Evento

Exponential Ensemble Season 15 opener

In Essence
Friday, September 26, 2025 - 7pm
Marc A. Scorca Hall, New York City
330 7th Avenue, 7th floor

Join us at 6:30pm for a pre-concert reception in the 7th floor lobby.

In Essence explores how a single musical idea can transform into a fascinating musical journey. This program begins with Valerie Coleman's Red Clay & Mississippi Delta, a reflection on her musical heritage from the South, while also showing off the virtuosity of the wind quintet instruments through bluesy and flashy riffs. The Light is the Same by Reena Esmail is based on two ragas, or Indian scales, providing a flurry of contrasting colors and textures. The wind quartet by Rossini is, in essence, a miniature opera where each instrument is featured as a soloist. The works by Robert Muczysnki and György Ligeti are both sets of miniatures showcasing their unique and masterful approaches to harmony, rhythm, and phrasing.

Program
Valerie Coleman: Red Clay & Mississippi Delta
György Ligeti: Six Bagatelles
Robert Muczynski: Fragments
Gioachino Rossini: Quartet no. 4 for winds
Reena Esmail: The Light is the Same

Anna Urrey, Flute
Kemp Jernigan, Oboe
Pascal Archer, Clarinet
Joshua Butcher, Bassoon
Eric Huckins, French Horn