American Reflections: Fire - and Lightening

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Feel the heat rise from music that sparks, crackles, and shines with brilliance.

Viet Cuong — Electric Aroma
Lightning-fast harmonic shifts leap from one tonal center to another in dazzling progression.

Elizabeth Ogonek — Lightenings
Inspired by Seamus Heaney’s poetry, this radiant work reflects on childhood, nature, and metaphysical wonder, drawing on the ancient hymn Phos Hilaron.

Chen Yi — Fire (West Coast Premiere)
Elemental and human forces collide in this work of tension, transformation, and release.

Justin Weiss — through depths and shadows (West Coast Premiere)
A musical journey into Jackson Pollock’s The Deep, peeling back layers of sound and meaning in continual exploration.

Elliott Carter — Mosaic (West Coast Premiere)
A fiery tribute to harpist Carlos Salzedo, whose virtuosity reshaped the harp’s voice for a new century, performed by harpist Amy Ahn.

Fire—and Lightening ignites the stage with elemental power, radiant poetry, and electrifying virtuosity.