RESCHEDULED: Evan Premo Composer-in-Residence Showcase

240 Southern Boulevard,Chatham Township NJ 07928

12 June, 2022

Description

Vermont-based Evan Premo, 2021-22 Composer-in-Residence. This RESCHEDULED performance showcases his music, including a World Premiere. Vermont-based composer and bassist Evan Premo is Lyrica's 2021-22 Composer-in-Residence. His music is performed by the Aizuri Quartet on February 6th, but this concert is his showcase. He performs his own music, as well as pieces by JS Bach, alongside frequent collaborators, including flutist Catherine Gregory, pianist David Kaplan, cellist Ani Kalayjian, and Evan's own wife, soprano Mary Bonhag. The highlight of the concert is the World Premiere of Inside the Breath (2022), commissioned by Lyrica Chamber Music and Scrag Mountain Music. Other works to include his Rumi Songs for bass and soprano, the Songs for a Mountain Recluse for the ensemble, and music by JS Bach including the Coffee Cantata and movements of the Orchestral Suite in b minor.