"Unbreakable Spirit: Music of Resilience" at UNC Chapel Hill

Venue
Moeser Auditorium
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Department of Music CB# 3320; 105 Hill Hall 145 E Cameron Ave.
Chapel Hill, NC
27599-3320
Details
February 11, 2025 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

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UNC Chapel Hill Music Department presents

Unbreakable Spirit: Music of Resilience

GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist Nadia Shpachenko will perform beloved works by Frédéric Chopin paired with Chopin-inspired pieces by Ukrainian composers. The program will also include East Coast premieres of new compositions by Ludmila Yurina and Ethan Gans-Morse about the war in Ukraine, Nadia’s home country.

Program

Myroslav Skoryk (1938-2020)
Melody
(1982)

Ludmila Yurina (b. 1962)
Cuando la sirena se calma
(When the siren goes silent) (2024)
East Coast Premiere

Ethan Gans-Morse (b. 1982)
Bomb Shelter Variations
based on Ukrainian song Ніч Яка Місячна (What a Moonlit Night) as performed by Vira Lytovchenko (2024)
East Coast Premiere

Sergii Leontiev (b. 1991)
Postlude (2020) East Coast Premiere

Zoltan Almashi (b. 1975)
Arfaria (2023) East Coast Premiere

Mykola Lysenko (1842-1912)
Impromptu in the Style of Chopin
, Op. 38 (1900)

Yuri Ishchenko (1938-2021)
Waltz
No. 3 from Four Waltzes and Just a Touch of Chopin (2007)
East Coast
Premiere

Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 (1836)

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Piano Sonata in B-flat minor
, Op. 35, No. 2 (1840)
I. Grave – Doppio movimento
II. Scherzo
III. Marche funèbre: Lento

IV. Finale: Presto