Fourth Stream Records and the Westbeth Artists Residents Council, New York
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 7:00 PM
WESTBETH HOME TO THE ARTS
COMMUNITY ROOM
155 BANK STREET
NYC 10014
First Fridays Concert
BOWS/Ensemble for Strings and Piano
Conductor: MICHAEL MOSS
ROSI HERTLEIN (violin), SUNJAY JAYARAM (violin), MELANIE DYER (viola), LENNY MIMS (cello), KEN FILIANO (bass), ANTHONY COLEMAN (piano), MICHAEL MOSS (clarinet)
Programme:
Michael Moss (USA) – Abyss for ensemble
Sorin Lerescu, composer, Ph.D. featured artist and lecturer in the First Annual Westbeth First Fridays Concert Series: New trends in Romanian Music. “My way” in composition – symbols and structures
Sorin Lerescu (Romania) – Far Away for string quintet and piano, Op.89 (2023) (World Premiere)
Michael Moss composed Abyss in homage to his late father-in-law and his experiences escaping Germany during the Holocaust – it is infused with his spirit. Based on a sestina by Louisa Bieler and Leviticus/Jeremiah, Abyss expresses the pain and suffering of people. Michael Moss joins his Ensemble on clarinet for this piece.
Far Away, Op.89 (2023) (World Premiere) is described by Lerescu “As if somewhere, in the distance (Far Away), a refrain resounds…“New York, New York.” Suggested by the immensity of the ocean, the sonorities of the piano – sometimes close to rhythms and melodic fragments of an almost improvised discourse – are juxtaposed with those of the instrumental ensemble (2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass).”
Michael Moss, New York
Sorin Lerescu 