The AFC Challenge
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 25 Evans Way Boston, MA, 02115 United States (map)
THE AFC CHALLENGE
An exploration of abstraction in sound. The works on this program were selected on two criteria: the musicians of A Far Cry love them, and audiences often approach with skepticism… until they have a listen. The pieces increase in “difficulty.” Can you make it to the end?
Program
          
        Philip Glass
              Echorus
              
              
            John Cage
              “Nearly Stationary” from String Quartet in Four Parts
              
              
            Dmitri Shostakovich
              Scherzo from Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
              
              
            Anton Webern
              Five Movements, Op. 5
              
              
            
              
                
                  
                     *AFC commission
                  
                
              
              
          
            Christopher Hossfeld
              “... and ZOMBIES” from concerto GROSSO
              
                
                  
                     *AFC commission
                  
                
              
              
            Gyorgi Ligeti
              Ramifications
              
              
            
              
                
                  
                     *AFC commission
                  
                
              
              
          
            Shiori Usui
              In Digestion
              
                
                  
                     *AFC commission
                  
                
              
              
            Iannis Xenakis
              Voile
              
              
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