Seed: Germinal Roots and First Respiration

SEED I BLOOM I FLIGHT is a three-part concert series that explores the natural lifecycle of the garden, from germinal seeds of beginnings (May) to full bloom (August) and transformation and decay (October).

We begin this May with SEED, a program centered on emergence: the unfolding of musical ideas, the first burst of life, and the question of how to reckon with new life in an age of climate uncertainty.

Highlights of SEED include Emilie Mayer’s underperformed Piano Trio in B minor, a work that showcases her masterful command of motivic development—an ability that earned her the nickname “the female Beethoven.” Also included is Trifolium by Gabriela Ortiz, one of today’s leading composers in Mexico. Named after the three-leaved clover genus, the work references plants known for their role in restoring and sustaining the soil.

Also featured is "How to Breathe" from The Trees Speak by composer-in-residence Angelique Mouyis, presented here in a newly commissioned arrangement for piano trio. (Additional movements from The Trees Speak will be presented as part of the Flight program in October.)

The program is bookended by bursts of sunlit energy through Boulanger’s luminous French textures and a virtuosic, early finale by Beethoven.

For more information about the concert series, visit www.wildmusearts.com

Program:

Lili Boulanger, D’un matin de printemps

Angelique Mouyis, "How to Breathe" from The Trees Speak

Emilie Mayer, Piano Trio Op. 16 in B minor

Gabriela Ortiz, Trifolium

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Trio Op. 1, No. 1 in E-flat major IV. Presto

Performers:

Sharon Gayoung Cho, violin

WanYi Pan, cello

Kathryn Felt, piano

Pre-Concert Farm Tour (4:00 PM) Join us for a guided tour of Faraway Farm before the music begins.

As part of Wild Muse Arts’ commitment to our sustainability initiative:

• Guests arriving via low-carbon transit (i.e. train or carpool) will receive a compost coins redeemable at the farm
• Each attendee will receive a packet of seeds to take home and plant