsman) born to a white plantation owner and a Black slave. If you haven’t heard of him, you won’t soon forget his charming Symphony No. 2. This work pairs perfectly with Johannes Brahms’ cheerful second symphony. The concert opens with Canadian composer Vivian Fung’s Prayer, written during the pandemic and inspired by a chant by Hildegard von Bingen.
Fung Prayer
Bologne Symphony No. 2
Brahms Symphony No. 2
At this time we have reduced capacity at our venues to one-third, with physically distanced seating in groups of 1 to 4 tickets purchased together. For the protection of our audience members and staff, masks are required inside the venues and must be worn over the nose, mouth, and chin. You will find more information about our health and safety measures at calgaryphil.com/health-and-safety.
Joseph Bologne, le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was an 18th century composer (and swordsman) born to a white plantation owner and a Black slave. If you haven’t heard of him, you won’t soon forget his charming Symphony No. 2. This work pairs perfectly with Johannes Brahms’ cheerful second symphony. The concert opens with Canadian composer Vivian Fung’s Prayer, written during the pandemic and inspired by a chant by Hildegard von Bingen.
Fung Prayer
Bologne Symphony No. 2
Brahms Symphony No. 2
At this time we have reduced capacity at our venues to one-third, with physically distanced seating in groups of 1 to 4 tickets purchased together. For the protection of our audience members and staff, masks are required inside the venues and must be worn over the nose, mouth, and chin. You will find more information about our health and safety measures at calgaryphil.com/health-and-safety.
Jessie Montgomery | Strum
Vivian Fung | Quartet No. 1
Claude Debussy | String Quartet in G Minor
Gordon Gerrard, conductor
KORNDORF The Smile of Maud Lewis
SCHUBERT Symphony in C major D.944 “The Great”
FUNG Prayer
Gordon Gerrard, conductor
KORNDORF The Smile of Maud Lewis
SCHUBERT Symphony in C major D.944 “The Great”
FUNG Prayer
Gordon Gerrard, conductor
KORNDORF The Smile of Maud Lewis
SCHUBERT Symphony in C major D.944 “The Great”
FUNG Prayer
ASU Faculty Artist Recital performed by pianist Cathal Breslin, includes the 4 Ballades by Chopin, and three contemporary works, "Glimpses" for prepared piano by Vivian Fung, "Mii-dera" for piano and electronics by Anna Murray, and "Vick(i/y)” for prepared piano by Andy Akiho.
Hosted by the Penn State School of Music’s piano faculty, this year’s event, held on October 28-31, 2021, includes competitions and masterclasses for collegiate and high school pianists. The festival was created through a generous grant from Edith Garcia, mother of local physician Dr. Marian Garcia.
Friday, October 29
2:30pm RECITAL HALL – Collegiate Masterclass with Guest Artist Dr. Cathal Breslin (Associate Professor of Piano, Arizona State University)
7:30 p.m. RECITAL HALL – Recital featuring Dr. Cathal Breslin
PinkNoise is a New York-based chamber ensemble dedicated to musical improvisation and compositions in acoustic and electronic mediums as a reaction and response to the conditions of our community and our society. Our mission is to reveal how improvisation in musical performances lies at the intersection of historical and contemporary works, and how it is a synthesis of multifarious cultures and styles from the past and the present that connect us to our conscience in society. We also believe in performing new works by composers in acoustic and electronic mediums and collaborating with visual artists and writers to present music as a collaborative and interdisciplinary art form.
Each member of the ensemble is a performer, composer, and creator committed to inverting, translating, reflecting, and transcending the boundaries of both old and new music to present a kaleidoscopic range of performances that connect us to our sensibilities and conscience.
PinkNoise is a recipient of grant awards from the Amphion Foundation and the Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music.
Program:
Pierre Boulez - Sonatine for flute and piano
Liza Lim - Inguz for cello and clarinet
Vivian Fung - Humanoid for solo cello and electronics
Jonah Haven - bent kiddo for solo piano***
Julie Zhu - three waves for violin, clarinet, cello, and electronics*
Ryan Carraher - Interregna for improvising ensemble*
Simon Kanzler - 284 fragments of an imagination of self for flute and piano*
*world premiere
**co-commissioned by Han Chen and Metropolis Ensemble
PROGRAM:
Jimmy Lopez Bellido (b. 1978)
Amauta
Vivian Fung (b. 1975)
Six Haiku
I. Sparrow
II. Butterfly
III. Cicadas
IV. Moon
V. Frog
VI. Peonies
Jake Heggie (b. 1961)
A Question of Light
I. The Light of Coincidences (Magritte)
II. Eccentric Flint (Maya c. AD 600-900)
III. Yellow Flowers in a Vase (Caillebotte)
IV. Place de la Concorde (Mondrian)
V. El Hombre (Tamayo)
VI. Watch (Murphy)
-Intermission-
Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972)
Selections from Songs of Cifar and the Sweet Sea
XVIII. Primer parte: EI rebelde
XVIII. Segund parte: Tomasito, el cuque
David Conte (b. 1955)
Everyone Sang
I. Homecoming
II. Entrance
III. Quilt
IV. Everyone Sang
The Ying Quartet occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical music world, combining brilliantly communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today’s world. Now in its third decade, the Quartet has established itself as an ensemble of the highest musical qualifications. Their performances regularly take place in many of the world’s most important concert halls; at the same time, the Quartet’s belief that concert music can also be a meaningful part of everyday life has also drawn the foursome to perform in settings as diverse as the workplace, schools, juvenile prisons, and the White House. In fact, the Ying Quartet’s constant quest to explore the creative possibilities of the string quartet has led it to an unusually diverse array of musical projects and interests.
PROGRAM:
Haydn: Quartet in D major, Op. 50, No. 6
Zhou long: The Old Fisherman
Vivian Fung: Pizzicato for String Quartet
Tan Dun: Selections from Eight Colors
Intermission
Beethoven: Opus 59. No. 2
Circumstance and Fate
From unimaginable obstacles to man's heroic triumph over fate, the Lima Symphony Orchestra comes to life in a program that celebrates our much-anticipated return to the concert hall. Vivian Fung's Prayer is primal and powerful. Poulenc's Concerto for 2 Pianos feels both traditional and exotic, and Beethoven's monumental Fifth Symphony speaks to strength in the face of adversity and the ultimate victory of the human spirit.
Vivian Fung - Prayer
Francis Poulanc - Concerto for Two Pianos
Yaoyue Huang and Scott Sherman, pianists
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Classical Trumpeter and Gold Medal Global Music Award Winner Mary Elizabeth Bowden will perform the West Coast premiere of a concerto composed for her by San Jose’s Vivian Fung with the San Diego State Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, October 9, 2021. The concert will take place at Foothills United Methodist Church in La Mesa, CA, at 7:30pm, conducted by SDSU’s Michael Gerdes.
This year the Gulf Coast Chamber Orchestra opens its 2021-2022 season with the works of award winning female composers Joan Tower, Vivian Fung, Libby Larson and Florence Beatrice Price. Come listen to historic works by celebrated female composers.
Joan Tower Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Libby Larsen Solo Symphony No. 5
Vivian Fung Dust Devils
Florence Price Symphony No. 1
The Ying Quartet occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical music world, combining brilliantly communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today's world. Now in its third decade, the Quartet has established itself as an ensemble of the highest musical qualifications.
Program:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in D Major, Hob III:49, Op. 50, No 6 "The Frog"
-Allegro
-Poco Adagio
-Menuetto: Allegretto
-Finale: Allegro con spirito
Zhou Long (b.1953)
Song of the Ch’in
-Old Fisherman
Vivian Fung (b. 1975)
Pizzicato
Tan Dun (b. 1957)
Selections from Eight Colors
-Drum and Gong
-Cloudiness
-Red Sona
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No.8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2
-Allegro
-Molto adagiio
-Allegretto
-Finale. Presto
Featuring violinist Yvonne Lam, this program includes Strum by Jessie Montgomery, Violin Concerto by Vivian Fung, and Symphony No. 7 in A Major by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Violin Concerto by Vivian Fung will be conducted by Katherine Kilburn.
Octavio Más-Arocas, conductor. Generously sponsored by James and Susan Bonfiglio.
Rediscover live music at its finest and fullest with this sonorous mix of traditional and trailblazing. From Pizzicato’s folk-tinged plucking to Haydn’s exalted, inspiring final symphony — and culminating in Mendelssohn’s greatest, time-honored concerto — our rebirth of the Philharmonic experience will transcend themes beyond your musical dreams!
Conductor: Daniel Hege
Vivian Fung: Pizzicato
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D Major
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Soloist: Julian Rhee
FONT Music: Festival of New Trumpet Music, Brass Without Borders September 14th, Livestream performance, New York City, 7pm ET
Mary Elizabeth Bowden, Program:
Reena Esmail: Miniature (World Premiere, commissioned by Bowden & Shenandoah Conservatory)
Vivian Fung: Apéritif (World Premiere, commissioned by Bowden & Shenandoah Conservatory)
Alexandra Pakhmutova Concerto with Bora Ryu, piano
Free live-streamed event!
Our return to the shared concert experience, and the opening of our season, begins with a program moving from darkness to light.
Throughout the centuries, the trumpet has provided a clarion call to humanity—to fight, to worship, to acclaim, or to celebrate. Principal Trumpet Karen Donnelly has composed a moving hymn for solo trumpet which leads us into the beauty and sorrow of Trevor Weston’s “Ashes” for unaccompanied voices. Commissioned in 2002 for the choir of New York’s Trinity Wall Street, “Ashes” evokes the sound and colour of the world in ashes after the fall of the World Trade Center, and is a touchstone for remembrance as the world marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
“Ninaivanjali” is a Tamil expression that means “in memory of,” and Gabriel Dharmoo’s enigmatic creation of the same name pays tribute to Dharmoo’s Indian rhythm teacher.
Our concert closes with Tchaikovsky’s exhilarating Symphony No. 4, dedicated to his patron and “best friend” Nadezhda von Meck. From beginning to end, this beautiful work grows persuasively from melancholy to triumph—urgent, supercharged, and jubilant.
KAREN DONNELLY New work for solo trumpet
TREVOR WESTON Ashes
VIVIAN FUNG Prayer
GABRIEL DHARMOO Ninaivanjali
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
Take a jet boat down the Colorado River through spectacular red rock canyons to “nature’s own concert hall” (The New York Times) – an acoustically perfect wilderness Grotto carved from the surrounding red rock walls. Virtuosos Jason Vieaux, guitar, and Kristin Lee, violin, open the concert with Bach, The Red Violin, and a duo by Vivian Fung. The Junction Trio creates a contrasting sonority with Beethoven’s majestic “Archduke” Trio. The last of his piano trios, the “Archduke,” exhibits the profound nobility, breadth, and depth that define Beethoven’s later works. A light reception with the artists precedes the glorious boat ride home.
Program:
J. S. Bach: Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
John Corigliano: The Red Violin Caprices
Vivian Fung: Twist
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major, op. 97 (“Archduke”)
Artists:
Kristin Lee, violin
Jason Vieux, guitar
Junction Trio – Stefan Jackiw, violin;
Jay Campbell, cello; Conrad Tao, piano
