Origins Shirish Korde Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann Eitan Steinberg Ezra Sims These composers explore their origins and present music from four corners of the world. Carnatic soprano Deepti Navaratna (whom listeners might remember from BMV's production of Phoolan Devi: The Bandit Queen) and traditional Indian musicians join the ensemble for Korde's world premiere. Grossmann draws upon his Peruvian heritage for Mecanismos. In Two Grandfathers Sing, Steinberg combines the musical traditions of his Hasidic Ashkenazi grandfather and his wife's Turkish Sephardic grandfather. Sims' highly original microtonal music has its origins in the composer's experiences as a choral singer in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. |
