Andreia Pinto Correia

Composer

“Night Migrations” World Premiere by the Horszowski Trio

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Night Migrations, written by Andreia Pinto Correia, will have its world premiere at the San Jose Chamber Music Society, Trianon Theater, on Sunday, November 12th, at 7:00 pm. Pre-Concert Talk: Roger Emanuels with composer Pinto Correia at 6:15 pm.

Night Migrations was commissioned by Chamber Music America for the Horszowski Trio and is dedicated with gratitude and admiration to composer John Harbison. The new work is inspired by the writings of Louise Glück (New York, 1943), and in particular by the poem “The Night Migrations” from the poet’s Averno series.

This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classic Commission Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.
Jesse Mills, violin 
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello 
Rieko Aizawa, piano
 
Photo Credit: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

“STELLAE ERRANTES” JAPANESE PREMIERE BY MIKE ROYLANCE

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BSO MusiciansPhoto: Marco Borggreve

 

Mike Roylance, Principal Tuba with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will give the Japanese premiere of Stellae errantes in Tokyo on November 6th, 2017. The work was commissioned by and dedicated to him.

 

 

 

 

 

Stellae errantes (Wandering Stars) is inspired by Cicero’s (106-43 BC) work De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods), written in 45BC. In the second book of this philosophical dialogue, the Roman orator and philosopher writes about the incorrectly named Stellae errantes. These five wandering stars, described as “fiery heat and translucent throughout” are, according to Cicero, “formed from the most mobile and the purest part of the aether (upper atmosphere)”. They are known today as planets.

I. Phaenon (The Shiner)

II. Phaethon (The Blazing)

III. Pyroeis (The Fiery)

IV. Stilbon (The Gleaming)

V. Phosphoros–Hesperos

 

 

 

 

JACK QUARTET: “STRING QUARTET N.1” WORLD PREMIERE PRESS RELEASE

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String Quartet N. 1, commissioned by the Gulbenkian Foundation for the JACK Quartet, will be premiered at the Gulbenkian Foundation Grand Auditorium, in Lisbon, Portugal, on January 27th, 2018.

 

 

 

Christopher Otto, Violin

Austin Wulliman, Violin

John Pickford Richards, Viola

Jay Campbell, Violoncello

 

Program:

Andreia Pinto Correia: String Quartet n.o 1 *

Iannis Xenakis: Tetras **

Georg Friedrich Haas: String Quartet n.o 9

* World Premiere – Commissioned by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

**Commissioned by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (1983)

Deemed “superheroes of the new music world” (Boston Globe), the JACK Quartet is “the go-to quartet for contemporary music, tying impeccable musicianship to intellectual ferocity and a take-no-prisoners sense of commitment.” (Washington Post) “They are a musical vehicle of choice to the next great composers who walk among us.” (Toronto Star)

The recipient of Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, New Music USA’s Trailblazer Award, and the CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, JACK has performed to critical acclaim at Carnegie Hall (USA), Lincoln Center (USA), Miller Theatre (USA), Wigmore Hall (United Kingdom), Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ (Netherlands), IRCAM (France), Kölner Philharmonie (Germany), the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), La Biennale di Venezia (Italy), Suntory Hall (Japan), Bali Arts Festival (Indonesia), Festival Internacional Cervatino (Mexico), and Teatro Colón (Argentina).

Photo by Shervin Lainez

“Stellae errantes” World Premiere

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Stellae errantes (Wandering Stars), Andreia Pinto Correia’s new work for virtuoso tuba solo will be premiered on June 23rd, 2017, at Trinity Church, Lenox, as part of BUTI (Boston University Tanglewood Institute) Concert Series.  The work was commissioned by and dedicated to Mike Roylance, Principal Tuba Boston Symphony Orchestra.

The work is inspired by Cicero’s (106-43 BC) work De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods), written in 45BC. In the second book of this philosophical dialogue, the Roman orator and philosopher writes about the incorrectly named Stellae errantes. These five wandering stars, described as “fiery heat and translucent throughout” are, according to Cicero, “formed from the most mobile and the purest part of the aether (upper atmosphere)”. They are known today as planets.

 

The Young Cicero Reading (ca. 1464) by Vicenzo Foppa (1427-1515)