![]() The performance of Dvořák’s piece after intermission was also a reminder of the joy of discovery that immigrants can feel. It’s a short piece, only seven minutes, and, as Izcaray explains in the program notes, it’s “a love letter to the orchestra, a migrating entity itself, and in my case a vessel that has taken me on a wild ride across five continents.” Izcaray composed the piece as a journey from dark to light, from a singular note of apprehension to a grand, multi-layered harmonic sound of life, with its new possibilities, lived to the fullest. (Among his many other appearances, he currently serves as music director of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.)Īnd he has clearly thought hard about the immigrant experience, evident in his 2021 composition Under the Shadows, An Immigrant’s Journey, which made its West Coast premiere with the Eugene Symphony. Izcaray is a native of Venezuela, and while he may not have fled war, he has been an immigrant multiple times as his professional career has taken him throughout the world and to unique cultural experiences. He was saturated with the folk music of his native Czech Republic as well as being newly introduced to Black spirituals in the United States, so he may thought in terms of cultural appropriation, yes, but of the simple love of discovery, too.įor Carlos Izcaray, guest conductor on March 17 of the Eugene Symphony Orchestra at Hult Center’s Silva Concert Hall and who led the Eugene Symphony through Dvořák’s masterpiece, the notion of immigration is different, especially as seen through the lens of the past several years. 9 Symphony in E minor, From the New World, better known simply as his New World Symphony, in 1893. The great Antonín Dvořák may not have had the vision of fleeing war’s terror in mind when he composed Symphony No. Ukrainians have become refugees, and now they begin their journey as immigrants. More than two million Ukrainians have fled in terror to neighboring countries as Russian tanks, missiles, jets and troops have spread the plague of war and destroyed home. That idea has been smashed - perhaps permanently - in Ukraine the past month. ![]() If you’re fortunate, you can cross it in leisure and cross it again in grace. Always, there is a bridge, and a chance to explore and discover.
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