A Far Cry with Kinan Azmeh & Dinuk Wijeratne
Friday, July 5 :: 7:30 PM
Program
Friday, July 5 :: 7:30 PM
A FAR CRY
with Kinan Azmeh, clarinet
Dinuk Wijeratne, piano
DABKE, FOR STRING ORCHESTRA (2014)
Kareem Roustom (b. 1971)
IBN ARABI POSTLUDE (2005)
Kinan Azmeh (b. 1975)
CLARINET CONCERTO (2018)
Dinuk Wijeratne (b. 1978)
Part I - Prologue: Foretelling –
Part II - The Dance of Ancestral Ties –
Part III - Flux –
Part IV - Exile: The salt of bread and rhythm –
Part V - Cadenza: Solitary Traveller –
Part VI - Epilogue: Home in Motion
Co-commissioned by Rockport Music
:: INTERMISSION ::
IDYLA (IDYLL), JW 6/3 (1878)
Leoš Janácek (1854-1928)
Andante
Allegro
Moderato
Allegro
Adagio
Scherzo
Moderato
GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY DAVID SCUDDER
Thank you to our Festival Corporate Partner!
Program Notes
DABKE, FOR STRING ORCHESTRA
Kareem Roustom (b. Damascus, Syria in 1971)
IBN ARABI POSTLUDE
Kinan Azmeh (b. Damascus, Syria, June 10, 1975)
CLARINET CONCERTO
Dinuk Wijeratne (b. Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 6, 1978)
IDYLA (IDYLL), JW 6/3
Leoš Janáček (b. Hukvaldy, Moravia, July 3, 1854; d. Moravská Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, August 12, 1928)
About the Artists