Workers Students Union (in partnership with MRU Conservatory)

Location: Bella Concert Hall
Pre-concert chat: 6:45pm
Concert: 7:30pm
FEATURING STUDENTS OF MRU CONSERTORY’S PROGRAM

Program

Steve Reich – Clapping Music (mixed ensemble)
Osvaldo Golijov – Death of the Angel (from Last Rounds; string nonet)
Mary Kouyoumdjian – Moerae (piano trio)
Allan Gordon Bell – <New work> (mixed ensemble)
[INTERMISSION]
Michael van der Sloot – <New work> (piano trio)
Vincent Ho – Four Paintings By Leestemaker (piano sextet)
Louis Andriessen – Workers Union (mixed ensemble)

Continuing our partnership with Mount Royal University’s Conservatory, we are thrilled to present our second concert of our residency featuring students of their program! After our successful concert last season, we bring you more exciting works that push the boundaries of today’s performance practices and sonic experiences. Featured works include Steve Reich’s classic work Clapping Music, Osvaldo Golijov’s haunting Deaths of the Angels, and Mary Kouyoumdjian’s Moerae inspired by the Greek mythology of the three fates. Also featured is the world premiere of Dragonfly by Michael van der Sloot, Vincent Ho’s Four Paintings By Leestemaker, and the world premiere of A Species of Wonder for trio and spatialized strings by Juno Award-winner Allan Gordon Bell. This all culminates to the grand finale: Louis Andriessen’s colossal (and politically-influenced) work Workers Union, written for “any loud sounding group of instruments” and featuring all performers on stage!