COMMEMORATIVE CONCERT TO BE HELD AT CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
By Contributor on March 5, 2015 in Headline, Mid-Atlantic
On April 25, Perspectives Ensemble, in cooperation with the Cathedral
of St. John the Divine of New York, the Reverend James Kowalski, dean,
and Kent Tritle, director of cathedral music, will present a one-hour
concert of Armenian classical and village music and “sharagans”
(church hymns) in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide. The concert celebrates the beauty and endurance
of Armenian culture.
Zulal
Featured artists include Zulal A Cappella Trio with Teni Apelian, Yeraz
Meschian, and Anais Tekerian, as well as Perspectives Ensemble harpist
Alyssa Reit, and flutist and artistic director, Sato Moughalian. The
concert will take place in the St. James Chapel of the Cathedral
Church of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave. at West 112th
St. The event is free and open to the public.
The concert will also mark the release of Perspectives Recordings’
second CD of “oror”/lullaby Armenian music for flute and harp,
dedicated to the memory of all those who have “fallen asleep.”
In Armenian, Zulal means “clear water.” Zulal, the a cappella trio,
takes Armenia’s village folk melodies and weaves intricate arrangements
that pay tribute to the rural roots of the music while introducing a
sophisticated lyricism and energy. Zulal’s singers have been singing
together since 2002.
The trio celebrates the trials and joys of old Armenian village life:
budding romances in elevated gardens, the disappointments of hapless
suitors, secret messages placed upon the western winds, the moonlit
faces of shepherd boys and their brides… These are the searing
impressions of the past that come to life in Zulal’s arrangements,
reminders of a simpler past, tokens of comfort in the complex,
modern world.
Sato Moughalian
Perspectives Ensemble was founded by Moughalian in 1993 as the resident
ensemble for the series “Perspectives in Music and Art” at Columbia
University. The ensemble has presented thematic concerts as well as
programs on subjects that bridge the visual, musical, and literary
arts, consistently receiving the highest critical accolades.
The New York Times praised the “first-rate performances by accomplished
musicians,” “a superb recital by the Perspectives Ensemble,” and
“rhythms [that] were remarkably precise, supple and subtle.”
Perspectives Ensemble presents concerts and recordings that feature
the works of living composers and historic figures, shedding new
light on their work through explorations of music in the context
of time and place. Perspectives has collaborated with IberArtists in
programs of Spanish and Catalan music of the modernist movement and for
world premieres by Vadillo, Artero, Sotelo, and Erkoreka. Perspectives
Ensemble was recently appointed “artist in residence” of the Foundation
for Iberian Music, City University Graduate Center. The New York
Times called the ensemble’s performance of “El Amor Brujo” stunning:
“Perspectives Ensemble worked [without a conductor], yet gave a
performance that was remarkably polished, fastidiously balanced,
and full of electricity.”
Perspectives Ensemble has presented in the Stern Auditorium of Carnegie
Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Lincoln Center, Columbia University, New York
University, the Rubin Museum, and the Ethical Culture Society, and has
recorded for Sony Classics, Newport Classics, and New World Records,
among others. It was the resident ensemble for the Young People’s
Chorus of New York’s Transient Glory commissioning program, and has
served as a resident ensemble for the Miller Theatre’s groundbreaking
“Pocket Concerto Project.”
Recordings include “Sonnets to Orpheus” by Richard Danielpour (Sony),
“Recollections” by Karl Husa (New World), and Charles Tomlinson
Griffes’ “Goddess of the Moon” (Newport). “The performances by the
Perspectives Ensemble, an outstanding aggregation based in New York,
are first-rate, with particularly fine playing by the flutist Sato
Moughalian,” wrote the New York Times. Most recently, Perspectives
Ensemble released a critically acclaimed CD featuring the works
of Xavier Montsalvatge with soloists Timothy Fain, violin, Sato
Moughalian, flute, Sasha Cooke, mezzo, and Angel Gil-Ordoñez in 2013
on the Naxos label.
The April 25 program is made possible by the generous support of
the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Daniele Doctorow Prize
for Music, the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation,
the Hegardt Foundation, and Perspectives Ensemble’s many friends.
The commemorative concert begins at 7 p.m. at the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine, St. James Chapel, 1047 Amsterdam Ave. (at
112th St), in New York. For more information, e-mail
[email protected] or call (212) 923-3657.
From: Baghdasarian
http://armenianweekly.com/2015/03/05/commemorative-concert/