This program of vocal chamber music includes the world premiere of Lembit Beecher’s After the Fires, based on interviews with his own family and their community. Also on the program, David Ludwig and Ray Owen’s epic cycle about North Carolina’s Bleeding Pines and works for strings and voice by Marcos Balter, Amy Beth Kirsten, Jessica Meyer, Jessie Montgomery and Jane Sheldon.

Marcos Balter: Ear Skin and Bone Riddles
Lembit Beecher: After the Fires (World Premiere)
Amy Beth Kirsten: Yes I said Yes I will Yes
David Ludwig: Songs of the Bleeding Pines/Songs of the Spirit of Turpentine*
Jessica Meyer: The Last Rose of Summer
Jessie Montgomery: Loisaida, I Love You
Jane Sheldon: Kakagi

Kristina Bachrach, Sarah Brailey, Charlotte Mundy, Soprano
Annie Rosen, mezzo soprano
Michael Kelly, baritone
Catherine Gregory, flute
Moran Katz, clarinet
Stanichka Dimitrova, violin
Sofia Nowik, cello
Michael Brofman, piano

*Libretto by Ray Owen