AREON FLUTES AND SIROKO DUO JOIN FORCES FOR THIS RECITAL OF NEW MUSIC FOR FLUTES.

Tickets: https://centerfornewmusic.com/event/areon-flutes-and-siroko-duo-current-winds/

Siroko Duo will perform works by Izabel Austin, Michael Kropf, and Chelsea Loew.

Speed of Darkness by Izabel Austin is inspired by the second stanza of Muriel Rukeyser’s poem “Speed of Darkness”, which is about the interplay and transformation between listening, speaking, and silence. The piece is not meant to literally interpret or represent the poem, but instead draws on the sounds of the words and the ideas expressed in the poem.

Time and Place by Michael Kropf was commissioned by the Guerrilla Composers Guild and written for the Siroko Duo.

Hughes of Sylvia (for flute and alto flute) by Chelsea Loew represents a depressed Sylvia Plath (the alto flute) being admired and chased by a man (C flute). They eventually fall in love, as represented by the two flutes entangling themselves in one another musically, but he tires and leaves her. This is less a representation of Ted Hughes specifically, but of all the men in Sylvia’s life – from her father to her lovers to her husband.

Areon Flutes celebrates 15 years as an award-winning new music chamber ensemble and non profit organization in 2020. The trio will kick off their anniversary year by premiering their latest commissions from Julie Barwick, Jane Rigler, and Igor C. Silva.

Personal Space by Julie Barwick examines what “personal space” could mean in a world in which we can feel increasingly more disconnected from each other, despite the fact that we are seemingly more connected than ever. San Francisco-based Barwick is the winner of the 2016 Areon Flutes International Composition Competition.

Arboreous Incantations (for three piccolos) by Jane Rigler was inspired by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose’s (1858-1937) scientific work on plants as well as other research related to how trees communicate, this composition pays homage to the various ways the piccolo (made of ebony and other woods and metals) vibrates. The composer has been awarded a New Music USA grant to record the work for her new album of original works, Whorl. Areon is honored to record Arboreous Incantations for the new Rigler album in 2020.

We Live in a Bubble (for flexible wind trio and electronics) was written for Areon by Igor C. Silva, winner of the 2018 Areon Flutes Commissioning Prize. The Portuguese composer (currently living in Amsterdam) is devoted to electronics and new media music, creating projects were performers, computers and many noisy and psychedelic things happen on stage, creating a multi-sensorial experience.