TSM presents Fire & Resilience

Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Blake Pouliot, violin
William Fedkenheuer, violin
Yura Lee, viola
Estelle Choi, cello
Philip Chiu, piano
 
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006
Aaron Copland: Selections from Old American Songs, Sets I & II

• “Simple Gifts”
• “The Little Horses”
• “At the River”
• “Ching-a-Ring Chaw”

Kelly-Marie Murphy: Give Me Phoenix Wings To Fly
Karl Jenkins: “Benedictus” from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G Minor, op. 57

This program traces a journey through solitude, song, and survival. Bach’s radiant E Major Partita opens with brilliance and poise. American voices emerge in Copland’s beloved folk settings — simple, tender, and deeply human.

Kelly-Marie Murphy’s Give Me Phoenix Wings To Fly rises from devastation toward renewal, and Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet closes the evening with brooding intensity, razor-sharp wit, and ultimately, hard-won light — music of clarity, courage, and rebirth.