BRIDGE TO EVERYWHERE

SEASON 2019

Music without Borders

Los Angeles-based chamber ensemble Bridge to Everywhere performs a cross-cultural program of contemporary music that reflects our interconnected world. The evening features works by Los Angeles-based composers Derrick Spiva, Jr., Reena Esmail, Juan Pablo Contreras and James Waterman including two world premieres.  The concert also explores connections found across diverse musical traditions including Hindustani and Carnatic classical music, traditional West African music, Mexican folk music, Arabic music, Western classical music and jazz.


The Program

Hindustani Classical Improvisation: Raag Jog
James Waterman: Inverness (2019)*
Juan Pablo Contreras: Diálogos (2010)
Philip Graulty: Thursday, An Umbrella (2019)
James Waterman: Abacus (2019)*

INTERMISSION

Reena Esmail: Chuti Hui Jagah
II. Joota (Shoe) (2015)
Katherine Hoover: Winter Spirits (1997)
Anna Kouchnerov: Three Magyar Sketches (2019)*
Derrick Spiva Jr.: Seven Turns (2019)*
Poovalur Srinivasan: Jamming Saints (2001)

*denotes a world premiere


The Artists

Bridge to Everywhere is a collective of musicians whose passion and excitement for new music move them to take bold risks and explore the unfamiliar. From flute, violins and Hindustani vocals to electric guitar, Oud and percussion from around the world, the ensemble strives to build new bridges between instruments, genres, cultures and people.

Interested

The 2019 Fall Music Series is sponsored by Elaine Kramer & Al Latham.

Additional Supporters
Sandy Greenstein
Diane Henderson
Tom Jacobson & Ramone Muñoz
Eileen T’Kaye & David Bischoff
Liza Beres
Bill Kennedy
Robert Leventer & Jenna Blaustein
Sarah Lyding
Michael Welsh

Additional generous support provided by the City of Pasadena, the Colburn Foundation, the Peter Glenville Foundation and Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts.


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