The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Songs and Snow Tickets

George Crumb’s haunting American Songbooks is paired with Tan Dun’s visceral remembrance of the Tiananmen Square conflict.

Both pieces contain sound worlds that redefine the parameters of chamber music with shocking intensity.

• George Crumb - Winds of Destiny (American Songbook IV) for Singer, Percussion Quartet, and Amplified Piano (2004) • Tan Dun - Elegy: Snow in June for Cello and Percussion Quartet (1991)

Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Sandbox Percussion (Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Ian David Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney)