Pangaea

Pangaea

ChamberFest West opens its fifth season to a world without borders. This celebratory program journeys across continents, beginning with African Classical Music featuring master kora player Tunde Jegede and the vivid storytelling of Chinese folklore, followed by the hypnotic Piano Phase by American minimalist Steve Reich and the high-octane, dance-charged virtuosity of Matthew Hindson’s Rush. The program concludes with Johannes Brahms’s Sextet in G major—often called his most ethereal large-scale work—unfolding with deep romantic lyricism and a rich, enveloping warmth.

Program:

TUNDE JEGEDE (b. 1972)
Moon Waters

Tunde Jegede, Kora

 

TRADITIONAL (arr. Yang Bao Zhi, b.1935)
Ambush on All Sides

Blake Pouliot, violin | Zoltan Fejervari, piano

 

STEVE REICH (b. 1936)
Piano Phase for Two Pianos

Roman Rabinovich, piano | Zoltan Fejervari, piano

 

MIGUEL DEL ÁGUILA (b. 1957)
Clocks, Op. 58 (No. 1)
for piano quintet

David McCarroll, violin | Kerson Leong, violin
Njord Fossnes, viola | Brook Speltz, cello | Zoltan Fejervari, piano

 

MATTHEW HINDSON (b. 1968)
Rush
for piano trio

David McCarroll, violin | Brook Speltz, cello | Zoltan Fejervari, piano

 

- Intermission -

 

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36

Blake Pouliot, violin | Diana Cohen, violin
Pearl de la Motte, viola | Njord Fosnes, viola
Oliver Herbert, cello | Clancy Newman, cello