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
Marc A. Scorca Hall
National Opera Center
330 7th Avenue, 7th floor
New York City
Join us for the World Premiere of a new work by Jessica Meyer inspired by The Four Elements (earth, water, air, and fire) along with other works exploring different types of natural cycles.
Christopher Cerrone: New Addresses
Valerie Coleman: Maombi Asante
Gilad Cohen: Post Winter Solstice
Charles Wuorinen: Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch
Jessica Meyer: New Work*
*World Premiere
Join us at 6:30pm for a pre-concert reception in the 7th floor lobby.
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: The 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.
Fusion
Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 7pm
Marc A. Scorca Hall
National Opera Center
330 7th Avenue, 7th floor
New York City
This program blends together old and new musical styles. Sofia Gubaidulina's Quasi Hoquetus is a great of example of medieval music within a 20th century musical canvas.
Charles Marie Loeffler: 2 Rhapsodies
Sofia Gubaidulina: Quasi Hoquetus
Robert Schumann: Fairy Tales, Op. 132
Join us at 6:30pm for a pre-concert reception in the 7th floor lobby.
Innovation
Friday, May 2, 2025 - 7pm
Marc A. Scorca Hall
National Opera Center
330 7th Avenue, 7th floor
New York City
This final program is made of works featuring extended techniques and unique soundscapes from around the world.
Viet Cuong: Wax and Wire
Kaija Saariaho: Cendres
Jared Miller: Absolute
Reena Esmail: Tasveer
Kenji Bunch: Ralph's Old Records
Join us at 6:30pm for a pre-concert reception in the 7th floor lobby.
Programs are subject to change.