Philharmonic musicians perform chamber works by six contemporary composers who chose to spend time living and working in America. Taken together, these works weave together influences from all over the world to form a uniquely American tapestry of sound.
CHEN Yi (b. 1953)
At the Kansas City Chinese New Year Concert (2002)
1. The Talking Fiddle
2. Making the Hand-Pulled Noodles
3. Blue Dragon Sword Dance
Georg Friedrich HAAS (b. 1953)
tria ex uno (2001)
1. tria ex uno i
2. tria ex uno ii
3. tria ex uno iii
Marcos BALTER (b. 1974)
Chambers (2011)
Movement 1
Movement 2
Movement 3
Kinan AZMEH (b. 1976)
Café Damas (2018; World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)
Thomas ADÈS (b. 1971)
Darknesse Visible (1992)
Donnacha DENNEHY (b. 1970)
Bulb (2006)
Part of the GRoW @ Annenberg Sound ON series
Nadia Sirota is The Marie-Josée Kravis Creative Partner
Schubert’s gifts as master of both song and instrumental music enriches this string quartet, with reinterpretations of some of his own songs — including Gretchen am Spinnrade and Schöne Welt, wo bist du — to form a new, beautiful whole.
SCHUBERT (1797 –1828)
String Quartet N...
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This celebration of the ebullient sound worlds of Dutch composer Louis Andriessen and two of his accomplished protégés, Martijn Padding and Vanessa Lann, concludes with the master’s Symphony for Open Strings, with melodies formed by bouncing from player to player like pinballs.
ANDRIES...
