Composer at Large: An Evening with Julia Adolphe

OCT 13, 8pm

Composer at Large: An Evening with Julia Adolphe
Music Style: New Music

With commissions already performed by the New York Philharmonic, and the LA Chamber Orchestra, this evening with the young and gifted American composer includes a sneak preview of selections from her new opera, A Barrel Of Laughs, A Vale Of Tears, co-commissioned by Boston Court.

COMPOSERS
Julia Adolphe

PERFORMERS
Soprano: Hila Plitmann
Mezzo-Soprano: Victoria Fox
Piano: Lisa Sylvester
Violin: Jonathan Ong
Violin: Dorothy Ro
Viola: Abigail Rojansky
Cello: Jonathan Dormand

REPERTOIRE
White Flag
If Only She
Moonlight Aria and Duet
A Laugh is No Kinging Matter
Sculpture Aria
Star-Crossed Signals
Footsteps
The Dastardly Divide (from A Barrel of Laughs)

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