Hear Now Music Festival

DIscarded, broken glass weathers the ocean, gradually reintegrating into nature in Through this ocean glass by Gibson Mahnke in a work for five instruments. A flute shouts over striking interjections of metal and drum percussion, alongside prepared piano and scordatura cello exploring the tension between eruption and stillness in a moment like this…? by Stephen de Filippo. What do “dignity” and “liberty” mean in the context of the American gun culture, as called into question by a speaking string quartet in Extraordinary Instruments by Tommy Dougherty? Lyris Quartet and Brightwork Ensemble tackle the instrumentals in this chamber music program with more works by Isaac Schankler, Haosi Howard Chen, Shahab Paranj, Mason Moy, Kevin Hartnett, and Daniel Cui.