OTHER WAYS TO WATCH ON APRIL 10:

Journey through the wilderness and tangled webs of friendship in this multimedia recital that intertwines reed instruments with vocals, poetry, and visual art. Presented in the intimate Truist Pavilion, Solo Spotlights feature one or two Fellows in recital programs they design.

Performances part of the Solo Spotlight series are NWS BLUE projects. Fellow-driven projects are sponsored in part by the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation and NWS’s Fund for New Ventures.

Program

Eleni Katz                                         “Sea Marble”

Harry Castle                                      sea marble: an electronica fantasy
(b. 1997)                                           (2023; world premiere for NWS commission)

Reena Esmail                                    Nadiya for Bassoon and Violin (2017)
(b. 1983)
                                                           Beatrice Hsieh, violin

Eleni Katz                                         “Enlaced Friendship”

Richard Brasseale                             Enlaced Friendship for Bassoon, Saxophone and Piano
(b.1995)                                             (2023; world premiere of NWS commission)
                                                               A Royal Blue Thread
                                                               The River at the Base of its Summit
                                                               Combing the Waters
                                                               Electric Exchange
                                                               Unbreakable, Unreliable, Unstoppable
                                                               Pedaling Forward
                                                               The Song of this Journey (or The Day we First Met)
                                                               The Thread is Infinite

                                                            Richard Brasseale, saxophone
                                                            Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, piano

                                    I N T E R M I S S I O N

Eleni Katz                                      “Vata: the Wind Energy”

Tanner Porter                                  Eucalyptus for Bassoon, Voice, and Fixed Media Electronics
(b. 1994)                                           (2023; world premiere of NWS commission)
                                                               I.
                                                               II.
                                                               III.

Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner              Balada Mexicana (2022)
(b. 1996)                                         
                                                         Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, piano

Cindi Hsu                                          Spring Fever for Bassoon and Piano (2017)
(b. 1970)                                               Pastoral
                                                              Fever

                                                         Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, piano  

Igor Stravinsky                                 Suite from The Firebird (1910)
(1882-1971)                                               Infernal Dance
Arranged by                                               Berceuse 
Guido Agosti                                               Finale

                                                        Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, piano