"Unbreakable Spirit: Music of Resilience" at Heart of Humanity Series

Anima Mundi Productions • Heart of Humanity Concert Series 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 Lewis Spratlan’s Chesterfield Gorge Rag from Nadia’s “Invasion: Music and Art for Ukraine” CD, as well as World Premieres of new compositions by Ludmila Yurina and Ethan Gans-Morse about the war in Ukraine, Nadia’s home country.

Sergii Leontiev (b. 1991) USA Premiere
Postlude (2020)

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

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

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

Intermission

Zoltan Almashi (b. 1975)
Arfaria (2023) Oregon Premiere

Lewis Spratlan (1940-2023)
Chesterfield Gorge Rag from Six Rags (2018) Oregon Premiere

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

Myroslav Skoryk (1938-2020)
Melody (1982)