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World Premiere of Awakening from a Disappearing Garden
OCTOBER 27, 2009, 6:03 pm
Yo-Yo Ma and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert Spano, presented the world premiere of composer Angel Lam’s new work: Awakening From a Disappearing Garden for solo cello and orchestra on October 15, 2009.
Yo-Yo’s relationship to the composer goes back to 2005-2006, when she was awarded a Carnegie Hall Emerging Composer Commission. The resulting work, Empty Mountain Spirit Rain, was developed in part in a workshop setting with the Silk Road Ensemble in March 2005 and was also part of the Carnegie Hall/Tanglewood Music Center/Silk Road Project workshop in August 2006. This piece has been part of the touring repertoire for the Silk Road Ensemble for several years and has been recorded by the SRE.
Lam’s music reflects the beauty she finds in everyday life. Her works begin life as a narrative; through her own short stories that form an integral part of her compositional method, drawing on Western and Chinese classical sources.
In Awakening from a Disappearing Garden, (commissioned by Carnegie Hall through the generosity of Henry R. Kravis in honor of his wife Marie-Josée) Lam’s story is “about two women, two different generations, two different eras, in a society that had turned our nature upside down and then upside down again . . .”
The New York premiere will take place at Carnegie Hall as part of it’s “Ancient Paths Modern Voices: A Festival Celebrating Chinese Culture” on November 7, 2009.
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Colorado Symphony Dec 2, 2009
Mr. Ma performed with the Colorado Symphony last night with an excellent delivery of the Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104.
I was fortunate to attend a sold out performance and see the skill and grace that Mr. Ma is known for.
He is an outstanding musician and if you will forgive me, an outstanding entertainer as well.
BRAVO!
Missed it..
Although I missed it, I bet it was a great success!
Looking forward to:
Carnegie Hall!!
Yo-Yo Ma!!!!!
and New York Premier!!!
Love,
T.
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yoyoloveT
I Wish...
I really wish I could see this guy perform. I love this kind of music; it's so relaxing. And I understand it stimulates the brain too. It's a shame there aren't more simple pleasures in life. So many people are having issues these days! I had a good friend ask me the other day how do you file bankruptcy yourself? I told him I didn't know. The only advice I could give was to be sure to get the right bankruptcy forms. I felt bad I couldn't help him more, but what could I do? Anyway, if there were more nice, simple, playful classic artists sharing their beautiful work, I think it would have a very pleasant impact on society... and really help ease some of the pressures people are feeling today. Perhaps we should softly pipe the music over town's speakers, to sooth the nerves of us all.
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success
I'm sure the premiere will be successful.