America/Beautiful with pianist Min Kwon
Tickets $65 on sale Friday April 17
America/Beautiful is pianist Min Kwon’s project — born during the pandemic — which commissioned variations on “America the Beautiful” from over 70 composers across the country, ranging in age from 21 to 96, and asking a single urgent question: What is America — is it beautiful, was it ever, or will it ever be? Selections will include New York Premieres by Samuel Adler, Stewart Copeland, Timo Andres, and others; each composer brings a radically different perspective on the American experience. Together, these variations form a powerful collection of stories as colorful and diverse as America’s people and landscapes.
Min Kwon, piano
Timo Andres, piano
Claire Bourg, violin
Hsuan-Fong Chen, oboe
Program
Samuel ADLER A Celebration of our Beautiful Nation (NY Premiere)
Timo ANDRES America Coda (& Response)
Kenji BUNCH Beauty For All (Or For None At All) (NY Premiere)
Stewart COPELAND America Quite Beautiful (NY Premiere)
Michael GANDOLFI Of Liberating Strife (NY Premiere)
Fred HERSCH Four Windows Into America (NY Premiere)
Vijay IYER Crown Thy Good
Pierre JALBERT Endeavor (NY Premiere)
Libby LARSEN Amber (Variation) (NY Premiere)
George LEWIS America, the changing same
David Serkin LUDWIG Quaddiš” for Ruth Bader Ginsberg (Kaddish)
Jessica MEYER Halcyon Skies
Nico MUHLY Refine (NY Premiere)
Judith Lang ZAIMONT in darkness veiled (NY Premiere)
Reception to follow
