2024 Primrose International Viola Competition & American Viola Society Festival Program Book

2024 Primrose International Viola Competition & American Viola Society Festival Schedule of Events — THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2024

4:45 pm - 5:45 pm

AVS Group Recital Christiana Fortune-Reader & Wendy Richman Zipper Hall

Frondescence

Resonant Echoes for Viola and Electronics Phyllis Chen I. From Dawn to Dusk (b.1988) II. Meditation in the Mine

Sun Propeller for Viola and Electronics (2012)

Nina Young

(b.1984)

Song for Sendai for Singing Violist (2011) Ken Ueno (b.1970)

Dark, Light for Two Violas (2017)

Jessie Cox (b.1988)

Suite Mestiza for Solo Viola (2017) “Canto de la Hoja (Leaf Song)”

Gabriela Lena Frank

(b.1972)

Vent Nocturne for Viola and Electronics (2006)

Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)

In manus tuas for Solo Viola (2009)

Caroline Shaw (b.1982)

Storm King Suite for Two Violas (2017)

Caroline Mallonee

“Wavefield”

(b.1975)

Christiana Fortune-Reader, viola Wendy Richman, viola and voice Tim Feeney, electronics & Ryan MacEvoy McCullough , piano

This recital will feature works of contemporary underrepresented composers of our time, focusing on the theme of music that reflects individual elements of the natural world. The program features works by Pulitzer Prize winners Caroline Shaw, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Kaija Saariaho, alongside pieces by Nina Young, Jessie Cox, Phyllis Chen, Caroline Mallonee, and Ken Ueno, drawing inspiration from musicians’ potential role in fighting climate change.

4:45 pm – 5:45 pm

Lecture-Recital Mayman Hall Rebecca Clarke's Manuscripts

Vinciane Béranger – This research project aims to compare the manuscripts of violist and composer Rebecca Clarke with the printed editions. This approach highlights differences regarding the playing indications (fingerings, breathing, tempi). It provides the interpreter with keys to understand the specific vision Clarke had of her instrument and allows performers to elaborate a personal and documented interpretation.

Sonata (excerpts)

Rebecca Clarke

I. Impetuoso

(1886-1979)

II. Vivace III. Adagio

Morpheus

Dumka, Trio for Violin, Viola, and Piano

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