Three years ago, Clarice Assad’s chamber orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition was a hit for New Century Chamber Orchestra. Now you can hear it again, played by the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, along with the premiere of the composer’s Pandemonium for String Quartet and String Orchestra. (Really promising title: Who doesn’t want to hear a little pandemonium let loose in the concert hall? Especially pandemonium that doesn’t involve brass or percussion.) Laura Kaminsky’s Rising Tide completes this ambitious program.
Michael Zwiebach is the senior editor/content manager for SFCV. He assigns all articles and content, manages the writing staff, and does editing. A member of SFCV from the beginning, Michael holds a Ph.D. in music history from the University of California, Berkeley.