New@Night: Our Favorite New American Music

Discover some of our favorite new American classical music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composers Kevin Puts, David Lang, Christopher Theofanidis – including two new exclusive premieres of work commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest!

Sponsored by George Rowbottom and Marilyn Crilley

Premieres July 2 @ 7 pm PT
Available through July 3 @ 11:59 pm PT

Program

Click on any piece of music below to learn more about it.

KEVIN PUTS Home (Co-commissioned CMNW premiere, 2019)

Miró Quartet

New exclusive performance!

See our Program Book for program notes.

HANNAH LASH Form and Postlude (2017)

Hannah Lash, harp
Joanna Wu, flute
David Shifrin, clarinet
Emily Bruskin, violin
Rebecca Anderson, violin
Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola
Julia Bruskin, cello

Originally performed on Thursday, July 13th, 2017｜Kaul Auditorium @ 7:30pm

See our Program Book for program notes.

KRISTAPOR NAJARIAN A Tale for Two Violins (2014)

Ani Kavafian, violin
Ida Kavafian, violin

Originally performed on Friday, July 8th, 2016｜Lincoln Recital Hall @ 12pm

See our Program Book for program notes.

CHRIS ROGERSON Quiet Song (2014)

Tara Helen O’Connor, flute
Daniel Phillips, violin

Originally performed on Friday, July 10th, 2015｜Lincoln Recital Hall @ 12pm

See our Program Book for program notes.

DAVID LANG Simple Song #3 for Soprano, Strings and Piano (2015)

Cree Carrico, soprano
Theodore Arm, violin solo
Joel Link, Bryan Lee, Rebecca Anderson, violin
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, Daniel Phillips, viola
Hamilton Cheifetz, Fred Sherry, Camden Shaw, cello
Curtis Daily, double bass
Jeffrey Grossman, piano

Originally performed on Thursday and Friday, July 27th and 28th, 2017｜Kaul Auditorium @ 7:30pm

See our Program Book for program notes.

LERA AUERBACH, AKIRA NISHIMURA, CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS & JOAN TOWER Four Seasons (Co-commissioned Northwest Premiere, 2019)

Jasper Quartet

New exclusive performance!

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