2019 Program Notes

The following notes accompany the August 11, 2019 WYNTON concert. Concerto in D for violin and orchestra (2015) Wynton Marsalis (b. 1961) This piece was written for Nicola Benedetti. It takes inspiration from her life as a traveling performer and educator who enlightens and delights communities all over the world …read more »

The following notes accompany the August 10, 2019 SECRET SONGS concert. God Music Bug Music (2011) Hannah Lash (b. 1981) West Coast Premiere God Music, Bug Music uses the same cell of five notes in both movements of the piece, though very differently in each. In God Music, this cell …read more »

The following notes accompany the August 4, 2019 performance: Roomful of Teeth In Concert Partita for 8 Voices (2009-11) Caroline Shaw (b. 1982) Composed over three summers from 2009-2011, in collaboration with Roomful of Teeth during their residencies at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), Caroline Shaw’s Partita …read more »

The following note accompanies the August 4, 2019 Free Family Concert. É Gol ! (2019) Clarice Assad (b. 1978) World Premiere | Festival Commission É Gol ! is inspired by female Brazilian soccer player Marta Vieira da Silva, who is often regarded as the best female footballer of all time. The piece is scored for …read more »

The following notes accompany the August 2, 2019 NOTORIOUS concert program Agnosco Veteris (2016) Nina C. Young (b. 1984) West Coast Premiere In book IV of Virgil’s Aeneid, Dido, long in grief over her late husband Sychaeus’s death, is suddenly awakened from emotional slumber by the visiting Trojan hero Aeneas. In …read more »