Lawrence Dillon’s Saturn Dreams 
Lawrence Dillonof Mercury for string
trio will be performed on Wednesday, June 19 at 7:00 PM by members of The
Atlantic Ensemble as part of their concert at Truro Meetinghouse, First
Congregational Parish, located at 1 First Parish Lane in Truro, Massachusetts. The Atlantic Ensemble's members are: Wei Tsun Chang, violin; Seanad Dunigan Chang, viola; Kirsten Cassel Greer, cello; and Jennifer McGuire, piano
His Broomstick for violin and piano will be performed on
Thursday, June 20 at 8:00 PM at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 115 W 7th
Street in Charlotte, North Carolina as part of the Charlotte New Music
Festival.
The composer writes, “In outlining his second artistic
principle – Quickness – Italo Calvino describes himself as “a Saturn who dreams
of being a Mercury,” an older man predisposed to introversion and melancholy
who nonetheless aspires to the speed and agility of the young god in winged
sandals. That image tweaked a musical response from, and the result was Saturn
Dreams of Mercury.”
Other composers on the June 19 program include Schubert,
Beethoven, Mark O’Connor, Michael Kurek and Scott Joplin. The concert is free and open to the public, but donations
will be accepted. For more information, visit http://www.firstparishtruro.org/.
Dillon writes about Broomstick, “To illustrate the first
of his six artistic principles – Lightness – Italo Calvino recalls the weight
of the domestic life borne by women through the centuries. In a leap that
conveys the power of the imagination, these women took the tool of their
servitude – the broom – and transformed it into an extraordinary symbol of
lightness and power, donning their steep-peaked hats and soaring off to the
moon.”
Other composers on the program are Adam Neal, Elizabeth
Kowalski, Paul Watkins, Kim Chung Eun, Kaitlyn Wagner, Zach Albrecht, Ron Parks
and Evan Williams.
For tickets and more information about the June 20
program and the Charlotte New Music Festival, visit http://www.charlottenewmusic.org/.
