Event
Imaginary Journeys
Imaginary Journeys
7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018
The Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble opens its 2018-2019 season by leading listeners on aural adventures through space, time, and fantasy with world-premiere performances of new works and arrangements commissioned by the novel ensemble of brass quintet and pipe organ. The concert’s namesake work, Mark Lathan’s Imaginary Journeys, is a rocket-propelled interstellar experience inspired by recent astronomical discoveries. Listeners will hear Igor Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird, an evocation of Russian fairy tales, like it’s never been heard before. A suite from English Baroque composer Henry Purcell’s Come Ye Sons of Arts, arranged for brass and organ, conjures the royal court of Queen Mary II.
Program
J.S. Bach: Three movements from Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80, arr. R. Holmes and others
Louis Vierne: Clair de lune
Mark Lathan: Imaginary Journeys*
David Marlatt: Earthscape
Henry Purcell: Suite from Come Ye Sons of Arts, arr. Craig Garner*
Claude Debussy: Clair de lune
Igor Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird, arr. Craig Garner*
Chris Reyman: Short Fuse*
*World-premiere performance
Performers
Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble with
Lev Garbar and Andrew Hunter, trumpets; Kathryn Swope, horn; Ian Fitzwater, trombone; Akshat Jain, tuba; Logan Fox, percussion; Jared Stellmacher, organ
Stephen Squires, conductor
