ENCOUNT3RS
National Arts Centre Orchestra
3 OF OUR MOST INNOVATIVE COMPOSERS + 3 OF BALLET’S TOP CHOREOGRAPHERS
This landmark NAC Commission pairs three of Canada’s outstanding choreographic talents with three of the country’s most exciting composers. Ballet BC’s trail-blazing Emily Molnar meets her musical match with innovative composer Nicole Lizée. Alberta Ballet’s eminent and prolific Jean Grand-Maître joins forces with multiple award-winning new music visionary Andrew Staniland; and Guillaume Côté, gifted dancer and choreographic associate with the National Ballet of Canada, is perfectly paired with noted emerging composer Kevin Lau.
About the project and “Keep Driving, I’m Dreaming“
> 2-CD set or high-quality download.
ENCOUNT3RS
Alexander Shelley, Conductor
CD 1
Andrew Staniland, composer
Phi, Caelestis
1. I Rex………..10:53
2. II Styx………9:35
3. III Eden…….8:37
Nicole Lizée, composer
4. Keep Driving, I’m Dreaming 30:47
CD 2
Kevin Lau, composer
1. Dark Angels 27:10
NAC Orchestra Musicians on this recording
I love every note Nicole Lizée writes, and her score here is no exception. Lizée works her usual wizardry between the acoustic and the electronic, employing effects like speeding up and slowing down, clashing time signatures, Dali-esque glissandi, and fantastic percussion combinations, tied together with wit and the kind of originality that makes you grin at the sheer balls of it.
~Natasha Gauthier – artsfile
Emily Molnar, about ENCOUNT3RS and collaborating with Lizée