Stephen Porter returns to our stage with a program of Beethoven’s final piano work, the Six Bagatelles Op. 126, premieres by four living composers—Toni Lester, Norberto Oldrini, Andrew List and Martin Skafte—and both books of Debussy’s luminous Images.
Works for trio, duo, and solo by women composers Amy Beach, Addie Camsuzou, and Sofia Gubaidulina.
Meredith Monk’s Ellis Island, Elinor Armer’s Mirror Mirror, Hannah Kendall’s Processional, the West Coast premiere of Theresa Wong’s She Dances Naked Under Palm Trees, Ruby Fulton’s all night all day for four pianists (with Monica Chew and Riley Nicholson), the world premiere of Sharmi Basu’s A Muted Body, Pauline Oliveros’ A New Indigo Peace with audience singalong, and the two-piano version of Frederic Rzewski’s Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues.
Southern California pianist Jason Stoll presents a program of Delicious Delights, featuring works by Mompou, Chopin, Kapustin, Earl Wild’s etudes based on Gershwin Songs, and Villemez’s Fantasy on Themes from Rogers and Hammerstein’s Sound of Music.
The Meráki Quartet, whose name is derived from the Greek word meaning “soulfully artistic”, presents a program of works from the past and present, all inspired by folk music. This dynamic quartet features four 16-year-old students in their Old First Concerts debut.
