Brooklyn, NY — The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Artistic Director Nicholas Armstrong will premiere The Persistence of Memory, new music for orchestra by composer and visual artist Paul Minotto. The concert will take place on Sunday, April 15th, 3 pm at St. Ann’s Church, 157 Montague Street, in Brooklyn Heights. Admission is free with a suggested donation of $15.00.
Loosely based on Salvador Dali’s well-known painting of the same name, The Persistence of Memory is a sonic salad of diverse music styles and surreal associations. Sections of suspended time seem to suggest various states of consciousness and the melting clocks in the famous painting. Bizarre juxtapositions of Chinese and Indian melodies, Viennese waltz to quotations from 1960’s TV show themes and advertising jingles are layered in a dream-like soundscape.
The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1973 with a mission to foster the enjoyment of the musical arts within the Brooklyn community. A mix of talented amateur, semi-professional, and professional musicians, the orchestra is made up of people from all walks of life and music backgrounds. The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra performs free concerts of classical, romantic, and 20th-century works at St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Heights, in addition to concerts of smaller ensembles throughout the borough.
Under the baton of Artistic Director Nicholas Armstrong, the Orchestra has grown into one of the most respected community groups in the metropolitan area. Armstrong is active as an opera and symphony conductor, violinist, and vocal coach. He has conducted throughout the United States and Europe, and in his native England, where he began his musical studies and was graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in composition and viola. Armstrong subsequently studied conducting at the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice, where he was also a member of the Teatro La Fenice orchestra. He has worked with Pierre Boulez, Zubin Mehta, Norman Del Mar, Nino Rota, and Otto Werner Mueller.
Composer and visual artist Paul Minotto has worked in a variety of musical situations. From playing guitar in a rock band and saxophone in a jazz group, Minotto now directs the primeTime sublime Community Orchestra, a part-human, part-virtual ensemble comprised mostly of computers. With the orchestra, Minotto has recorded and produced 3 CDs which have received radio airplay on radio stations in the U.S. and abroad including the BBC in England and RAI in Italy. He has worked with dance companies such as the Starr Foster Dance Project in the internationally acclaimed Fringe Festival and his music has supported numerous cable TV productions on the A & E and Discovery channels. As a painter, Minotto’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in the U.S. and can be found in various collections including the Harvard Law School and various corporations.
Also on the program is the Horn Concerto #1 by Richard Strauss and the Symphony #4 by Alexander Glazunov.
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