Broadcast: Portrait of Bright Sheng
Enjoy a highlight from the 2019–20 season in a live broadcast, to be aired on YouTube and Facebook Live on Friday, March 27.
The Curtis 20/21 Ensemble presented a concert portrait of Bright Sheng, the 2019–20 composer in residence, on December 7, 2019 from Gould Rehearsal Hall. Each piece on the program embodies Dr. Sheng’s unique compositional aesthetic, synthesizing Asian influences with the Western musical tradition.
In a hallmark of its annual programming, the Curtis 20/21 Ensemble has presented concert portraits of iconic composers in residence Unsuk Chin, John Corigliano, George Crumb, Krzysztof Penderecki, Kaija Saariaho, Augusta Read Thomas, and Chen Yi, among many others. Of the ensemble’s Joan Tower portrait program, the New York Times wrote, “Ms. Tower could hardly have hoped for more passionate performances.”
| SHENG | Quartet No. 4 (“Silent Temple”) |
| Vera Quartet | |
| SHENG | Clearwater Rhapsody |
| Cathy Yang, erhu | |
| Claire Bourg, violin | |
| Justin Goldsmith, cello | |
| Bright Sheng, piano | |
| —Intermission— | |
| SHENG | Dance Capriccio |
| Maya Anjali Buchanan, violin | |
| Youjin Lee, violin | |
| Cynthia Phillippi, viola | |
| Albert Seo, cello | |
| Zitong Wang, piano | |
| SHENG | Deep Red |
| Pius Cheung, marimba | |
| Jihoo Yu, flute | |
| Kip Zimmerman, oboe | |
| Yan Liu, clarinet | |
| Rachael Lee, bassoon | |
| Andrew Stump, horn | |
| Maya Anjali Buchanan, violin | |
| Youjin Lee, violin | |
| Cynthia Phillippi, viola | |
| Albert Seo, cello | |
| Jason Henery, double bass | |
| William Yang, piano | |
| Bright Sheng, conductor |
Generous support for the Curtis 20/21 Ensemble is provided by the Daniel W. Dietrich II Foundation.
