Artistic Di=ector

Wisdom in Folk Music

During the 2014-2015 Season, the Toronto Messiaen Ensemble will present two concerts entitled, “Wisdom in Folk Music” and collaborate with the Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement and the Colorado College. The Toronto Messiaen Ensemble will perform various classical and contemporary folklore-based music which have a meaningful message of God in its music.

Click for previous concerts: Adversity and Transfiguration, Dry Bones Shall Live    

 

Concert 1

Date: June 14, 2014, Saturday
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: The Northminster United Church
255 Finch Avenue W
Toronto, ON, M2R 1M8

Admission by Donation

 

Yesusum, Yesusum (The Desert Shall Rejoice) for flute, violin, clarinet, and cello
(Based on Hebrew Folklore, Ofer Ben-Amots)

Alborada del Gracioso (Aubade of the Jester) for piano
(Maurice Ravel)

*How Great Thou Art! for chorus, ocarina, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano
(Based on Swedish Folk Melody, Arr. by Gideon Gee-Bum Kim)

**Kangkangsullae for violin, viola, cello and *** dancers
(Based on Korean Folk Melody, Gideon Gee-Bum Kim)

Intermission

Romanian Folk Dances for violin and piano
(Bela Bartok)

Regard de l'Esprit de joie (Gaze of the joyful Spirit) for piano
(Olivier Messiaen)

*When the Spirit of the Lord for chorus, violin, clarinet, cello and piano
(Based on Russian Folk Melody, Arr. by Gideon Gee-Bum Kim)

**From Darkness to Light, Movement 3 for clarinet, mandolin, piano and ***dancers
(Ofer Ben-Amots)

 

*Performed with "Lux Aeterna" Singers
**Premier in Canada
***Collaborative project with the Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement

Guest Players: Jimin Shin (violin/viola), Hee Yeon Kim (cello), Sungmi Kim (flute)

 

Concert 2

Date: February 21, 2015, Saturday
Time: 3:00 pm  (time has been changed)
Venue: The Packard Hall at the Colorado College
5 W. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
U.S.A.

Free Admission

Yesusum, Yesusum (The Desert Shall Rejoice) for flute, violin, clarinet, and cello
(Based on Hebrew Folk -tune, Ofer Ben-Amots)

Regard de l'Esprit de joie (Gaze of the joyful Spirit) for piano
(Olivier Messiaen)

 Improvisations on an English Folk Tune for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
(David Crumb)

Kangkangsullae for violin, viola and cello
(Based on Korean Folk Tune, Gideon Gee-Bum Kim)

Intermission

You Raise Me Up for violin, clarinet, cello and piano
(Based on Irish Folk Tune, Gideon Gee-Bum Kim)


Five Ancient Dances for viola and piano
(Ofer Ben-Amots)

 9 Haiku for flute and piano
(Michael Fiday)

 From Darkness to Light, Movement 3 for clarinet, piano and guitar
(Ofer Ben-Amots)

 

 Guest Players: Joelle Jihye Kee (violin), Jimin Shin (violin/viola), Hee Yeon Kim (cello), Paul Nagem (flute), Colin McAllister (guitar)

 

Gideon Gee-Bum Kim, managing/artistic director

 

 
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