World Premiere String Quartet | Kian Ravaei (b. 1999)

I Had a Dream (from the opera Penita) | Zoltan Almashi (b. 1975)

     I. A Song about Children

     II. Intermezzo

     III. A Song about Happiness

And So | Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)

Trois Chansons de Bilitis | Claude Debussy (1862—1918)

I. La flûte de Pan

II. La chevelure

III. Le tombeau des naïades

Oblivion (arr. Kevin Day) | Astor Piazzolla (1921—1992)

This program brings together music that is tender, introspective, and vividly alive. We begin with a brand-new string quartet by Kian Ravaei commissioned by Sheffield Chamber Players, followed by vocal selections that cut to the emotional core of love and loss. Zoltan Almashi’s haunting I Had a Dream; Caroline Shaw’s intimate And So; Debussy’s dreamy Trois Chansons de Bilitis; and Astor Piazzolla’s Oblivion all carry the audience and performers on a shared journey along the spectrum of human emotion. ~ Christina English