In the first half of the 20th century, it was on the other side of the Atlantic that the foundations of today’s music were laid.
Anima Eterna explores in this program two iconic works from this period and offers a rediscovery of Florence Price’s masterpiece.
For this concert, builded as a commented workshop around the program’s works, Anima Eterna embarks on two directions at once. On one hand, the continuation of a historically informed exploration of the American repertoire of the 1930s and 1940s, as it had already begun with the music of Gershwin. On the other hand, by approaching works for smaller ensembles, from chamber music to chamber orchestra.
At the heart of the program is a masterpiece: the original 1944 version for 13 instruments of the ballet composed by a young Aaron Copland for the American choreographer Martha Graham. The renowned Adagio by Barber, performed for the first time on period string instruments, and the quintet by the rediscovered African-American composer Florence Price, complete this program, exceptional both in its content and its approach.