Feel the heat rise in a program crackling with energy and flickering with insight. Chen Yi’s Fire channels elemental and human forces of tension and transformation, while Viet Cuong’s Electric Aroma leaps through lightning-fast harmonic shifts. Elizabeth Ogonek’s Lightenings, inspired by the poetry of Seamus Heaney, explores childhood, nature, and wonder through a radiant musical lens. Justin Weiss journeys into the layered depths of Jackson Pollock’s The Deep, and harpist Amy Ahn brings elegance and flair to Elliott Carter’s Mosaic, a tribute to the boundary-pushing virtuosity of Carlos Salzedo. Let this music kindle a lasting fire that lingers well beyond the final note.
Viet Cuong - Electric Aroma (2018)
Elizabeth Ogonek - Lightenings (2016)
Chen Yi - Fire (2019) - West Coast premiere
Justin Weiss - Through Depths and Shadows (2023) - West Coast premiere
Elliott Carter - Mosaic for Harp & Ensemble (2004) - West Coast premiere