“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.”
– Paul Cezanne
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
Andy Akiho: Prospects of a Misplaced Year
Ron Blessinger, violin
Gregory Ewer, violin
Maia Hoffman, viola
Marilyn de Oliveira, cello
Yoko Greeney, piano
Inspiring * Exhilarating * Riveting
In this wide-ranging meditation on the liquid we can’t live without, Handel’s irresistibly buoyant Water Music becomes a foil for five contemporary works that draw inspiration from water—three of them written by composers nominated for 2022 GRAMMY Awards—at a time when the planet is increasingly imperiled. Bookended by an electrifying percussion quartet by local favorite Andy Akiho and Nico Muhly’s 2007 masterpiece The Only Tune—a radical re-imagining of the timeless folk song “Two Sisters” featuring London-based avant-folk star Sam Amidon—this concert, performed by the Oregon Symphony, will offer listeners an opportunity to hear Handel’s classic through fresh ears while experiencing cutting-edge new works from rising stars Timo Andres, Gabriella Smith, and inti figgis-vizueta.
Andy Akiho: Empty Your Mind
Handel: Water Music, Suite 1,
Inti Figgis-Vizueta: Mayu (The Great River)
Handel: Water Music, Suite 1
Gabriella Smith: Maré
Handel: Water Music, Suite 1
Timo Andres: Tides and Currents
Handel: Water Music, Suite 1
Nico Muhly: The Only Tune
Jeffrey Kahane, Conductor
Gabriel Kahane, Host
Timo Andres, Piano
Sam Amidon, Vocals, Banjo, and Guitar
Members of the Oregon Symphony
Beaverton, OR
Performers: Sarah Kwak, Chien Tan, Searmi Park, Ruby Chen, violin; Charles Noble, Vali Phillips, Kelly Talim, viola; Marilyn de Oliveira, Trevor Fitzpatrick, cello; Andy Akiho, percussion
Brahms: Sextet in G Major, Op 36, movement 4
Strauss: Sextet from the Opera “Capriccio”
Four pieces by Andy Akiho:
– the rAy’s end
– Karakurenai
– I falleN TwO
– Aka
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