Winnipeg New Music Festival
- Date
- Saturday, Jan 28, 2017 at 7:30pm
- Performers
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Jeffrey Gavett, baritone
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano
Maryem Hassan-Tollar, singer
Tiffany Ayalik, throat singer
Horizon, choir - Location
- Centennial Concert Hall
- Address
- 555 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
About
MIGRATION PATTERNS
Meredith Monk’s “spectacularly beautiful” Weave, commissioned by the St. Louis Symphony and the LA Master Chorale, opens WNMF 2017. The World premiere of Syn-Phonia: Migration Patterns by Christos Hatzis for orchestra, electronics, and visuals features two singers of migrant (Arabic) and Indigenous (Inuit) backgrounds, plus Tajik-Canadian composer Farangis Nurulla-Khoja’s whirlwind L’infini de l’instant.
Complete details at http://wnmf.ca/
WORKS
Farangis Nurulla-Khoja L’infini de l’instant NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Meredith Monk Weave for two voices, chorus and orchestraCANADIAN PREMIERE
Christos Hatzis Syn-Phonia: Migration Patterns WORLD PREMIERE
Origins
Joy (Sums & Whole)
Thank You
“Our Way of Life” or “Welcome to the Apocalypse”
ARTISTS
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Jeffrey Gavett, baritone
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano
Maryem Hassan-Tollar, singer
Tiffany Ayalik, throat singer
Horizon, choir
Robert Pasternak, visual artist
Khaled Shariff, creative director