THE STARS AND THE ROSES

World premiere: “Sleep Now” for Clarinet and String Quartet

Composer Eric Nathan returns with the world premiere his first BMV commission, Missing Words IV, on a program also featuring Steven Stucky’s The Stars and the Roses with the tenor who premiered the chamber version of this work in 2013, Roy Hage. Plus, a pair of past BMV commissions—David Rakowski’s Mikronomicon and Theo Loevendie’s Back Bay Bicinium—and new 50th Anniversary bagatelles from Joseph Schwantner and Yehudi Wyner.