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The first 90 minutes of tonight’s program features student compositions inspired by works of art at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. We have included gallery information with each piece, and we invite guests to visit the Museum to view the works.
The Festival’s composition program is led by composers-in-residence Derek Bermel and Andreia Pinto Correia.
BRANCH FREEMAN (b. 1997)
The Ends of Artifice
- Movie Star
- Bird
- The Flagellation of Christ
Nathaniel Wolff, English horn • Zhiwei Ni, clarinet • Justin Cao, bass • Megan Apostol, harp • Michael McKeague, Alexa Clawson, Aidan Gold, percussion
This piece was inspired by: (1) Thornton Dial, Movie Star, 1994, charcoal, pastel and graphite on paper; (2) Edward Julius Detmold, Macaw, 1924, color etching and aquatint; and (3) Bernardo Castello, The Flagellation, pen and brown ink, brown wash over black chalk. These works are part of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Collection; not currently on view.
BETHIA KONG (b. 2003)
pinkish haze
Anna Linder, Kelsey Payne, violin • Leo Kubota, Alex Aranzabal, cello
This piece was inspired by: Richard Misrach, The Diving Board (Salton Sea), 1983, ektacolor print. On view in the Focus Gallery.
ANDREW FAULKENBERRY (b. 1999)
L’arbre
Nathaniel Wolff, oboe
This piece was inspired by: Wols, Untitled (Tree [L’Arbre]), ca. 1946-1947, oil on canvas. Part of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Collection; not currently on view.
GABRIEL STOSSEL (b. 2001)
Lux Caelestis
Dexter Mott, Kelsey Payne, violin • Katherine Park, viola • Isaac Pagano-Toub, cello
This piece was inspired by the following works by Mina Loy: Moons I (left), L’Aube, Stars, Light, and Teasing a Butterfly, 1932, mixed media on board. On view in the Boyd Gallery.
AIDAN GOLD (b. 1997)
The Making of the Sleigh
Nathaniel Wolff, oboe • Jean Marie Smith, horn • Justin Cao, bass • Bethia Kong, melodica • Amy Ahn, harp • Aidan Gold, percussion
This piece was inspired by: Emilie Stark-Menneg, Sleighing, 2023, acrylic on canvas. On view in the Zuckert Seminar Room.
KATHARINE PETKOVSKI (b. 1997)
ABOVE
Daniel Dastoor, Kayla Bryan, violin • Wanshu Suzie Qiu, viola • Camden Archambeau, cello
This piece was inspired by: Mina Loy, Communal Cot, 1949, cut-paper and mixed-media collage mounted on board. On view in the Boyd Gallery.
CHRIS WILLIAMS (b. 1986)
A veil of rippled glass
Waverly Long, viola • Sophia Jho, harp • Aidan Gold, percussion
This piece was inspired by: Ann Hamilton, mirror, 2000, iris print. On view in the Becker Gallery.
— Intermission —
AIDAN GOLD (b. 1997)
Music from a Pile of Sound
I. A Pile of Notes
Nathaniel Wolff, oboe • Sadie McLeod, violin • Bethia Kong, melodica • Derek Hartman, piano • Aidan Gold, electronics
The young artists featured in today’s concert are sponsored by: Robert & Carol Briselli, Margy Burroughs, Peter & Harriette Griffin, the Lewis & Adria Kaplan Scholarship Fund, Kent & Natalie Mitchell, New York Community Trust, Barbi & John Norton, Herb & Harriet Paris, Bill & Mary Earl Rogers, Howard & Mary Jane Rosenfield, Irwin & Civia Rosenberg, and Ed & Whitney Selover.