Jennifer Koh & Davóne Tines:

Everything That Rises Must Converge

December 2, 2019
7:30PM

Jennifer Koh, violin
Davóne Tines, baritone

Violinist Jennifer Koh, a “prodigious builder of musical bridges” (L A Times) partners with “charismatic” bass-baritone Davóne Tines (New York Times) for a new program entitled Everything That Rises Must Converge, an exploration of parallels in their family histories, told through music. Don't miss this innovative and deeply personal program, featuring music for violin and voice by J. S. Bach, Gustav Holst, Julia Wolfe, Missy Mazzoli, Andrew Norman, traditional hymns and songs, and a world premiere by Du Yun.

Program

J. S. Bach - Ciaconna from Partita in D Minor, BWV 1004

Gustav Holst - Selection from Four Songs for Voice and Violin, Op. 35
Andrew Norman - Cecilia for solo violin, from The Companion Guide to Rome (2010)
Heung-Ryul Lee - "Island Baby" (Korean lullaby)
Traditional hymn - "What A Friend We Have in Jesus"
Julia Wolfe - Spinning Jenny for solo violin (2016)
Beethoven/Traditional - "Joyful, Joyful"
Missy Mazzoli - Dissolve, O My Heart (2010)
Du Yun - Give Me Back My Fingerprints - World Premiere of version for bass-baritone and violin

Watch & Listen

Jennifer Koh performs Bach’s Chaconne from Partita in D Minor, BWV 1004

Davóne Tines sings in John Adams’s Girls of the Golden West

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