by Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II | Jun 8, 2024
Dedicated to Dr. Ceylon Mitchell in March 2023, Cuban composer Leo Brouwer’s “El cazador de historias” (The Hunter of Stories) comes literally from the posthumous book of the same name by Eduardo Galeano (Uruguayan journalist and writer), one of the most eminent thinkers of the last fifty years. Featuring controlled indeterminacy, extended techniques, and virtuosity from Brouwer’s avant-garde style of composition, this new work for flute, cello, and piano represents an eclectic sound universe connected to ancient and modern Latin American literature and culture. Paquito D’Rivera’s Invitación al Danzón, originally written for clarinet trio, pays homage to the national dance of Cuba, the guajira country song, and the strong influence of jazz upon D’Rivera’s compositional style.
by Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II | Feb 28, 2024
Dedicated to Dr. Ceylon Mitchell in March 2023, Cuban composer Leo Brouwer’s “El cazador de historias” (The Hunter of Stories) comes literally from the posthumous book of the same name by Eduardo Galeano (Uruguayan journalist and writer), one of the most eminent thinkers of the last fifty years. Featuring controlled indeterminacy, extended techniques, and virtuosity from Brouwer’s avant-garde style of composition, this new work for flute, cello, and piano represents an eclectic sound universe connected to ancient and modern Latin American literature and culture. Paquito D’Rivera’s Invitación al Danzón, originally written for clarinet trio, pays homage to the national dance of Cuba, the guajira country song, and the strong influence of jazz upon D’Rivera’s compositional style.
by Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II | Oct 4, 2021
Ceylon Mitchell, Flute: DMA Recital from The Clarice on Vimeo.
Ceylon Mitchell II, a DMA flute student with Dr. Sarah Frisof, performs works by the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer. Featuring traditional tonality and Baroque era forms, avant-garde and aleatoric techniques, and Afro-Cuban strains, the program selections span Brouwer’s three stages of composition and represent his eclectic sound universe. Throughout his output, his music is a kind of musical cartography and allegory of Latin America, with its most emblematic landscapes, characters and cultures. Passages with controlled indeterminacy and extended techniques in the musical forces (flute, guitar, and piano) create fascinating textures and colorful soundscapes connected to ancient and modern Latin American literature and culture.
PROGRAM
Sonata Para Flauta Sola (1960)
-Preludio
-Tonada
-Pequeña Toccata
Sonata Mitologia De Las Aguas No.1 (2009)
-Nacimiento del Amazonas
-El Lago escondido de los Mayas
*Cristian Perez, guitar
Leo Brouwer: La Region Mas Transparente (1982)
*Alex Kostadinov, piano
