Composer Portraits
Beat Furrer
Either/Or
Thursday, February 2, 2017, 8pm
Miller Theatre at Columbia University
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Swiss-Austrian composer Beat Furrer is a master of form and texture. His 40-year career spans forays into opera, chamber works, music theater, orchestral pieces, and everything in between; this program focuses in on more intimate works from the last two decades, including a U.S. premiere. Richard Carrick conducts Either/Or in Furrer’s nuanced explorations of percussion, bass flute, piano, strings, and more.
Repertoire
- intorno al bianco (2016) for clarinet and string quintet U.S. premiere
- linea dell’orizzonte (2012) for ensemble
- Ira – Arca (2012) for bass flute and double bass
- spur (1998) for piano and string quartet
Additional Information
Major support for Composer Portraits is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Frances Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts.
With the friendly support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.
