Daybreak - First of two performances

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A unique event.
Music that flows continuously exploring ten different reactions to sunrise anchored by a recurring motif referencing “Daybreak” from Ravel’s "Daphnis et Chloé. The concert features the west coast premiere of “Epithets” by Kate Soper, a recent Pulitzer Prize finalist praised by The New Yorker as "one of the great originals of her generation."

The ten works presented:

Henri Dutilleux "Of Shadows and Silence”
Hildegard von Bingen “O Blooming Branch”
Ken Ueno "Visible Reminder of Invisible Light"
Juan Sebastian Cardona Ospina’s “Tarnished Rose Horizon”
Kate Soper “Epithets”
Theo Haber “Daybreak (after Ravel)"
Wadada Leo Smith and Vijay Iyer’ “Procession: Defiant Life”
Matthew Cmiel “Illusions I Recall”
Penina Biddle “Daybreak (after Ravel)”
Laurie Anderson “Pieces and Parts”