Season 14: ELEMENTS

Season 14: ELEMENTS will consist of 5 programs of contrasting instrumentation, drawing from the chamber music repertoire for winds, strings and piano including works by Valerie Coleman, Jared Miller, Reena Esmail, Kenji Bunch, Caroline Shaw and World Premieres by Jessica Meyer and Brad Balliett.

Each program will showcase elements that inspired composers in their creative process.

Density

Thursday, October 10, 2024 - 7pm

Musical textures of contrasting densities are at the core of this program starting with the eerie Shifting Landscapes by Vivian Fung followed by Scott Wheeler's celestial work Traveling Light. Limestone and Felt by Caroline Shaw offers a light, pizzicato interlude before ending with the lush and romantic Sextet in C Major by Ernö Dohnányi.

Program

Vivian Fung: Shifting Landscapes
Scott Wheeler: Traveling Light
Caroline Shaw: Limestone and Felt
Ernö Dohnányi: Sextet in C Major

Pascal Archer, Clarinet

Eric Huckins, French Horn

Suliman Tekalli, Violin

Ramón Carrero-Martínez, Viola

Caleb van der Swaagh, Cello

Amir Farid, Piano

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Elements

Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 7pm

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Program (with time index)
 

(15:00)

New Addresses (2020) by Christopher Cerrone

I.       To Breath

II.      To My Heart at the Close of Day
III.     To “Yes”                       

(26:00)

Post Winter Solstice (2022) by Gilad Cohen
 
(41:00 )

Maombi Asante (2006) by Valerie Coleman 
 
(50:00)

Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch (1962) by Charles Wuorinen
 
I.       Pauli de Broda Carmen
II.      Dy Ezels Crone
III.     Der Notter Schwantcz
IV.     Der Enterpris
V.      Helas le Bon Temps
VI.     Gross Ssenen
 
(59:00)

Forces of Nature (2024)* by Jessica Meyer
 
I.       Menacing Waves
II.      Mystery of Fire
III.     Shifting Winds and Mountain Air
IV.     Spirit

*World Premiere 

Exponential Ensemble is a recipient of a 2024 grant from Chamber Music America’s Artistic Projects program, funded through the generosity of The Howard Gilman Foundation, for Forces of Nature by Jessica Meyer. 

Special thanks to David West and his students from The Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music for their participation in this project.
 
 Anna Urrey, Flute

Pascal Archer, Clarinets

Suliman Tekall, Violin

Caleb van der Swaagh, Cello 



Windswept

Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 7pm

Marc A. Scorca Hall

National Opera Center

330 7th Avenue, 7th floor

New York City

This program for woodwind quintet and piano will take your breath away with works inspired by the great outdoors, including a world premiere by Brad Balliett inspired by wild birds living in New York City parks. 

Albert Roussel: Divertissement
Brad Balliett: Wild Birds of New York*
Daniel Ott: Variable Winds
Kenji Bunch: Summer Hours

*World Premiere 

Join us at 6:30pm for a pre-concert reception in the 7th floor lobby.