Date/Time
Date(s) - 25/09/2022
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Categories
Iowa University, contemporary ensemble concert
Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 7:30p in the Concert Hall
featuring guest composers:
Richard Causton (U of Cambridge) and Zoë Martlew (London)
Program
- Eccentric Melody (1998) Oliver Knussen. Tim Gill (cello)
- Völuspá, for string trio (2018) – Zoë Martlew
Junhong Zhou, violin
Fatima Gassama, viola
Hanna Rumora, violoncello
Notturno, for chamber orchestra (1998, rev. 2001) Richard Causton
COMPOSER’S NOTE – for “Völuspá”
Inspired by the mysterious standing stones and goddess lore that abounds in the beautiful Dorset countryside surrounding Smedmore House (venue for the premiere of this trio) I’ve taken the title of this piece, “Völuspá”, from that of the Poetic Edda, the old Norse collection of anonymous poems in which the Norns appear, the three shadowy goddesses who weave Fate at their looms. In this light it is appropriate that there are three performers, spinning time with their strings…