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Inside the Music: Sounds of the Earth – A Musical Journey Through Nature
New World Center, Truist Pavilion
Program
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Explore the ever-changing facets of nature in this immersive program that aims to inspire appreciation for the harmonies present throughout the natural world while reckoning with the discord between the environment and humankind.
Performances part of the Inside the Music series are NWS BLUE projects. Fellow-driven projects are sponsored in part by the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation and NWS’s Fund for New Ventures.
Program
Traditional
Arranged by Ye Jin Min
Approx. Duration: 3 minutes
Ye’kwana Melodies for Two Cellos
(2023; world premiere of arrangement)
Featuring recordings of Ye'kwana singing and instruments. The Ye'kwana are a tribe of Carib origin whom are sailors and live by large rivers in the Alto Orinoco municipality of Venezuela.
These recordings were led in 1963 by the famous explorer Charles Brewer-Carías in the Erebato river.
This material has been loaned to the New World Symphony in Miami Beach by The Juan Carlos Maldonado Art Collection for the occasion of this concert.
Audio Engineer: Héctor Moreno
© Charles Brewer-Carías Archives
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Grabaciones de cantos e instrumentos Ye'kwana; una tribu de origen Caribe que son navegantes y viven al lado de los grandes ríos en el Alto Orinoco en Venezuela.
Estas grabaciones fueron logradas en 1963 por el famoso explorador Charles Brewer-Carías en el rio Erebato.
Material cedido al New World Symphony de Miami Beach por La Juan Carlos Maldonado Art Collection para la ocasión de este concierto.
Técnico de sonido: Héctor Moreno
© Archivos de Charles Brewer-Carías
Victor Huls, Emily Yoshimoto, cello
Frances Pollock
(b. 1990)
Approx. Duration: 6 minutes
Tamarindo for String Quartet
(2023; world premiere)
Ye Jin Min, violin and soprano voice
Yu-Chia Hsu, violin
Nicholas Pelletier, viola
Victor Huls, cello
Ye Jin Min
(b. 1995)
Approx. Duration: 8 minutes
Let's Preserve Our Nature for Alto, String Quartet and recorded drone sound with audience participation
(2023; world premiere)
Poem by Arjun (2015, published by Family Friend Poems)
India Hooi, alto voice
Jingyi Rebecca Hou, Yu-Chia Hsu, violin
Nicholas Pelletier, viola; Victor Huls, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Approx. Duration: 18 minutes
Quartet No. 15 in A minor for Strings
(1825)
III. Heiliger Dankgesang... (Holy song...)
Dominique Bégin, Ye Jin Min, violin
Mario Rivera, viola; Victor Huls, cello
Terry Riley
(b. 1935)
Approx. Duration: 18 minutes
In C
(1935)
Dominique Bégin, Jaewon Seo, Ayrton Pisco,
Jingyi Rebecca Hou, Ye Jin Min, violin
Hyunjae Bae, viola
Victor Huls, Jessica Hong, cello
Brendon Sill, bassoon
Kenny Chauby, Alan Tolbert, trumpet
Chase Waterbury, Guangwei Fan, trombone
India Hooi, accordion
Noah Sonderling, melodica
Kevin Chow, celeste
Soundscapes created by India Hooi.
