Presented by Portland’5 & Chamber Music Northwest
THE CROSSROADS PROJECT: RISING TIDE
with the Fry Street Quartet
Thursday, October 15, 2015, 7:30pm
Playing at: Newmark Theatre

THE CROSSROADS PROJECT: RISING TIDE
BLENDING COMPELLING AND POETIC SCIENCE, EVOCATIVE IMAGERY, AND POWERFUL MUSIC TO EXPLORE NATURE, HUMANITY, AND THE PATHS THAT LIE BEFORE US…

The Crossroads Project is an entirely unique experience partnering the two great endeavors of science and art. It’s a partnership with a purpose — bringing to bear the power of performance art one of the great conversations of our time — human civilization’s growing unsustainability and the quest for truly meaningful response. Crossroads combines compelling music, spoken word by renowned physicist and educator Dr. Robert Davies, and evocative imagery in an effort to inspire deep and personal contemplation of this theme.

The music of Crossroads is the core of the performance, anchored by a new work by composer Laura Kaminsky, and works by Haydn and Janáček. The first movement of Haydn’s “Sunrise” Quartet opens the performance – both because of the piece’s nickname, but of Haydn’s place as the quintessential composer of the Enlightenment, which ties to the Prelude’s consideration of the enterprise of Science.

Kaminsky’s new work, Rising Tide, is the centerpiece of the performance, offering more direct responses to each component. “Rising Tide, my sixth string quartet, was commissioned by the Fry Street Quartet for The Crossroads Project”, SAYS Kaminsky. “The work is in four movements — H2O, Bios, Forage, and Societas. I was motivated to bring together artists and scientists to create a compelling work of art incorporating scientific research that would inspire deep reflection, and, ultimately, action, among those who experience this performance.

The final movement, from Janáček’s first quartet, closes the program with its extraordinary emotional soundscape that searches, haunts, and, ultimately questions.

TICKETS

Tickets to The Crossroads Project are available as part of a four-part series subscription which includes the following concerts:

An Evening with Chris Thile – November 16, 2015

Brooklyn Rider with Gabriel Kahane – February 2, 2016

Turtle Island String Quartet – February 11, 2016

Series subscriptions are $114.75 – $154.75 + $10 per order fee online ($5 at the Portland’5 Box Office).

For more information and to purchase tickets:  https://www.portland5.com/newmark-theatre/events/crossroads-project-rising-tide?hq_e=el&hq_m=967625&hq_l=36&hq_v=c939f75030