Camerata Pacifica Presents World Premiere by Niloufar Nourbakhsh
Camerata Pacifica presents the world premiere of a new work for mixed octet by award-winning Iranian-American composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh, hailed for her singular musical voice, with performance November 8- 13, at four Southern California venues. . In addition, Principal Oboe Nicholas Daniel is featured on multi-Grammy-winning composer Michael Daugherty’s Firecracker, a virtuosic chamber concerto that celebrates the rhythmic and explosive potential of the oboe. Other contemporary works include Grammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli’s Vespers for Violin, for amplified violin and electronics, as well as I prefer living in color by the late Sarah Gibson, inspired by a colorful David Hockney painting. Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452, scored for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn, provides musical context for these five contemporary works. The program features Alena Hove, violin; Rob Brophy, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello; Catherine Gregory, flute; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Eleni Katz, bassoon; Ben Goldscheider, horn; Irina Zahharenkova, piano; and Ji Hye Jung, percussion, along with Nicolas Daniel, oboe.
The performances are Sunday, November 8, 3:00 pm, Janet and Ray Scherr Forum, Thousand Oaks; Tuesday, November 10, 7:30 pm, The Huntington, San Marino; and Thursday, November 12, 8:00 pm, Zipper Hall, Los Angeles; and Friday, November 13, 7.00 pm, Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara.
For tickets ($75 – $85) and information, please visit cameratapacifica.org.
