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Focus Festival 2019: On the Air! at Juilliard School (Site)
Monday January 28, 2019, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
FreeFocus Festival 2019: On the Air!
Program
A Salute to 75 Years of International Radio Commissioning
PETERIS VASKS (Latvia, b. 1946) Bass Trip (2002-3)
Yi Hsuan Chiu, double bass
TOSHIO HOSOKAWA (Japan, b. 1955) Gesine (2009)
Lenka Petrovic, harp
TIGRAN MANSURIAN (Armenia, b. 1939) Ode to the Lotus (2012)
Sergio Muñoz Leiva, viola
JÖRG WIDMANN (Germany, b. 1973) Toccata (2002)
Yilun Xu, piano
All pieces on the first half were commissioned by ARD, the Consortium of Public Broadcasters in the Federal Republic of Germany, for the Munich International competitions, a project of Bavarian Radio
AARON JAY KERNIS (US, b. 1960) Two Movements (with bells) (2007)
Zeynep Alpan, violin
Dror Baitel, piano
Commissioned by the BBC Proms
ZYGMUNT KRAUZE (Poland): String Quartet No. 3
The Azure Quartet:
Kenneth McDonald and Brenden Zak, violins
Hannah Geisinger, viola
Yifei Li, cello
Commissioned by Radio France
Venue
Peter Jay Sharp Theater