Homage to Catalonia
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.