In DREAMS-BEND, The Happenstancers draw the listener into the world of the night and of dreams, contrasting the richness of Romantic chamber music with subtle and evocative contemporary works, including WORLD PREMIERE performances of new works by Nahre Sol and Micah Behr, commissioned for this programme.

This diverse palette of works evokes the unsettled, twisting atmosphere of dreams, and paints dark images of the night. With sudden shifts in colour and mood, and flashes of the familiar juxtaposed with moments of disorientation, DREAMS-BEND leads the listener into a fantastic world of night-characters and delightful grotesqueries.

REPERTOIRE

Robert Schumann – Marchenerzahlungen (Fairy-Tale Narrations), op. 120

Gyorgy Kurtag – Hommage a R. Sch.

Du Yun – Dreams–Bend, for speaker, clarinet, violin, and viola

Lori Freedman – Nab Mab, for 3 speakers

Nahre Sol – Abstractions WORLD PREMIERE

Micah Behr – Der Dichter Schläft (The Poet Sleeps) WORLD PREMIERE

Thomas Ades – 3 Berceuses, from The Exterminating Angel

Johannes Brahms – Trio op. 114, selections

PERFORMERS

Madlen Breckbill — violin and viola

Brad Cherwin — clarinet and bass drum

Micah Behr — piano