Border Crossing: Music of Derek Bermel with JACK Quartet May 7, 2018
Derek Bermel, host and clarinet

JACK Quartet | Mikaela Bennett, soprano | Aaron Wunsch, piano
derekbermel.com | jackquartet.com

Derek Bermel is a composer of “staggering eclecticism” (Gramophone Magazine). His works incorporate a wondrous array of the world’s sounds — from West African rhythms, to Eastern European folk music, to Celtic strains, to jazz and the blues — with wit, intelligence, and panache.

Also a “brilliant” clarinetist (New York Times), he joins the JACK Quartet, “superheroes of the new music world” (Boston Globe), for his “ear-catching” clarinet quintet (New York Times), A Short History of the Universe. Don’t miss this chance to get to know him and his latest creative work.

PROGRAM

Bernstein — Clarinet Sonata
Bermel — A Short History of the Universe
Bermel — Intonations
Bermel — Coming Together
Bermel — Excerpts from a new opera, House on Mango Street (NYC Premiere)

WATCH & LISTEN
JACK Quartet performs Derek Bermel’s Intonations, inspired by scenes from Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man
Mikaela Bennett in The Golden Apple