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NEXUS Chamber Music

October 4, 2021, 8:00 pm

Benjamin Baker, violin
Brian Hong, violin and co-artistic director
Jordan Bak, viola
Alexander Hersh, cello and co-artistic director
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute
Kristina Bachrach, soprano
Augusta Read Thomas, composer and emcee

The program entitled Upon Wings of Words was recorded live on September 9, 2021 from the Pavilion at the Ravinia Festival.

Playlist

Theme and Variations for flute and string quartet, by Amy Beach

Upon Wings of Words (Emily Dickinson Settings) for soprano and string quartet, by Augusta Read Thomas

Five Lieder (1910) for soprano and string quartet, by Alma Mahler
arr. Cliff Colnot

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Meet the Host

Kerry is a regular host of live concert broadcasts including Live from WFMT, concerts from the Ravinia Festival, and WFMT’s premiere visiting artist series, Impromptu. Kerry hosts many WFMT Radio Network broadcasts from such locations as the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Salzburg Festival. A native Chicagoan, Kerry grew up with WFMT. His love of music and radio played an important part in his life at Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin, where he eventually became program director of Wisconsin Public Radio. He’s always been a strong advocate of live music broadcasts, and cherishes having interviewed many of the performers he admires including Itzhak Perlman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Renée Fleming, John Adams, Leif Ove Andsnes – even the award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

NEXUS Chamber Music

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