2025 Festival Sneak Peak

"An American Century"‍

Music for strings, piano, clarinet, and jazz singer by Copland, Ives, Bernstein, Barber, Gershwin, Carter, Cage, Kern, Connesson, Mozart, Golijov, Beethoven, and 2025 Composer-in-Residence Guthrie Ramsey

FESTIVAL REPERTOIRE:

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Four Blues (1926-1948) for clarinet and piano

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Movement 1 from Sonata No. 3 (1914) for clarinet and piano

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano (1942) for clarinet and piano

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Selections from Hermit Songs, Op. 29 (1953) for clarinet and piano

George Gershwin (1898-!937),  arr. by Eugene Asti
Three Preludes (1926) for clarinet and piano

George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
“Lullaby” for string quartet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
‍Clarinet Quintet K 581 in A Major

Osvaldo Golijov
“The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind” for clarinet quintet

Guillaume Connesson (B. 1970)
“Disco toccata" for clarinet and cello

George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
“Summertime” from Porgy and Bess for soprano and keyboard

Joan Baez (b. 1941)
“Oh, What a Beautiful City” for soprano and keyboard

Guthrie Ramsey (b.1958)
"Beat Chick: Tunes for Hettie Jones.” for string quartet and jazz vocalist *world premiere*  

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
String Quartet in Eb Major, Opus 127  

Elliot Carter (1908 - 2012)
Figment II for solo cello

John Cage (1912 - 1992)
4’ 33” for string quartet

Jerome Kern (1885 - 1945, arr. Charles Miller for string quartet
‍“All the Things You Are” & “Smoke Gets in your Eyes”

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