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Premiere of NPM founder, Jack Gabel's latest work, on the 20th anniversary of Tienanmen Freedom Demonstrations and tragedy.
Portland Vocal Consort
The Dickson String Quartet
Nancy Wood, soprano and Jeff Winslow, piano
June 1989, in the wake of the Tienanmen Square Massacre, American composer Jack Gabel, living in Japan at the time, responded to the event by composing In the Land of Wu to an evocative poem of Li Po about his longing for home and family.
The work was premiered in 1991 by The Oregon Repertory Singers and Virtuosi della Rosa.
Click to hear excerpt.
It has received only one other performance by the Dale Warland Singers in 1993. Around this work by Jack Gabel, a founding member of Cascadia Composers - NACUSA, we offer a full concert of related works.
String Quartet No. 8 of Dimitri Shostakovich is included in the program for its legendary stance against totalitarianism. The Dickson String Quartet is engaged especially for its strong interpretation of the work.
Click to hear excerpt.
Derek Healey's The Silvered Lute: A Wang Wei Song Album is an especially touching recent work by a masterful composer, setting the lyric poetry of one of China's most beloved Tang Dynesty poets.
Click to hear excerpt.
The Silvered Lute: a Wang Wei Song Album
soprano & piano
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The program concludes with the world premiere of Gabel's reflection on Tienanmen, a choral setting of Tan Zi Chang's English translation of poet Meng Hao-lian's
June 3, 2009 at 8:00 PM
First Congregational UCC
1126 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
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TICKETS AT THE DOOR:
$20 general admission, $15 seniors, $10 students
children under age 13 admitted free of charge
online pruchases - add $1 fee
info: 800.757.7384
email: ArtixPdx@comcast.net
www.url = www.JackGabel.com
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Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009 |
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The Oregon Renaissance Band and DeOrganographia
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NPM recording artist Phil Hansen is curretnly featured in the Artists Spotlight by his employer of the last year, the Calgery Philharmonic Orchestra.
When not relaxing, Phil got intimate coaching from Jose Bragato in preparing his NPM release BRAGATISSIMOTango Nuevo
with pianist
Mika Sunago, and violinist Erin Furbee, Tomas Svoboda 5-CD set![]() Still available: $64.95 LINKS to sites of interest go to: North Pacific Music Home Page
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