Vijay Iyer’s new piano concerto, “Handmade Universe,” incorporates elements of jazz in a work written for Shai Wosner and the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, presented here in a special partnership with Portland Chamber Music Festival. Violinist Jennifer Koh joins festival directors Wilhelmina Smith (SBC) and Melissa Reardon (PCMS) in Missy Mazzoli’s folk-inspired string trio and Mozart’s dark and brooding G minor Piano Quartet to bring the festival’s 30th year to a rousing conclusion.
PROGRAM
Missy Mazzoli Lies You Can Believe In
Jennifer Koh, violin; Melissa Reardon, viola; Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Jennifer Koh, violin; Melissa Reardon, viola; Wilhelmina Smith, cello; Shai Wosner, piano
Vijay Iyer Concerto for Piano and Strings, “Handmade Universe”
Shai Wosner, piano; East Coast Chamber Orchestra
SBC thanks our friends at Portland Chamber Music Festival for their partnership on this performance of “Handmade Universe”