The AFC Challenge
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 25 Evans Way Boston, MA, 02115 United States (map)
THE AFC CHALLENGE
An exploration of abstraction in sound. The works on this program were selected on two criteria: the musicians of A Far Cry love them, and audiences often approach with skepticism… until they have a listen. The pieces increase in “difficulty.” Can you make it to the end?
Program
Philip Glass
Echorus
John Cage
“Nearly Stationary” from String Quartet in Four Parts
Dmitri Shostakovich
Scherzo from Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
Anton Webern
Five Movements, Op. 5
*AFC commission
Christopher Hossfeld
“... and ZOMBIES” from concerto GROSSO
*AFC commission
Gyorgi Ligeti
Ramifications
*AFC commission
Shiori Usui
In Digestion
*AFC commission
Iannis Xenakis
Voile
- Posted in Gardner Museum
- Tagged S11