RENDER
7:30PM | APRIL 20, 2024
ANNEX 823 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC
What is grief, if not love persevering?
-WandaVision, S01E08
What are the threads that weave us together?
in song
in story
in memories recalled
in things unseen
lines in a sound wave
shadows on the water
colours in the light through a tree’s leaves
cyclical and eternal.ebbing and flowing.
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musica intima will reweave these threads into a web that connects all of us who experience fundamental humanity: to love and to lose.
Joined by guest instrumentalists Mark Takeshi McGregor (flute), Meaghan Williams (bass), and Martin Fisk (marimba), the ensemble will perform Vancouver composer Joelysa Pankanea’s companion pieces on the death of her parents, “The First Stage” and “The Fifth Stage,” alongside music from American composers Brad Wells (“Render”), Viet Cuong ("Still So Much To Say") and Reena Esmail (the Canadian Premiere of “She Will Transform You”) and a new work by Vancouver-based Innu composer Alex Vollant, “Nukum.”
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Please note that we will not be performing the previously announced new commission "Husk" as part of this performance. Joelysa's beautiful 'The First Stage' and 'The Fifth Stage' will still be performed alongside other works. Tickets purchased before this announcement (February 26, 2024) are eligible for a refund by emailing info@musicaintima.org.
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Artwork by Martin Smith.
Find the program for RENDER here.
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