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In Celebration of the Centenary of Xavier Montsalvatge Friday, September 28th - 7:30pm The Morgan Library and Museum 225 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 Tickets $35 ($25 for members) Program Xavier Montsalvatge, Cinco canciones negras Benet Casablancas, Dance, Song and Celebration: Homage to Xavier Montsalvatge 2012 Foundation for Iberian Music Composer’s Commission - World Premiere Frederic Mompou, Combat del somni Robert Gerhard, Libra Intermission Xavier Montsalvatge, Cinco invocaciones al crucificado Xavier Montsalvatge, Concertino 1+13 Xavier Montsalvatge, Madrigal sobre un tema popular “El cant dels ocells” With Perspectives Ensemble Sato Moughalian, Artistic Director Elizabeth Young, Associate Manager Conductor Ángel Gil-Ordóñez Tim Fain, violin Harolyn Blackwell, soprano Lynn Baker, piano Preconcert talk at 7 pm with Joseph Horowitz, artistic director of Post-Classical Productions, Antoni Pizà, director of the Foundation for Iberian Music, and conductor Ángel Gil-Ordóñez This concert will be previewed with an additional performance of Montsalvatge’s works and a roundtable on September 27th at 6:30pm at the Instituto Cervantes NYC. The participants for the roundtable include Ángel Gil-Ordóñez, Sato Moughalian, Benet Casablancas, Antoni Pizà, and Joseph Horowitz, and the selected pieces for the performance are Serenata a Lydia de Cadaques and Tres Divertimentos, performed by Sato Moughalian and Blair McMillen. Additional support for this concert is provided by the Spain's Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport, Spain Arts & Culture, the Institut Ramon Llull, Instituto Cervantes, Spain Culture New York-Consulate General of Spain, and The City University of New York. Further support for Perspectives Ensemble is provided by the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, the Hegardt Foundation, and the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation.
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