Japan Songs

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at 12:00 pm

This is an archived event, not part of the current festival.

Deborah Lifton, soprano; James Nyoraku Schefer, shakuhachi; Sami Merdinian, violin; Laura Metcalf, cello; and Kathleen Supové, piano performing Japan Songs, an eclectic song collection for soprano, shakuhachi and piano trio. This KSA commission costars six composers: Victoria Bond, Douglas J. Cuomo, James Matheson, Paul Moravec, Jay Reise and Aleksandra Vrebalov.

This concert is available through February.

FULL PROGRAM

JAPAN SONGS – PART 1 (2020)

Autumn Mountains by Victoria Bond
Eight Thousand Spears by Paul Moravec
Not A Trace by James Matheson

Avian Cradle (2020) by Kathleen Supové
solo piano

Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla (arranged by Yves Dharamraj)
Violin and cello

Density 21.5 by Edgard Varèse
solo shakuhachi

JAPAN SONGS – PART 2 (2020)
Kei'un Song -praying for love by Aleksandra Vrebalov
In the blink of an eye… by Jay Reise
Tree of Pearls by Douglas J. Cuomo