Focus Festival 2019: On the Air!
Program

A Salute to 75 Years of International Radio Commissioning

PETERIS VASKS (Latvia, b. 1946) Bass Trip (2002-3)
Yi Hsuan Chiu, double bass

TOSHIO HOSOKAWA (Japan, b. 1955) Gesine (2009)
Lenka Petrovic, harp

TIGRAN MANSURIAN (Armenia, b. 1939) Ode to the Lotus (2012)
Sergio Muñoz Leiva, viola

JÖRG WIDMANN (Germany, b. 1973) Toccata (2002)
Yilun Xu, piano

All pieces on the first half were commissioned by ARD, the Consortium of Public Broadcasters in the Federal Republic of Germany, for the Munich International competitions, a project of Bavarian Radio

AARON JAY KERNIS (US, b. 1960) Two Movements (with bells) (2007)
Zeynep Alpan, violin
Dror Baitel, piano
Commissioned by the BBC Proms

ZYGMUNT KRAUZE (Poland): String Quartet No. 3
The Azure Quartet:
Kenneth McDonald and Brenden Zak, violins
Hannah Geisinger, viola
Yifei Li, cello
Commissioned by Radio France

Venue
Peter Jay Sharp Theater