Musical Offering, Johann Sebastian Bach’s miraculous monument of polyphony, is performed in its entirety and interspersed with Chinese-American composer Lei Liang’s Garden Eight, a musical interludes that pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty Yuen Yeh, the earliest and the most exquisite Chinese horticulture treatise. Liang’s connection with Bach is borne out of his fascination with the polyphony found within the single lines that Bach’s creates, at once experienced as melody and as part of underlying harmony. In Garden Eight he explores the possibility of introducing single notes as a polyphonic experience.

This concert honors the work of Soundings’ friend, Kay Cattarulla, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Symphony Space’s rebirth in 1978 with its Wall-to-Wall Bach Festival. Kay, who currently serves on the Symphony Space board, is the founder of Selected Shorts, the nationally broadcast literary program.

Soundings: New Music at the Nasher is the critically-acclaimed new music series featuring groundbreaking performances created under the artistic direction of Seth Knopp, a founding member of the Peabody Trio and artistic director of Yellow Barn. Soundings has been hailed as the “most rewarding music in North Texas” by D Magazine and described as “rapt and soulful…beautifully performed” by the New York Times.

Nasher Sculpture Center is pleased to announce the 2017-2018 season of Soundings: New Music at the Nasher. Season tickets are now on sale. Individual tickets will be made available one month prior to each concert.

When: January 13 @7:30pm
Where: Nasher Sculpture Center
Price: $10+
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