Sat 8.7 - Rewind

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

The Cabrillo Festival picks up speed Saturday night with a newcomer, 30-year-old London-born acoustic and electro-acoustic composer Anna Clyne, and the West Coast Premiere of her rewind. The New York Times praised its “patterned rhythms and sensual orchestration.”
Scottish percussionist Colin Currie made his U.S. debut at the Festival when he was only 19 years old, and in this third visit to the Festival returns as soloist in Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto, winner of the 2010 GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. Higdon composed the challenging piece especially for Currie, an artist known for "his charisma as well as impeccable technique."
Then Maestra Alsop will lead the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra in the West Coast Premieres of two major works by British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage: Chicago Remains, a celebrated piece inspired by the Windy City and which, according to the Chicago Tribune, “captures the true grit of our town;” and Drowned Out.

A Talkback Session with Marin Alsop, guest artists, and composers follows the concert.

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