Little Chamber Music Presents
In Partnership With The Polygon Gallery
In Association With Opus 59 Films
Human Shadow Etched In Stone
Livestream
August 6, 2020
"Human Shadow Etched In Stone" marked the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing with a performance of Penderecki's landmark "Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima" and 3 new commissions, from Robyn Jacob, Jordan Nobles and Rita Ueda, that reflect on this event. The performance, with 42 distanced and masked string players, began at 8:15am on August 6, 2020 with an audience of 2: Hiroshima survivor Sachi Komura Rummel and her husband Charles.
Robyn Jacob: A World In Each (2020)
Robyn Jacob is a pianist, singer, composer and educator who lives and works on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. She has toured Canada and internationally with her avant-pop project Only A Visitor, who have released three albums to date, and have collaborated with sound designer Nancy Tam on a multi-media production called Double Happiness: Detour This Way. Her recent composition projects explore writing for unusual ensembles, as well as collaborations with visual artists and instrument makers. In 2019 she was commissioned to write a piece for percussion quartet by Grammy winning Third Coast Percussion as part of their Emerging Composer Project. In early 2020 she celebrated the release of Earth Leaps Up on the label elsewhere music with her duo The Giving Shapes in collaboration with harpist Elisa Thorn. Also in 2020, she was commissioned by Little Chamber Music to write A World In Each for 42 strings. Since 2012 she has been part of the multi-disciplinary arts collective Publik Secrets, currently artists in residence at the Hadden Park Field House with the City of Vancouver. In 2013 she toured Bali with Gamelan Gita Asmara, and has since been co-leading Gamelan Bike Bike. Robyn has received a Bachelor's degree in Music from the University of British Columbia, and has completed residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Joya AiR in Spain. She has been teaching music and piano privately for over 10 years.
Conductor
Janna Sailor
Violin I
Donovan Seidle (Concertmaster) / Andrea Siradze (Assistant Concertmaster) / Alana Lopez / Laura Chenail Houh / Brooklyn Wood (Kessler Academy) / Jiten Beairsto / Cam Wilson / Llowyn Ball / Calvin Dyck / Alicia Venables
Violin II
Rebecca Whitling (Principal) / Ellen Farrugia / Tina Park / Rebecca Ruthven / Jeremy Ferland / Parmela Attariwala / Christine Lin / Jessica Tovey (Kessler Academy) / Marc Destrubé / Molly MacKinnon
Viola
Tawnya Popoff (Principal) / Emilie Grimes / Isabelle Roland / Caroline Olsen (Kessler Academy) / Peter Ing / Sarah Kwok / Newsha Khalaj / Steven Lin
Cello
Min Jee Yoon (Principal) / Janet Steinberg / Shin Jung Nam / Peggy Lee / Isidora Nojkovic (Kessler Academy) / Rebecca Wenham / Alison Patterson / Alex Kramer
Double Bass
Meaghan Williams (Principal) / Mark Beaty (Orchestra Contractor / www.bringthemusic.ca) / Michael Vaughn / Laurence Mollerup / Christine Yang (Kessler Academy) / Leanna Wong
For Little Chamber Music
Mark Haney, Managing Artistic Director
For The Polygon Gallery
Krista Constantineau / Jessica Walker / Justin Ramsey / Nomi Stricker / Paul Kuranko / Reid Shier
For Opus 59 Films
Producer / Director - John Bolton
Co-Producer - Milena Salazar
Director Of Photography - Vince Arvidson, CSC
Editor - Mike Southworth
Recording & Mixing Engineer - Will Howie
Camera Operators - James Gill / Milena Salazar / Vince Arvidson
Camera Assistant - Thomas Yardley
Gaffer / Key Grip - Christopher Johnson
Electrics / Grips - Mike Hjorth / Terrance Azzuolo
Location Sound - Mairi Turner
Production Sponsors
Candela Collective
Collide Entertainment
Gearforce
RAW Camera
William F. White
Special Thanks
Dakota Poncilius / Derek Carson / Devon Cooke / Grant Rowledge / Ida Nilsen / Kim C. Roberts / Martin Hendriks / Paul Engstrom / Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa / Sachi Komua Rummel / Senaqwila Wyss
We gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of
The BC Arts Council & The Province of BC
The Canada Council For The Arts
The Hamber Foundation
© 2020 Little Chamber Music / Opus 59 Films
1 ноя 2020
