Musical Program

Osvaldo Golijov | Last Round
Trevor Weston | Juba for Strings
Dinuk Wijeratne | Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems, arr. Wijeratne
George Enescu | Octet for Strings in C major, Op.7; arr. Popper-Keizer

Curated by Crier Jae Cosmos Lee
Featuring student winners from the 2024-2025 NEC/A Far Cry Collaborative Competition

Drawing on styles from across the globe, Last Dance delivers a rhythmic assortment of dance-inspired classical compositions. Feel the groove of Golijov’s Last Round, written as an homage to tango legend Astor Piazzolla; Weston’s Juba for Strings, celebrating the music and dance birthed from the African diaspora; Wijeratne’s contemporary/classical mashup Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems, sampling Schubert’s Death and the Maiden; and Enescu’s lush and exuberant Octet for Strings, completed when he was just 19. You might just dance right out of your seat.

All programs subject to change.

Photography by Josh Reynolds for A Far Cry