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Magnetic South to Present Free Concert of Modern Symphonic Music

Published

2 years ago

January 10, 2023

By: CofC Media

Magnetic South is an innovative partnership between the Charleston Symphony and the College of Charleston Department of Music. It combines resources of the two institutions to present masterworks of the 20th and 21st centuries, along with new works by living composers.

For its second concert of the season, Magnetic South moves up the street from campus to the wonderful acoustics of the Cathedral of Saint Luke and Saint Paul, where artistic director Yiorgos Vassilandonakis and Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra music director Nisan Ak share the podium to lead Charleston Symphony musicians. The performance celebrates new works by Kay Rhie, Alexandre Mastrangelo and Thea Musgrave — three living composers of diverse backgrounds, and wide-ranging stylistic and aesthetic influences that comprise the rich tapestry of living contemporary music — along with Igor Stravinsky’s 1923 “Octet for Wind Instruments,” one of the composer’s most noted works of his neoclassical period.

PROGRAM:

Alexandre Mastrangelo (b. 1989) Mise en abîme (new work)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Octet

Thea Musgrave (b. 1928) Chamber Concerto No. 1 (for large ensemble)

Kay Rhie (b. 1971) Cereus: Night Bloom (new work)

DETAILS: The concert on Friday, January 27, 2023 takes place at 7:30 pm in the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, 126 Coming St. Admission is FREE via online reservations at charlestonsymphony.org/event/magneticsouth23. Patrons can find info and ticket link at the short link: go.cofc.edu/mas.

About Magnetic South

The goal of the Magnetic South partnership is to bring to Lowcountry audiences and College of Charleston students, masterworks of the 20th and 21st centuries and new works by living composers. Magnetic South was co-founded in 2012 by College of Charleston Professor of Music Theory/Composition, Yiorgos Vassilandonakis; fellow faculty member (and now Dean of the College’s School of the Arts), Edward Hart; and Charleston Symphony Concertmaster and Artistic Director, Yuriy Bekker.