Grossman Ensemble: Durieux, Lazkano, Shepherd, Thomas, Wagner





Saturday, August 15, 2026
7:30 pm

Mary Flagler Cary Hall

Melinda Wagner
Limbic Fragments, 2024*
for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, horn, harp, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violin, viola, and cello
* NY Premiere

Sean Shepherd
Simple Machines - Air, Churn, Hover, 2024*
for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, horn, harp, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violin, viola, and cello
* NY Premiere

Ramon Lazkano
A Glitch at the Edge, 2024*
for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, horn, harp, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violin, viola, and cello
* NY Premiere

Frédéric Durieux
Theater of Shadows I, 2022*
for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, horn, harp, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violin, viola, and cello
* NY Premiere

Augusta Read Thomas
Solstice Ritual – Homage to Varèse and Ravel, 2024
for flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, piano, celeste, 4 percussion, 2 violin, viola, and cello

Grossman Ensemble

Timothy Weiss, conductor

Constance Volk, flute
Andrew Nogal, oboe
Katherine Jimoh, clarinet
Taimur Sullivan, saxophone
Matthew Oliphant, horn
Greg Beyer, percussion
John Corkill, percussion
Kyle Flens, percussion
Christopher Jones, percussion
Ben Melsky, harp
Daniel Pesca, piano
Marianne Parker, celesta
Hanna Hurwitz, violin
Theo Ramsey, violin
Doyle Armbrust, viola
Nick Photinos, cello

Concert duration: approx. one hour

All works were commissioned by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition, except Solstice Ritual – Homage to Varèse and Ravel by Augusta Read Thomas, which was commissioned by the Juilliard School.

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Mary Flagler Cary Hall
DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 W 37th Street
New York, NY 10018

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