The North/South Consonase Trio gives the World Premiere of Rodríguez’ El Abrigo Negro
Due to a severe snow storm on the 14th of March, all the North/South Consonance concerts were rotated forward to their next available date. For this reason the World Premiere of El Abrigo Negro will take place on the 22nd of May.
As part of The North/South Consonance 2016-2017 season, Iván Enrique Rodríguez’ piano trio El Abrigo Negro will be premiere by the North/South Consonance Trio. The concert, titled Nothing Forgotten will include Rodríguez’ world premiere of El Abrigo Negro alongside pieces by Max Lifchitz, Edmund Cionek, Julian Fueyo and Hilary Tann. The concert will take place at the the engaging and acoustically exceptional Christ and St. Stephen's Church in New York City.
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El Abrigo Negro (The Black Coat) is a descriptive work aspiring to narrate the short story of the same name by Russian author Lyudmila Petrushevskaya. Different musical motifs are used throughout the piece to describe the skewed situations and emotions the protagonist experiences during a series of surreal vicissitudes. From disorienting darkness to the struggle of escape, from the bewildered confusion and unresolved limbo to fleeting moments of hope to tortuous reality, El Abrigo Negro provides an enigmatic journey for Piano, Violin and Cello through the lugubrious and sinister descriptions of Lyudmila Petrushevskaya’s storytelling.
Christ and St. Stephen's Church