Featuring “some of the brightest young classical musicians in the world” (Time Out New York), Decoda is Carnegie Hall’s first-ever affiliate ensemble, comprising alums of the adventurous Ensemble Connect. Copland’s Appalachian Spring—celebrating its 80th anniversary this season—serves as an inspiration and departure point for this unique program. Experience a premiere composed by and featuring Ringdown, the new electronic cinematic pop duo of Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee; an American folk–inspired septet by Copland’s friend Hanns Eisler written shortly before his expulsion from the US; a new arrangement of Billy Bragg’s setting of Woody Guthrie’s “Eisler on the Go”; and the dynamic Vera by Hannah Kendall.

Program

COPLAND Midday Thoughts for Solo Piano

HANNAH KENDALL Vera

EISLER Septet No. 1, Op. 95a (Variations on Children's Songs)

BILLY BRAGG "Eisler on the Go" (arr. Claire Bryant)

RINGDOWN New Work (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite for 13 Instruments