Chaya Czernowin in Residence at the Eastman School of Music
Apr. 01, 2014
From April 7 through 11, Chaya Czernowin is in residence at the Eastman School of Music. On April 9, Brad Lubman leads a portrait concert of Czernowin’s works with the Musica Nova ensemble. The program, which takes place at the Eastman Kilbourn Hall, includes Lovesong, for seven players, as well as her recent Slow Summer Stay triptych.
Of the triptych, Czernowin writes:
Streams and Lakes are written for the same mixed octet and use mostly the same material, which is all about movement (Streams) or stillness (Lakes) in and out of the passage of time. The materials are organized so differently that they shift their meaning in this sense when they move from Lakes to Streams. The culmination of the series is in the piece Upstream. This is a piece for two octets in which the two pieces are placed over each other so that the simultaneous/non-simultaneous presentation and cueing of the two pieces creates a loose palindromic canon.
Later this month, the Ensemble Recherche, which commissioned Lovesong, performs the work at the Orangerie Herrenhausen in Hanover and the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. Performances take place April 25 and 26, respectively.
For more information on Chaya Czernowin, please visit www.schott-music.com.
Details on the concert and Eastman School of Music residency can be found at www.rochester.edu.
Chaya Czernowin
Lovesong (2010)
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10’
Slow Summer Stay I: Streams (2012)
for eight players
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11’
Slow Summer Stay II: Lakes (2012)
for eight players
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10’
Slow Summer Stay III: Upstream (2012)
for two octets
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14’