Violinist/composer Curtis Stewart premieres new music with pianist and Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence Aaron Diehl, Harlem Quartet, Mazz Swift, and a chamber orchestra of musicians from The Next Festival of Emerging Artists and Kaufman Music Center’s Special Music School, conducted by Peter Askim. Featuring the world premiere of Curtis’s ACO-commissioned work Embrace, the program brings new creative voices to the fore, in part through reinterpreting works from the past.
A New Sounds Live co-presentation hosted by John Schaefer
Featured Artists
Curtis Stewart, Grammy-nominated violinist and composer
Aaron Diehl, pianist and composer, 2022-23 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence
Peter Askim, conductor
Harlem Quartet
The Next Festival of Emerging Artists Orchestra
Program
CURTIS STEWART – Gone
Violin solo
CURTIS STEWART – Thalassaki Mou
Violin solo
OSCAR PETERSON – Hymn to Freedom
Violin and piano feat. Aaron Diehl
DAVID N. BAKER – Deliver my Soul
Violin and piano feat. Aaron Diehl
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR – Selections from 24 Negro melodies
Violin and string orchestra
CURTIS STEWART – Embrace World Premiere ACO commission
Violin and string orchestra
JOSEPH BOLOGNE/CURTIS STEWART – KNIGHT Music
Violin and string orchestra
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