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Silkroad Ensemble at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa
End Date: April 30, 2019
Start Time: 8 p.m.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA
2019-04-30
2019-04-30
America/Los_Angeles
Silkroad Ensemble at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa
Since its founding by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the Silkroad Ensemble has redefined classical music for 21st century audiences. Now, its 20th anniversary tour, Heroes Take Their Stands, comes to Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
The program includes:
Siavosh in Touran: Farewell to his Wife & Horse
(inspired by illustration found in manuscripts of the Persian epic Shahnameh and composed by Kayhan Kalhor)
Arjuna at Kuru: Discourse with Lord Krishna
(inspired by the Bhagavad Gita and composed by Colin Jacobsen)
Dou E at Chuzhou
(based on the Yuan Dynasty play Snow in Midsummer and composed by Zhao Lin)
Elektra
(written by Pauchi Sasaki and based on the Oresteia)
A piece inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s address to Holt Street Baptist Church in 1955
(composed by Jason Moran)
Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Event Description
Since its founding by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the Silkroad Ensemble has redefined classical music for 21st century audiences. Now, its 20th anniversary tour, Heroes Take Their Stands, comes to Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
The program includes:
Siavosh in Touran: Farewell to his Wife & Horse
(inspired by illustration found in manuscripts of the Persian epic Shahnameh and composed by Kayhan Kalhor)
Arjuna at Kuru: Discourse with Lord Krishna
(inspired by the Bhagavad Gita and composed by Colin Jacobsen)
Dou E at Chuzhou
(based on the Yuan Dynasty play Snow in Midsummer and composed by Zhao Lin)
Elektra
(written by Pauchi Sasaki and based on the Oresteia)
A piece inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s address to Holt Street Baptist Church in 1955
(composed by Jason Moran)
