University of Maryland Orchestra performs "Prayer"
Majestic and lyrical while also contemplative and somber, Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor was written as a tribute to Dvořák’s first love, who was gravely ill and passed away while Dvořák was still composing. In her memory, he included the melody of his song Leave Me Alone in My Fond Dream, a particular favorite of hers. This masterwork will feature UMD Associate Professor Eric Kutz on cello.
Prayer, by Canadian composer Vivian Fung, was first recorded as a video by the CBC Virtual Orchestra, comprising members of 28 Canadian orchestras and led by Yannick Nezet-Seguin during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Fung wrote: “Prayer is, in essence, an aberration, for under no other circumstance in the past (or probably in the future) have I worn my heart on my sleeve as transparently as I have with this piece.”
University of Illinois Orchestra performs "Prayer"
November 17 2022, 7.30pm
Still Darker America
Fung Prayer
Higdon Blue Cathedral
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms Peterson Shadows and Light
Premiere: Flute Concerto (full version) Vancouver Symphony
Program
Kodály
Dances of Galánta
Fung
Flute Concerto (VSO Commission)
Bernstein
Symphony No. 2, Age of Anxiety
Masterclass at the VSO School of Music
NPR describes JUNO Award-winning composer Vivian Fung as “one of today’s most eclectic composers”.
Upcoming performances of Fung’s work include the world premieres of her expanded Flute Concerto, commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and performed by VSO Principal Flutist Christie Reside; a new orchestral work for Houston-based ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra); and a short piano work based on Ligeti’s Etudes, to be performed by Han Chen, part of the commissioning project “Ligeti Etudes meets 18 Composers,” celebrating the composer’s centenary in 2023; plus the European premieres of Baroque Melting with Berner Symphonieorchester, conducted by Gemma New, and Prayer, presented by the Argovia Philharmonic, both in Switzerland.
Premiere: Flute Concerto (full version) Vancouver Symphony
Program
Kodály
Dances of Galánta
Fung
Flute Concerto (VSO Commission)
Bernstein
Symphony No. 2, Age of Anxiety
Clare Longendyke performs "Glimpses"
Claude Debussy, Vivian Fung, Clara Schumann
Emily Koh, Anthony R. Green, & Amy Williams
Premiere/Performance of vla/piano version of "Prayer" - Carr-Petrova Duo
MSM Faculty Recital: Molly Carr, viola and Anna Petrova (BM ’09, MM ’11, DMA ’17), piano
Clare Longendyke performs "Glimpses"
Solo Recital featuring works by
Claude Debussy, Vivian Fung,
Emily Koh, Bryan Michael Wysocki, Michael Oldham,
Anthony R. Green, & Amy Williams
Terra String Quartet performs "String Quartet No. 4"
The Terra String Quartet is the 49th Annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Senior Strings Division Gold Medal and Grand Prize winner. The emerging ensemble based in New York City comprises graduates of the Juilliard School's prestigious Honors Program and the Manhattan School of Music. Hailing from five continents, these four musicians are a stellar lead off to the Presenting Series' LaBar Recital Hall chamber music events.
Garth Newel Piano Quartet performs "Shifting Landscapes"
Moon Festival
Friday, October 21
5pm Concert followed by optional Dinner
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn mooncake festival of Asia with a program of thrilling chamber works, including works by prominent Asian composers.
'Billy Collins Suite' on Christine Carter's "Everything is Green" Concert
Everything is Green
Christine Carter, clarinet
Vernon Regehr, cello
Gregory Oh, piano
Shannon LItzenberger, choreographer/dance
Joe Argentino, narrator
Program
Beehoven — Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11
Woolf — Everything is Green
Pärt — Spiegel im Spiegel
Fung — The Billy Collins Suite
Cathedral Bluffs Symphony performs "Prayer"
ivian Fung (Canadian) – Prayer (2020)
Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S.124
Ryan Huang, piano
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Jasper String Quartet performs "String Quartet No. 4"
Program
String Quartet No. 1 (2001–03, rev. 2011)
I. Animato
Vivian Fung (b. 1975)
String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines” (2019)
Vivian Fung
Intonations for String Quartet (2015)
III. Hustle
Derek Bermel (b. 1967)
- brief pause -
String Quartet No. 2 (2010)
Zhou Tian (b. 1981)
String Quartet No. 3 (2013)
Vivian Fung
LIFT Part III (2016, rev. 2021)
Paul Wiancko (b. 1983)
Selections of Fung's "Six Haiku" to be performed at the 13th International Art Song Competition
The 13th International Art Song Competition Stuttgart will take place from 20 to 25 September 2022 at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart.
The International Art Song Competition Stuttgart is one of the oldest and most renowned competitions of its kind. Only liedduos can take part in the biennial competition.
Jasper String Quartet performs String Quartets No. 1-4
Here and Now Series
Complete String Quartets by Vivien Fung – all four quartets performed for the first time in one concert
String Quartet No. 1
I. Animato
II. Interludium
III. Pizzicato (may be performed as a separate work for string quartet)
IV. Moto Perpetuo – Presto Possible
String Quartet No. 2
I. Introduction
II. Of the Wind
III. Of Birds and Insects
IV. Interlude – With Calmness: “Klangfarbenmelodie”
V. Of Tribes and Villages
VI. Postlude: Of Ghosts and Memories
String Quartet No. 3
String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines”
Terra String Quartet performs Vivian Fung's "String Quartet No. 4" at Banff International String Quartet Competition
Two quartets perform a complete work by Franz Joseph Haydn and a quartet written in 2000 or later.
Karski Quartet (Belgium/Poland)
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76. No. 1
Prach Boondiskulchok: Ritus
Intermission
Terra String Quartet (USA/Venezuela/Iceland/Australia)
Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77 No. 1
Vivian Fung: String Quartet No. 4, Insects and Machines
Concert programming may be subject to change.
Terra String Quartet performs String Quartet No. 4 in Chicago
Harriet Langley and Amelia Dietrich, violins
Ramón Carrero Martínez, viola
Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir, cello
Vivian Fung – String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines”
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet Op. 77 No. 1 in G Major
Jasper String Quartet performs Quartet No. 4
Program:
Derek Bermel - A Short History of the Universe
Patrick Castillo - Through the Panic
Bermel - Thracian Sketches
Vivian Fung - String Quartet no. 4
Bermel - Intonations
Andreia Pinto Correia: Cantos y Danças
Castillo - Le jour qui luit...
Paquito D’Rivera - Preludio y Merengue
With Derek Bermel, clarinet
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Derek Bermel and the Jasper Quartet: Chappaquiddick Music Festival 2022
About this event
Celebrated clarinetist and composer Derek Bermel will collaborate with the next-generation Jasper Quartet string ensemble to perform an all-contemporary program including the music of Vivian Fung, Paquito d’Rivera, Derek Bermel (himself), Patrick Castillo, and Andreia Pinto Correia.
Kingston Chamber Music Festival presents "Birdsong"
The festival, which opens Wednesday, July 20, in its temporary home in Edwards Hall on URI’s Kingston Campus, will feature plenty of rising stars – the Dover Quartet, named the greatest quartet of the last century by BBC Music Magazine; 26-year-old pianist Hilda Huang; Curtis-on-Tour, and Arx Duo. As always, the festival will blend works by contemporary composers, such as Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw, Vivian Fung and Grammy Award winner Steven Mackey, with traditional masterworks by such legends as Bach, Mozart and Schubert.