The concert series introduces compositions of the 20th and 21st centuries by important living or deceased world-famous composers: a stage of unlimited creativity, rich and extremely diverse developments of different musical colors and composition techniques. The performers are soloists and lecturers at the music academy and at the Inspirito School of Music.
Excursion op. 20 (1942) - I. Un poco allegro & II. In slow blues tempo
Lê Đức Anh – Piano
Krzysztof Penderecki
(1933 - 2020)
Cadenza for Viola Solo (1984)
Patcharaphan Khumprakob – Viola
Friedrich Goldmann
(1941 – 2009)
Solo for Oboe (1972)
Hoàng Mạnh Lâm – Oboe
Leo Ornstein
(1895 – 2002)
A Moment of Retrospect (1950) & Solitude (1978)
Lưu Đức Anh – Piano
INTERMISSION
György Ligeti
(1923-2006)
Musica Ricercata (1953) – No.1, 3, 4, 7, 8
Hoàng Hồ Thu – Piano
Allen Vizzutti (*1952)
Cascades for Trumpet solo (1981)
Yuki Urushihara – Trumpet
Toshio Hosokawa (*1955)
Mai – Old Japanese Dance Music (2012)
Phó Đức Hoàng - Piano
David Lang (*1957)
Miracle Ear, for Solo Toy Piano (1996)
Kyle Acuncius – Toy Piano
Casey Cangelosi (*1982)
Glamour (2012)
Kyle Acuncius – Percussion
The 4th show of the 20th century concert series will continue to take the audience through a journey of drastic transformation and of the musical languages. The whole program promises to be a colorful picture with different styles from many different countries. Starting with Medtners musical style which is strongly influenced by the Romantic tradition, and expanding to very special creations and languages written for the piano by Barber, Ligeti, Ornstein or Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa. The soloists of this concerts will in addition explore how modern composers exploit different technique of composing and performing on other instruments such as Oboe, Trumpet, Viola, and Percussion or even on a Toy Piano with works by Goldmann, Vizutti, Hindemith, David Lang and Cangelosi.