Contemporary Ukrainian Composers
Cuatro Puntos Ensemble, Irena Portenko, Kristen Young & young musicians from the Norwalk Youth Symphony
PROGRAM
Boris Lyatoshynsky: String quartet No. 4, Op. 43
I. Lento
II. Allegretto semplice
III. Allegro ben ritmico
IV. Andante sostenuto
V. Allegro scherzando
Mykola Lysenko: Trio in A major For 2 violins and viola
I. Andante
II. Romanze
III. Scherzo
IV. Finale
Victoria Poleva: Simurgh for Piano Quintet
INTERMISSION
Bohdana Frolyak: Partita-Meditation for two violins
I. Preludium
II. Choral
III. Gigue
IV. Aria
V. Postludium
II. Choral
III. Gigue
IV. Aria
V. Postludium
Anastasiia Tikhanovska & Tetiana Kravchenko: Invincible for orchestra*commissioned by Cuatro Puntos- written in Kyiv, November 2022
Roksana Smirnova: Peace Prelude for orchestra
*commissioned by Cuatro Puntos- written in Odessa, November 2022
MUSICIANS
Cuatro Puntos Ensemble: Annie Trépanier & Aaron Packard, violins; Kevin Bishop & Steve Larson, violas; Allan Ballinger, cello
Young musicians from the Norwalk Youth Symphony: Adeeva Ghumann, violin; Nathan Gaynor & Alex Hansen, violas; Aaron Wang, cello; Ayush Rudra, contrabass
with Irena Portenko, piano & Kristen Young, violin
with Irena Portenko, piano & Kristen Young, violin