Michael Avitabile, flutes | Nicholas Brown, clarinets
Alyssa Wang, violin | Jesse Christeson, cello
Marco Pavé, spoken word | Jared Bailey, trumpet
Carlos Simon, piano | Ruoting Li, piano
The versatile musicians of Hub New Music will offer an exciting range of new and recent music, presented in two videos available on the same night! Steven Mackey’s violin sonata, a classic McKim Fund commission from the Library’s archives, will be performed alongside a signature work by Takuma Itoh for Hub’s unusual combination of flute, clarinet, violin and cello. The centerpiece of the concert will be the virtual world premiere of Carlos Simon’s new work Requiem for the Enslaved, a work that grapples with the legacy of slavery at Georgetown University (where Simon is an Assistant Professor) and honors the lives and descendants of slaves sold to raise money for the construction of the university.
Program
STEVEN MACKEY
Sonata for Violin and Piano
TAKUMA ITOH
Wavelengths
CARLOS SIMON
Requiem for the Enslaved, Virtual World Premiere
Additional Library Digital Resources
The musicians of Hub New Music and composer Carlos Simon speak with David Plylar of the Music Division about their performance on the concert series. The discussion focuses on Carlos Simon’s new work, Requiem for the Enslaved, and other works by Steven Mackey and Takuma Itoh.
Looking for additional events?
You can check out last season’s Season-At-A-Glance here for access to existing content. You can also check out these special hubs that offer additional exciting material for you to view and read:
Throwback Thursday
(Re)Hearing Beethoven
The Boccaccio Project
|
