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Monday, April 13, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School
For Galina Ustvolskaya
Galina Ustvolskaya Symphony No. 5 L.A. premiere
Klaus Lang the whitebearded man. the six frogs. World premiere
Galina Ustvolskaya Piano Sonata No. 4
Galina Ustvolskaya Piano Sonata No. 6
Pierluigi Billone Mani. MATTA World premiere
Galina Ustvolskaya Composition No. 2 "Dies Irae" L.A. premiere
Marino Formenti, piano and conductor
Christian Dierstein, percussion
Paul Aksman, double bass
Theodore Chan, double bass
Gabriel Golden, double bass
Thomas Harte, double bass
Owen Levine, double bass
Stephanie Payne, double bass
Daisuke Takahashi, double bass
Dennis Trembly, double bass
Ariana Ghez, oboe
Movses Pogossian, violin
Daniel Rosenboom, trumpet
Doug Tornquist, tuba
Eugene Lazarev, speaker
In 2006, the music world lost one of its most distinctive voices, the Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya. This tribute to her obsessive and haunting vision, conceived by pianist and conductor Marino Formenti, includes the harrowing Composition No. 2 for piano, eight double basses and wooden box, and Symphony No. 5, a dramatic setting of The Lord's Prayer. World premieres by two of Europe's most important younger composers who share her spiritual concerns are also heard in this season finale.
Sunday Morning Film
Sunday, April 5 at 11 a.m., Goethe-Institut Media Lounge
(due to Easter, this event is held one extra week before the concert)
A Cry in the Universe
Galina Ustvolskaya: Symphony No. 2
Includes discussion with composer Wolfgang von Schweinitz
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This concert is supported, in part, by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation; the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.