NOVA presents the world premiere of Desert Portal, a new multimedia work from composer Laura Kaminsky, choreographer Kendall Fischer, and artist Rebecca Allan.

Kaminsky describes this piece as “'a day in the desert' in a series of vignettes: desert wind, pre-dawn, birds awakening, flash flood, evaporation, parched, wildlife, twilight, disappearance of light, night movements.”

program

Johannes Brahms Seven Fantasies, op. 116
Viktor Valkov piano

Jessica Rudman The Time Before We Became Strangers
Lisa Byrnes flute | Katie Porter clarinet
Stephen Proser horn | Sam Elliott trombone
Alex Martin violin | Andrew Keller bass | Gabriel Gordon conductor

Lili Boulanger D’un soir triste
Alex Martin violin | Walter Haman cello | Viktor Valkov piano

Shawn E. Okpebholo On a Poem by Miho Nonaka: Harvard Square
Mercedes Smith flute

Laura Kaminsky Desert Portal
Kendall Fischer choreographer | Rebecca Allan visual artist
Lisa Byrnes, Mercedes Smith flute | Katie Porter clarinet
Sam Elliott trombone | Walter Haman cello
Keith Carrick, Eric Hopkins percussion | Gabriel Gordon conductor
Kendall Fischer, Sarah Lorraine, Fiona Gitlin, Tawna Waters dancers

featuring