Contemporary Directions Ensemble

Light and Darkness: Haas's in vain

December 3, 2024 | 8:00 pm

McIntosh Theatre
Earl V. Moore Building
1100 Baits Dr
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Free - no tickets required

An ensemble of six players on strings, winds, percussion, and piano perform on stage, led by a conductor

The Contemporary Directions Ensemble presents George Friedrich Haas’s masterful and potent response to right-wing extremism, in vain, portions of which are played in total darkness. The program also includes brilliant, contrasting works by Jessie Montgomery, Sean Shepherd and Oliver Knussen.

Jayce Ogren, conductor
Roshanne Etezady, artistic advisor

PROGRAM

Jessie Montgomery, arr. Jannina Norpoth, Starburst

Sean Shepherd, Lumens

Oliver Knussen, Two Organa

Georg Friedrich Haas, in vain

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