New World

NEW WORLD From the Catalan Baroque virtuosity of José Plà and Juan Bautista Plà to the imaginative colors of Gryphonsong by “brilliant and compelling” Vincent Ho, this program explores musical  horizons. Aaron Copland’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Appalachian Spring celebrates the American pioneer spirit with themes of hope, love, and community, leading to Antonín Dvořák’s String Quintet in E-flat major—shaped by his travels to the New World and created in a particularly joyful, optimistic frame of mind. Program: JOSÉ PLÀ (c. 1728-1762) & JUAN BAUTISTA PLÀ (c. 1720-1773)Trio Sonata in D minorAllegro molto - Andante - Allegro assai Ben Price, oboe | Kerson Leong, violin | Oliver Herbert, celloChris Sies, percussion | Roman Rabinovich, harpsichord VINCENT HO (b. 1975)   Gryphonsong   Anthony Marwood, violin | Clancy Newman, cello | Roman Rabinovich, piano   AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)Appalachian Spring (1944) Christie Reside, flute | Jay Shankar, clarinet | Antoine St-Onge, bassoonBlake Pouliot, violin | David McCarroll, violinKerson Leong, violin | Diana Cohen, violinNjord Fossnes, viola | Pearl de la Motte, violaBrook Speltz, cello | Oliver Herbert, celloNathan Farrington, double bass | Zoltan Fejervari, piano   - Intermission -   ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)String Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97 (B. 180) Anthony Marwood, violin | David McCarroll, violin Jennifer Stumm, viola | Njord Fossnes, viola Oliver Herbert, cello