program
“how do I find you”
Caroline
Shaw
“Listen”
Kamala Sankaram
and Mark Campbell
“Risk Not One”
Matt Boehler
and Todd Boss
“Self-Portrait with Dishevelled Hair”
Missy Mazzoli
and Royce Vavrek
“Spider”
John Glover
and Kelley Rourke
“Dear Colleagues”
Rene Orth
and Colleen Murphy
“Everything Will Be Okay”
Christopher Cerrone
and John K. Samson
“The Hazelnut Tree”
Gabriel
Kahane
“(A Bad Case of) Kids”
Andrew Marshall
and Todd Boss
“The Work of Angels”
Huang Ruo
and David Henry Hwang
“Altitude”
Timo Andres
and Lola Ridge
“Inward Things”
Nico Muhly
and Thomas Traherne
“That Night”
Hilary Purrington
and Mark Campbell
“After the Fires”
Lembit Beecher
and Liza Balkan
“#MasksUsedToBeFun”
Frances Pollock
and Emily Roller
“Still Waiting”
Joel Thompson
and Gene Scheer
“Where Once We Sang”
Jimmy López
and Mark Campbell
performances
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PRESENTING SPONSOR OF
THE GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES
SUPPORTING SPONSOR OF
THE GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES
ALL SEVENTEEN WORLD PREMIERES IN
SASHA COOKE’S RECITAL ARE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF LAURENCE CORASH AS A SURPRISE 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY GIFT TO HIS WIFE, MICHÈLE.
Event Description
Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke returns to Davies Symphony Hall for a program made up entirely of world premieres written by composers during the pandemic and dedicated specifically to Cooke. Together with pianist Kirill Kuzmin, Cooke shines a light on the hopes, fears, and observations of living through an unprecedented time, featuring the brightest compositional talents in music today.Immediately following the performance, join us for a roundtable discussion onstage featuring Sasha Cooke and composers Matthew Boehler, John Glover, Jimmy López Bellido, Nico Muhly, and Frances Pollock.

Kirill Kuzmin