Saturday March 4 – Tuesday March 7, 11pm PT
Fonema Consort: La canción del agua / The Song of Water
Orchestral Sound Performance
In person and live-streamed
Microscope gallery is very pleased to present “La canción del agua / The Song of Water,” an evening of orchestral sound performances featuring new and recent works by six Latin American composers Marisol Jiménez, Luis Fernando Amaya, Pablo Chin, Gabriel Bolaños, Karen Rocha and Maria Tanganelli. The compositions will be performed by Fonema Consort members: Nina Dante, soprano; Dalia Chin, flute; Emily Beisel, clarinet; Ellery Trafford, percussion; Monte Weber, electronics.
From Fonema Consort:
“… ‘La canción del agua / The Song of Water’ features music by Latin American composers that acts as a medium for dialogue with the natural world. Channeling elemental, earthy energies, these works are marked by a tactility and sensibility unique to each composer.
At the center of this program is the world premiere of a new work by Mexican composer Marisol Jiménez. Her work unites the ‘primeval with the technological to seek forceful sensuous and visceral energies’.
Costa Rican composer Pablo Chin’s ‘AquAria’ is a duet for percussionist playing water, and singer singing as water, inspired by the voice of the Salmon River.
Mexican composer Luis Fernando Amaya’s quartet ‘Bestiarios Seís’ sings the song of the coquí, a frog emblematic of the Puerto Rican natural soundscape.
Nicaraguan-American composer Gabriel Bolaños’ ‘Sonoritas’ ‘was heavily influenced by the sonic landscape in remote jungle/rural areas around Managua’, and creates a fluttering, shimmering ecosystem of sound between flute and clarinet.
The program features two new trios written for Fonema Consort by emerging Brazilian composers Karen Rocha and Maria Tanganelli. Rocha’s ‘Mundaú’ is a lament for the embattled Mundaú River. Maria Tanganelli’s ‘Bashô’ sets text by Pedro Molhallen that speaks of birds, fallen leaves, this beautiful world.”
General in-person admission $15
Student & Member in-person admission $10
Please note: Masks are required for this event.
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Fonema Consort was co-founded by Pablo Chin with singer Nina Dante and composer Edward Hamel in 2011. The group, having their in-person Music of the Americas debut, is known for their “enthusiastic embrace of daring new music” (Chicago Reader) and is driven by a fascination with pieces that foster rich interplay of voices and instruments. The ensemble is committed to presenting works by Latin American composers to U.S. audiences and encouraging musical exchange between these regions.
La canción de agua: New Music by Latin American Composers is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, a regrant program supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by LMCC.
