Mountain View Festival announces
CONVERGENCE: A THREE-PART VIRTUAL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

FEATURING WORKS FOR PIANO AND STRINGS
 

Six musicians, one filmmaker, and a new arts streaming platform.

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A collaboration between Mountain View International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society, Polaris Centre for the Performing Arts, Emil Agopian Film, Stagestream Live and Steinway Piano Gallery of Calgary.
 

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CONVERGENCE | Project Team

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Lev Nesterov and Jack Olszewski, Project Curation & Coordination

Emil Agopian, Filmmaker

Jonathan Gresl, Host
Kathleen van Mourik, Artistic Director for Mountain View Festival
Megan Ray, Social Media Coordinator

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Musicians:

Jack Olszewski, piano

Lev Nesterov, violin

Sara Far, violin

Susanna Heystek, viola

David Morrissey, cello

Matt Heller, bass

Set I | Light Classics: A Medley of Chamber Music Miniatures

 

Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931)

Suite for Strings, op.1, arranged by Lev Nesterov for string quintet (1888)

 

Michael Conway BAKER* (b. 1937)

Rhapsody for Rachmaninoff for piano and strings (2017)*

 

Jean FRANÇAIX (1912-1997)

L’heure de Berger (French Café Music) for string quintet and piano (1947)

 

Claude DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

Beau Soir, arranged by Orfeo Mandozzi/Jack Olszewski for string quintet and piano (1880)

 

Libby LARSEN (b. 1950)

Four on the Floor for violin, cello, bass and piano (1983)

 

*denotes Canadian composer

 

Live Streamed on Monday, June 29 - 6 P.M. MST

 

Set II | Minimalist Expressions: The Sounds of Our Time

 

Pavel KARMANOV (b. 1970)

Michael Music for piano quintet (2004)

 

Terry RILEY (b. 1935)

G Song for string quartet (1984)

 

Pavel KARMANOV (b. 1970)

String QuaREtet for string quartet (1997)

 

Release date: Monday, July 6 - 6 P.M. MST

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Set III | Mysterious & Magical: A Journey Into a World of Dreams & Imagination

 

Alexandre RABINOVITCH-BARAKOVSKY (b. 1945)

Trois Invocations for string quartet and amplified celesta (1997)

 

Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921–1992)

Oblivion, arranged by Vyacheslav Gryaznov for piano quintet (1982)

 

François COUPERIN (1668-1733)

Tic-Toc-Choc, arranged by Vyacheslav Gryaznov for piano quintet (1722)

 

Release date: Thursday, July 16 - 6 P.M. MST

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Media Contact:

Tokie (Satoko) Brideaux
Phone: (403) 828-7158 • E-mail: tokie@nucleus.com
Twitter: @CalMusicEvents