Program Notes

Insights into our past programming, as written by our artists & composers

Chronological

by performance date

Points of Inflection

November 2020

Caleb Burhans: Contritus for string quartet
Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte for string quartet
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 3, “Mishima”

Ocean’s Call

October 2018

Grace Williams: Sea Sketches for string orchestra
Michael Daugherty: Fallingwater for solo violin and strings
Jean Cras: String Trio
Daniel Temkin: Ocean’s Call for string orchestra

Musical Madness

May 2018

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio & Fugue
Carlo Gesualdo: Moro, lasso, al mio duolo
Erkki-Sven Tüür: L’ombra della croce (U.S. Premiere)
Osvaldo Golijov: Last Round
Giancarlo Latta: Borrowed Density (World Premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 (orchestrated)

Duos, Dances & Divertimenti

October 2017

Einoiuhani Rautavaara: Pelimannit ("Fiddlers")
Olli Mustonen: Sinuhe for Violin Orchestra (2012)
Béla Bartók: Duos for Two Violins & Romanian Folk Dances
Béla Bartók: Divertimento for Strings

Illuminations

October 2016

Karim Al-Zand: Luctus Profugis
Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations
Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht

Alphabetical

by composer