Re-Creation of the World: escapeVelocity
Fri Mar 20, 7:00 PM - Fri Mar 20, 9:30 PM

Centered around Darius Milhaud’s monumental "La Création du monde," and presented in a new arrangement for violin and piano by composer-performers Robert Fleitz and Giancarlo Latta, "Re-Creation of the World" explores the interconnected musical landscapes of 1920’s France and America through works by Milhaud, Lili Boulanger, Germaine Tailleferre and Duke Ellington. Milhaud’s piece, in turn, is seen through the eyes of six composers whose work represents today’s diverse and far-reaching landscape of contemporary classical music. These six composers offer six responses to "La Création", crafting a new narrative about the “creation of the world” that reflects an updated, contemporary worldview. The premieres (2 or 3 minutes each) will be interspersed and performed throughout the program to highlight the different sections of the Milhaud.

escapeVelocity is a violin and piano duo comprised of performer-composers Giancarlo Latta and Robert Fleitz, focusing on music of the 20th and 21st centuries. “Escape velocity,” a concept in physics, here references the violin and piano as two bodies in space. The duo has been in residence at Avaloch Farm, The Banff Centre and the Composers Conference at Wellesley College. They were recently featured as part of Mise-En Place’s Curators Program, and performed in Florida, Michigan, and New York during the 2018-19 season.