THE 2021-2025 CONCERT SEASONS

Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory

Concert January 26, 2025 at 7pm

Javier Costa Císcar - Remember me!!!! Sayaka Takahashi, piano

Thomas Bramel - Spring River Waltz for string quartet Soloists of the XX VEK Ensemble: Maria Khodina, violin, Anastasia Anisimova, violin, Vyacheslav Grebennikov, viola, Elena Kozyreva, cello

Ilan Chouraki - Une Chanson Marina Dunayeva, soprano, Tatiana Rovner, piano

Véronique Bracco - Le cose della vita for string quartet Soloists of the XX VEK Ensemble: Maria Khodina, violin, Anastasia Anisimova, violin, Vyacheslav Grebennikov, viola, Elena Kozyreva, cello

Garry DW Judd - The View from Lycabettus Maria Romanenko, piano

Vincent Kennedy - Flower of Peace for string quartet Soloists of the XX VEK Ensemble: Maria Khodina, violin, Anastasia Anisimova, violin, Vyacheslav Grebennikov, viola, Elena Kozyreva, cello

David Martynuik - Three Romances: Witchgrass, The Doorway, Snowdrops Valeria Golovko, soprano, Sayaka Takahashi, piano

Vasco M. N. Pereira - Reverie for flute and piano Ekaterina Milkina, flute, Elizaveta Danilina, piano

Garry DW Judd - Electric Etudes no. 24-26 : Freshwater Ponds with Aircraft Passing Ekaterina Gubanova, violin, Maria Romanenko, piano

Anton Rovner - Elegy Olga Tabachnik, piano

Arthur Aharonian - Obsession Ekaterina Milkina, flute, __cello, Elizaveta Danilina, piano

Igor Vorobyov - Russkiye skorogovorki Marina Dunayeva, soprano, Olga Tabachnik, piano

Three Essential Elements extends its gratitude to Anton Rovner for orchestrating this concert and to all the performers who contributed to its success.

September 15, 2024

Belvedere Cappuccini, Spello, Italy

Umbria Ensemble

premiere seven string quartets

Composed by these members of Three Essential Elements:

Garry DW Judd | Vincent Kennedy | Vasco M.N. Pereira | Igor Vorobyov | David Martynuik | Ilan Chouraki |Javier Costa Císcar

This concert was partially funded by a grant from Three Essential Elements.

May 25, 2023

Auditorium of the Conservatory of Alès

Alès, France

Luciné Aproyan, contralto

Anne Balloy, piano

premiere six songs on the poetry of

Yiannis Stigas

Composed by these members of Three Essential Elements:

• Garry DW Judd - I am impatient

• Nikos Xanthoulis - Oplismeno me Triferotita

• Thomas Bramel - Little Boy

• Vincent Kennedy - Simple Maths

• Nicolas James - Breathing Exercises

• Vasco M.N. Pereira - Notas coladas ao cockpit

  This concert was partially funded by a grant from Three Essential Elements.

April 3, 2023

Municipal Auditorium of Carcaixent

Valencia, Spain

Cuarteto de Clarinetes Vert

premieres eight works for clarinet quartet

Composed by these members of Three Essential Elements:

This concert was partially funded by a grant from Three Essential Elements.

NIKOS XANTHOULIS

Premieres new music for Ancient Greek Lyre by Garry DW Judd, Thomas Bramel, Vasco M. N. Pereira, Nikolas James, Vincent Kennedy, David Martynuik, Véronique Bracco, and Nikos Xanthoulis

Seven plus one composers from six different countries create music for the ancient Greek seven-string lyre. With the collapse of the ancient Greek world in the 5th century A.D., this 'national' instrument, with which Orpheus once sang, ceased to exist. It became associated with pagan music and, like paganism itself, was forced to vanish from history. Nevertheless, the lyre has strangely continued to symbolize the essence of European music, both through painting — especially during the Renaissance — and within the collective unconscious. However, an instrument truly exists only when it has a proper repertoire written for it, and those works must be composed by skilled Musicians. As a member of the Three Essential Elements group, I reached out to my fellow members for assistance. They responded enthusiastically, and as a result, we are proud to present the world premiere performance of compositions created exclusively for the ancient Greek seven-string lyre. Nikos Xanthoulis

These recordings were partially funded by a grant from Three Essential Elements.

“7 +1 Composers for Ancient Lyre” is available for download here.

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Westminster Music Library

35 St Martin’s Street, WC2H 7HP

London, England

ChamberMusicBox

premieres eight works for clarinet & string quartet

This concert was partially funded by a grant from Three Essential Elements.

Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 1:00PM

National Archeological Museum of Athens

44, 28th of October (Patission) str.

Athens, Greece

The GALAN TRIO

premieres music celebrating

“MOUNT ARARAT”

Composed by

• Arthur Aharonian (France)

• Thomas Bramel (USA)

• David Haladjian (Switzerland/Armenia)

• Vincent Kennedy (Ireland)

• Vasco M. N. Pereira (Portugal)

• Igor Vorobyov (Russia)

This concert is partially funded by a grant from Three Essential Elements.

November 5, 2021

Akademie für Musik Berlin, Karower Str. 15 a, Haus 214, 13125 Berlin-Buch

BERLIN, GERMANY

Rita D’Arcangelo in Recital

Rita D’Arcangelo premieres flute music from eight nations.

• Véronique Bracco “La toupie” (dans tous ses états)

• Nikos Xanthoulis “The Angel´s Arc”

• Nikolas James “Fantasy Piece for Solo Flute: Faust and Helen”

• Igor Vorobyov “In search of Eurydice. Variations without theme”

• Vincent Kennedy “There but for the Grace of Love go I”

• Ilan Chouraki “L´Histoire du Prince Charmant”

• Thomas Bramel “Two Fanciful Pieces”

• Garry DW Judd “Electric Nocturne No. 90”

• Vasco M.N. Pereira “All´Alba”

This concert was partially funded by a grant from Three Essential Elements.

All music is copyright of the composers.

July 28, 2021

MADRID, SPAIN

Rita Moldão in Concert

Rita Moldão and Teresa Cos premiere songs from six nations.

1. "La croisée des chemins" Music ~ Véronique Bracco, Lyrics ~ Bhaïravi Mahadevia

2. "Chegando, veio março" Music ~ Vasco M. N. Pereira, Lyrics ~ Mário Alves de Oliveira

3. "Palabras de todos las estaciones" Music ~ Vasco M. N. Pereira, Lyrics ~ Víctor Hugo Limón Mancilla

4. "Une Chanson" Music ~ Ilan Chouraki, Lyrics ~ Eden Chouraki

5. "I will walk with you" Music ~ Vincent Kennedy, Lyrics~ Vincent Kennedy

6. "I was watching" Music ~ Thomas Bramel, Lyrics ~ Daniel 7:13

7. "Charity and Faith" Music ~ Thomas Bramel, Lyrics ~ Swedenborg/Bramel

8. "Night in my dream" Music ~ Thomas Bramel, Lyrics ~ Jody Perkins

9. "Three Poems" Music ~ Garry DW Judd, Lyrics ~ Richard Preddy, Emily Dickinson, DH Judd

Video Production ~ Juan Carranza

Audio Mastering ~ Ilan Chouraki and Steven Gregurek

Special thanks to Nikolas James

This concert was partially funded by a grant from Three Essential Elements.

"A la croisée des chemins" copyright Bhaïravi Mahadevia. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.

All music is copyright of the composers.