On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 7:30pm ET, Decoda—the Affiliate Ensemble of Carnegie Hall, returns to the stage at Weill Recital Hall in New York City for a vibrant program of mixed instrumentation chamber music. Anchoring the performance is the world premiere of anonymous beneath the lemon trees for Soprano and Ensemble by Michael Hersch (featuring the acclaimed soprano, Alice Teyssier). Additionally, audiences will dive into the dark and zany world of Gilad Cohen’s The Last Battle of King Sorrow and Joy Guidry’s graphic score of love and frustration, Y’all don’t want to listen. Threading these pieces together are three new versions of Alice Jones’s miniature, Dark is a way. Full of drama, excitement, and surprises, this concert highlights the urgency of hearing new works.

PERFORMERS
Alice Teyssier, Soprano
Catherine Gregory, flute
Stuart Breczinski, oboe
Moran Katz, clarinet
Benjamin Baron, clarinet
Brad Balliett, bassoon
Laura Weiner, horn
Adelya Nardajieva, violin
Michelle Ross, violin
George Meyer, viola
Claire Bryant, cello
Evan Premo, double bass
David Kaplan, piano

PROGRAM
JOY GUIDRY: Y'all don't want to listen

ALICE JONES (arr. Evan Premo): Dark is a way

GILAD COHEN The Last Battle of King Sorrow

I. Decisive

II. Restless

III. Gloomy

IV. Frantic

ALICE JONES: Dark is a way

MICHAEL HERSCH: anonymous beneath the lemon trees

seven songs after text fragments of Utler, Kociejowski, Fleischmann, Middleton, Karim and Thucydides

XIAO BAO HE: When We Are Poor

PERFORMANCE
March 23, 2022
7:30 PM EST