James Tocco, Leila Josefowicz, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Power, Paul Watkins, Blackbird Creative Lab (~Nois, Juxtatonal and The Furies), Eighth Blackbird, Ivalas Quartet, Thalea String Quartet Eighth Blackbird returns for a performance of all things contemporary featuring works by Stone Composer-in-Residence Sarah Kirkland Snider, Annika Kale Socolofsky and Viet Cuong. Plus, witness a Festival showstopper as Leila Josefowicz, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Power, Paul Watkins and members from the Thalea String Quartet and Eighth Blackbird combine for a cross-generational performance of Shostakovich’s Two Pieces for String Octet.
PRELUDE: SHOSTAKOVICH | String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 Thalea String Quartet DVOŘÁK | Waltzes, Op. 54 SNIDER | Chrysalis SOCOLOFSKY | Who Am I To Say? SNIDER | You Are Free SOCOLOFSKY | Don’t Say a Word CUONG | Prized Possessions BRAHMS | Trio for Clarinet (Viola), Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 114 SHOSTAKOVICH | Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11