American Reflections: Exuberance

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Experience music that celebrates impulse, invention, and the energy that propels us forward.

Shulamit Ran — Soliloquy
An intimate work built from a single phrase, Soliloquy channels raw longing, inspired by Ran’s opera The Dybbuk and its tale of unquenchable desire and reunion beyond worlds.

Samuel Carl Adams — New Work (Co-Commission/West Coast Premiere)
Bay Area native Samuel Carl Adams sets texts by modern ecstatic poets in a song cycle for soprano Winnie Nieh, exploring first beginnings, first love, and youthful impulses.

Terry Riley — Días de los Muertos
Programmed in celebration of Riley’s 90th birthday, this playful and poignant reflection on mortality offers humor and color in equal measure.

John Adams — Chamber Symphony
A virtuosic tour de force inspired by both Schoenberg and the soundtracks of Saturday morning cartoons, John Adams’ Chamber Symphony bursts with wit, energy, and exhilarating momentum.

Together, these works capture the thrill of discovery and the unstoppable spark of invention.