SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2021
CONCERT @ 4pm CENTRAL
NEWBERRY LIBRARY, CHICAGO, IL
Pre-Concert Lecture @ 3pm (in person only)
Fourth Coast Ensemble presents the world premiere of "A Brush With Our Time," from composer Andrea Clearfield and librettist Doreen Rao.
Commissioned by the ensemble, this piece for four voices, shakuhachi, percussion, and piano is based on the poetry of Zen artist Kazuaki Tanahashi, and explores the tension between peace and conflict. The four singers will move freely throughout Newberry Library’s modular performance hall, immersing the audience in Clearfield’s “vivid and galvanizing” sound world (Opera News), while Tanahashi paints four large-scale enso calligraphy works on canvases stationed throughout the performance space.
The program begins with excerpts from Leonard Bernstein’s Mass arranged by Rao, and will be staged by Chicago director George Cederquist.
This concert will be performed both in person, and as a live in HD broadcast via streaming on fourthcoastensemble.com/brush. All in-person audience members will receive the access code to view the livestream for 48-hours after the performance. If you would like to purchase a ticket to attend in-person, please click here.
"Technical and musical excellence" –John von Rhein (former arts critic of Chicago Tribune) on Fourth Coast Ensemble's 2021 HD Season