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Symphony No. 4 "Prayer" (1985-1987) by Galina Ustvolskaya (1919 - 2006)

Sarah Hall, contralto
Joel Brennen, trumpet
Eric Platz, tam-tam
Megumi Masaki, piano

Live February 8, 2011
Brandon University New Music Festival
Lorne Watson Recital Hall
Brandon, MB

The fourth symphony by Galina Ustvolskaya was composed between 1985 and 1987. A chamber work orchestrated for trumpet, tam-tam, piano and contralto. With a duration of just seven minutes, it is a symphony of a single movement reduced to its minimum expression. Use the same text as the previous work. A prayer as its name indicates. It premiered on June 24 of 1988 in Heidelberg.

Symphony No. 4 "Prayer" by Galina Ustvolskaya

Pianist, multimedia artist, curator
Artistic Director, Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition
Brandon University, Professor of piano, director of the BU New Music Ensemble & BU New Music Festival 
Casalmaggiore International Festival, faculty & CIME co-director
Noiseborder Ensemble, pianist, keyboards 

Symphony No. 4 "Prayer" by Galina Ustvolskaya

Megumi Masaki

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