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archived event
Monday, March 19, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School
Bach and Music of Today
Curated by Kent Nagano
J.S. Bach Prelude and fugue in C major
J.S. Bach Prelude and fugue in C# major
George Benjamin Viola Viola
Unsuk Chin Fantaisie Mécanique (L.A. premiere)
J.S. Bach Chromatic fantasy and fugue
Kurt Rohde Double Trouble
Ichiro Nodaira Texture du délire I (U.S. premiere)
J.S. Bach / Ferruccio Busoni Chaconne
Ichiro Nodaira, conductor and piano
Kurt Rohde, viola
Ellen Ruth Rose, viola
MEC Ensemble
Kent Nagano has fashioned a thoughtful and invigorating program highlighting the distinctively modern aspects of Bach’s language and contrasting them with music by some of today’s leading composers.