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In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection)
2017
In the Deep Heart’s Core is inspired by four poems joined together by a common theme of contemplation upon human existence and its reflection in nature. For all four poets, the images of nature were not merely an idyll, but a refuge from political oppression, which changed the course of their lives dramatically. Nature reflects their inner thoughts, hidden “in the deep heart’s core” and provides a consolation, expressed through the prism of lyricism, inherited by Pasternak and Akhmatova from the Russian “Silver Age” style, through the elements of psychoanalysis in Hesse’s poem, influenced by Jung’s method, and through the Romantic nationalism of early Yeats.
Program Notes:In the Deep Heart’s Core is inspired by four poems joined together by a common theme of contemplation upon human existence and its reflection in nature. For all four poets, the images of nature were not merely an idyll, but a refuge from political oppression, which changed the course of their lives dramatically. Nature reflects their inner thoughts, hidden “in the deep heart’s core” and provides a consolation, expressed through the prism of lyricism, inherited by Pasternak and Akhmatova from the Russian “Silver Age” style, through the elements of psychoanalysis in Hesse’s poem, influenced by Jung’s method, and through the Romantic nationalism of early Yeats.
The cycle can be performed in any order, completely or partially. The composer’s suggested order, listed on the title page, would be to start with The Echo (after Anna Akhmatova’s poem of the same name) and continue with In the Fog, based on the haunting poem Im Nebel by Hermann Hesse. After that, Wind is a fast movement and includes a loose musical quotation from Johannes Brahms’ “Lullaby” ("Wiegenlied," op. 49. No.4), which refers to Boris Pasternak’s imagery of a lullaby, fashioned by the wind. The cycle may conclude with The Lake Isle of Innisfree (after W. B. Yeats’s poem), incorporating in its form the phrasing of an archetypal epic folk-song.
In the Deep Heart’s Core is inspired by four poems joined together by a common theme of contemplation upon human existence and its reflection in nature. For all four poets, the images of nature were
- Instrumentation
- piano, fixed audio, optional projection
- Movements
- 4
- Duration
- c. 15
- Text
- Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, W.B.Yeats, Herman Hesse
- Language
- Russian, English, German (on optional recorded part)
Performances:
September 30th, 2021
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Eunmi Ko
NAC online concert / New Music by Minority (Center for New Music YouTube channel (San Francisco, CA))
August 22nd, 2021
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Alina Erzhakova
Eltsin Center Plaza (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
June 20th, 2021
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Eunmi Ko
Swan City Piano Festival, First Presbyterian Church of Lakeland (Lakeland, FL)
May 29th, 2020
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Eunmi Ko, piano
Ilshin Hall (Seoul, South Korea)
This performance is a part of "Dot the Line" Music Festival. CANCELLED DUE TO CONORAVIRUS QUARANTINE.
March 14th, 2020
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Nadia Shpachenko
This performance is a part of New Horizons Concert Series. POSTPONED to 2021 DUE CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE.
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March 5th, 2020
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Nadia Shpachenko, piano
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February 21st, 2020
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Eunmi Ko
This performance is a part of SPLICE festival. Movements 2 and 3 from "In the Deep Heart's Core" will be performed.
November 13th, 2019
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Maria Sadurdinova
This performance is a part of the Moscow Autumn Festival.
August 11th, 2019
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Shoshana Telner
This performance is a part of
Blueridge Chamber Fest.
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October 27th, 2018
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Tali Morgulis
Canadian Premiere
September 16th, 2018
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Shoshana Telner
This performance is a part of Chamber Music Society at Music Room concerts.
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June 20th, 2018
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Nadia Shpachenko
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June 15th, 2018
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Clara Yang
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June 7th, 2018
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Clara Yang
This performance is a part of Reinhardt Piano Festival and Academy.
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NC Premiere
April 7th, 2018
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Clara Yang
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Florida Premiere
April 6th, 2018
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Eunmi Ko
This piece was commissioned through the Global Premiere Commissioning Consortium by a consortium of pianists. To learn more about Global Premiere, visit:
http://www.globalpremiere.org/April 4th, 2018
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Nadia Shpachenko
Nadia Shpachenko CD Pre-Release Concert "Quotations and Homages"
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March 25th, 2018
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Nadia Shpachenko
On this recital two movements from the cycle will be performed: "In the Fog" and "Wind."
Californian Premiere
March 10th, 2018
In the Deep Heart's Core (for piano, fixed audio and optional projection) (2017) - Nadia Shpachenko
This piece was commissioned through the Global Premiere Commissioning Consortium by a consortium of pianists. To learn more about Global Premiere, visit:
http://www.globalpremiere.org/» Purchase Tickets