Pre-concert talk at 6:45pm

The opening concert of Earplay’s 41st season!

Program

• Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question (1908) – arr. Bruce Bennett (2025), for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano.
• Emma Logan: “answer” to The Unanswered Question, title TBA, for flute, viola, and piano. World premiere and Earplay commission.
• John Harbison: Prelude–Variations (2024), for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano.
• John Harbison: Chaconne (2021), for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano.
• Roger Reynolds: Shadowed Narrative (1982), for clarinet, violin, cello, piano and conductor.

Pre-concert talk at 6:45pm

The 3rd concert of Earplay’s 40th season features two World Premiere’s by Andrew Conklin and Brien Henderson.

Program

• Jeffrey Mumford, undiluted days (2000, rev. 2013), for violin, cello, and piano.
• Kate Soper, Underneath (2021), for solo cello.
• Ursula Mamlock, Rhapsody (1996), for cello, viola and piano. Earplay commission.
• Brien Henderson, Communion (2025), for flute and viola. Earplay commission and World Premiere.
• Andrew Conklin, 40 Feels for alto flute/piccolo, b-flat clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, violin, viola, and cello. Earplay commission and World Premiere.