Gautier Capuçon: Gaïa

Cellist Gautier Capuçon presents a recital program dedicated to and inspired by Earth. Featuring world premiere performances of commissioned works by 16 composers--including Bryce Dessner, Joe Hisaishi, Missy Mazzoli, Gabriela Montero, Nico Muhly, Max Richter, Ludovico Einaudi, and Ayanna Witter-Johnson--Gaïa pays tribute to Earth: its beauty, its fragility, its strength.

This program is presented without intermission.


Artists

Gautier Capuçon
Cello

Quenton Blache
Cello

Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Cello and Vocals

Jérôme Ducros
Piano

Melissa Lam
SFS Youth Orchestra Cello

Timothy Huang
SFS Youth Orchestra Cello

Anthony Jung
SFS Youth Orchestra Cello

Ethan Lee
SFS Youth Orchestra Cello

Claire Topper
SFS Youth Orchestra Cello

Cara Wang
SFS Youth Orchestra Cello


Program

Max Richter
Sequence for Gaïa

Armand Amar
Boreas

Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Wake

Gabriela Montero
Sur le lac du Bourget

Olivia Belli
Tàmâr Metushelah

Missy Mazzoli
The Usual Illusion

Joe Hisaishi
Prélude pour violoncelle et piano

Ludovico Einaudi
Air

Xavier Foley
Ambition

Nico Muhly
Side Piece

Bryce Dessner
Towards the Light

Abel Selaocoe
Toro Tsa Kwa

Michael Canitrot
Never Say Never

Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Forever Home

Quenton Blache
Of Wind and Rain

Jasmine Barnes
Life in Sunshine