Percussion ignites the evening with Takemitsu’s Rain Tree, Ignatowicz-Glińska’s Passacaglia, and Viñao’s Dance Groove Drifting. Guest pianists Gloria Chien and Ieva Jokūbavičiūtė follow with a four-hand set of Bach chorales and Ravel’s La Valse.

The grand finale is Crumb’s cosmic Makrokosmos III—a seldom-heard masterpiece and a rare chance to experience it live.

Program

TAKEMITSU: Rain Tree – Ji Hye Jung, Svet Stoyanov, and Shane Roderick
IGNATOWICZ-GLIŃSKA: Passacaglia – Ji Hye Jung and Svet Stoyanov
VIÑAO: Dance Groove Drifting – Ji Hye Jung and Svet Stoyanov
BACH/KURTAG: BWV 106 “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit” – Gloria Chien and Ieva Jokūbavičiūtė
BACH/KURTAG: BWV 687 “Aus tiefe Not schrei ich zu dir” – Gloria Chien and Ieva Jokūbavičiūtė
RAVEL: La Valse – Gloria Chien and Ieva Jokūbavičiūtė
CRUMB: Makrokosmos III (“Music for Summer Evening”)

Gloria Chien and Ieva Jokūbavičiūtė, piano
Ji Hye Jung and Svet Stoyanov, percussion