2022 Azrieli Music Prizes - Gala Concert
About this event
The Azrieli Foundation offers its 2022 Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP) Gala Concert, captured at Maison symphonique de Montréal, and featuring prize-winning works by AMP Laureates Iman Habibi, Aharon Harlap and Rita Ueda. The Orchestre Métropolitain (one of Canada’s leading ambassadors for symphonic music) performs this triple-premiere concert under the direction of daring French conductor Alexandre Bloch. Soprano Sharon Azrieli, vocalist and setar player Sepideh Raissadat, shō player Naomi Sato and suona/sheng player Zhongxi Wu join as soloists for this crowd-pleasing and critically acclaimed biennial event.
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Artists
Orchestre Métropolitain
Alexandre Bloch, CONDUCTOR
Sepideh Raissadat • VOICE & SETAR
Sharon Azrieli • SOPRANO
Naomi Sato • SHŌ
Zhongxi Wu • SUONA & SHENG
Programme
Concert – approx. 91 minutes
Repertoire
IMAN HABIBI: Shāhīn-nāmeh, for voice and orchestra
I. Prelude (In Susa)
II. Shāhīn’s Prologue
III. The Dawn of Esther
IV. Mordecai’s Prayer
V. Postlude
AHARON HARLAP: Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord, for soprano and orchestra
I. Psalm 130
II. Psalms 120 and 23
III. Psalm 121
IV. Psalm 112
V. Psalm 98
RITA UEDA: Birds Calling…from the Canada in You, for shō, suona/sheng and orchestra
I. Phoenix Flies Over the Ocean of Dream
II. Birds Canada
III. Danger!
IV. From the Canada in You
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