Border Crossing: Music of Derek Bermel with JACK Quartet
May 7, 2018
Derek Bermel, host and clarinet
JACK Quartet | Mikaela Bennett, soprano | Aaron Wunsch, piano
derekbermel.com | jackquartet.com
Derek Bermel is a composer of “staggering eclecticism” (Gramophone Magazine). His works incorporate a wondrous array of the world’s sounds — from West African rhythms, to Eastern European folk music, to Celtic strains, to jazz and the blues — with wit, intelligence, and panache. Also a “brilliant” clarinetist (New York Times), he joins the JACK Quartet, “superheroes of the new music world” (Boston Globe), for his “ear-catching” clarinet quintet (New York Times), A Short History of the Universe. Don’t miss this chance to get to know him and his latest creative work.
Program
Bernstein — Clarinet Sonata
Bermel — A Short History of the Universe
Bermel — Intonations
Bermel — Coming Together
Bermel — Excerpts from a new opera, The House on Mango Street (New York Premiere)
Watch & Listen
JACK Quartet performs Derek Bermel's Intonations, inspired by scenes from Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man:
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