Earplay 31: Test of Time

Concert 1: Fantasies of Structures

Stefan Wolpe: Sonata für Klavier (1925) for piano

Shulamit Ran: Perfect Storm (2010) for viola

Eric Sawyer: Masquerade (2014) for viola and percussion
World premiere

Andrew Imbrie: Earplay Fantasy (1995) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion Earplay commission [performed by Earplay in 1996 and 2001]

Experience vibrant new music in a historic setting as Earplay returns to the magnificent newly reopened Herbst Theater in February to open our 31st season. The concert features works by Stefan Wolpe (this season's focus composer), Shulamit Ran, Eric Sawyer (a world premiere), and Andrew Imbrie (a 20th anniversary encore performance of the 1995 Earplay commission Earplay Fantasy).


Concert 2: Surprise and Enigma

Donald Aird: The Four-Handed Game (1995) for piano four hands
[performed by Earplay in 1995 and 2002]

Ursula Kwong-Brown: new work (2015) for violin, viola, and cello
World premiere; Earplay commission

Herb Bielawa: Drone on D (2015) for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and cello
World premiere; Earplay commission

Shiuan Chang: Monk (2014) for flute, clarinet, piano, and cello

West Coast premiere; 2015 Earplay Donald Aird Composers Competition prize winner
Stefan Wolpe: Trio in two parts (1963) for flute, cello, and piano


Concert 3: From Here on Farther

Stefan Wolpe: From Here on Farther (1969) for clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, and piano

Vivian Fung: Birdsong (2012) for violin and piano
West Coast premiere

Nick Bacchetto: new work (2015) for flute, violin, viola, and cello
World premiere; Earplay commission

Lee Hyla: My Life On the Plains (2010)
for clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, and percussion