Alex Pauk
Conductor
*Canadian Premiere
**World Premiere commissioned by Esprit with generous support from The Koerner Foundation
***World Premiere commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on behalf of the Esprit Orchestra, in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada.
Adventure and discovery come with premiering new works. Along with the new pieces by Llugdar, Scime, and Rea, Evangelista’s Accelerando, being premiered by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in November 2016, is also new. Nancarrow, famous for complex player piano pieces not playable by humans, is represented by an orchestral gem that can be performed by Esprit’s excellent musicians. Llugdar, composing as though she is inside sound, aims at expression through complex textures, many contrasts and extremes in the same piece. Scime’s piece is a new panel of a triptyque for Esprit.
Artists and repertoire subject to change without notice.