THESE HILLS OF GLORY

THESE HILLS OF GLORY
the chamber music of Wayne Horvitz
featuring Carla Kihlstedt and odeonquartet

November 4, 7:30 pm

Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall
Benaroya Hall
200 University Street
Tickets: $29-$19

Seattle Symphony, in collaboration with the 2009 Earshot Jazz Festival, presents These Hills of Glory, for string quartet and improvising soloist, with violinist Carla Kihlstedt (Tin Hat, Fred Frith's Cosa Brava,Two Foot Yard, John Zorn) and odeonquartet, a world-renowned string quartet featuring members of the Seattle Symphony.

The program will also include two world premieres - For Piano Alone in Four Parts (2009), composed by Wayne Horvitz and performed by pianist Cristina Valdes, and Carry Over (2009), composed by Robin Holcomb, performed by odeonquartet.

Also featured on the program are Horvitz' works, Thursday, At Dusk, in Spokane, Washington, for clarinet and piano, and Inside Morning, for flute and piano. The concert will conclude with an improvisation by Horvitz and Carla Kihlstedt. A discussion with the composer, moderated by composer/writer Chris DeLaurenti, will precede the performance.

This project has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius, and was funded in part through Meet The Composer's MetLife Creative Connections program. Additional support was provided by 4Culture, Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and Artist Trust.

Special thanks to Earshot Jazz, The Seattle Symphony, Seattle Chamber Players, Cornish College of the Arts, The Frank Agency, Centrum and The Blue Mountain Center.