ASU Symphony Orchestra and Brooklyn Rider: Earth on Fire

ASU Symphony Orchestra and Brooklyn Rider
Earth on Fire

Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 7:30 p.m., ASU Gammage
As part of the prestigious ASU Visiting Quartet Residency Program, the critically acclaimed string quartet Brooklyn Rider joins the ASU Symphony Orchestra in a rich tapestry of musical selections exploring major issues facing a global, interconnected society on a warming planet. With its intrepid musical appetite, the quartet will act as leaders, soloists and collaborators throughout the evening on this fascinating and thought-provoking musical journey.

Ruth Crawford Seeger: Rissolty Rossolty
Colin Jacobsen: A Short While To Be Here… (based on American Folk Songs as collected and transcribed by Ruth Crawford Seeger)
Michael Abels: Global Warming
Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae for string quartet (Brooklyn Rider)
Gabriela Lena Frank: Contested Eden
Siamak Aghaei/Colin Jacobsen: Ascending Bird: Introduction and Dance for Orchestra, (arr. for full orchestra by Michael P. Atkinson)