Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival: The Way of the Mountains & Desert
$25
- James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi
- Ron Warren, native flute
- Paul Barnes, piano
Ron Warren — Lunas y Agua No. 5 (James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi & Warren, native flute)
Philip Glass — Piano Concerto No. 2 "After Lewis and Clark"
Victoria Bond — Rashomon
Ron Warren — Love Song for This Earth
Ron Warren — The Way of Mountains and Desert (NY premiere)
Ron Warren — Beads
Cutting Edge Concerts kicks off their 2023 season with a program featuring two experts of traditional flutes – James Nyoraku Schlefer, grand master of the shakuhachi (Japanese flute), and Native flutist Ron Warren. Program highlights include Warren and Nyoraku Schlefer performing together in an original composition by Warren, an arrangement of Sacagawea from Philip Glass' Piano Concerto No. 2 with pianist Paul Barnes, and CEC artistic director Victoria Bond's Rashomon for string trio and shakuhachi with violinist Pauline Kim Harris.
About Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival
Inspired by Pierre Boulez "Perspective Encounters" series, composer and conductor Victoria Bond founded Cutting Edge Concerts in 1998. With 26 years of concerts, Cutting Edge Concerts has presented over 300 new works by more than 200 composers. Each program highlights the music of living composers, all of whom attend the concert. Along with performances by world-class ensembles and soloists, each program features on-stage discussions between host Victoria Bond and the composers.
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