PREVIEW NOTES Tim Fain, violin and Pei‐Yao Wang, piano Friday, November 1 – 8:00 PM American Philosophical Society, 427 Chestnut Street Program Aria River of Light Kevin Puts Richard Danielpour Born: January 3, 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri Born: January 28, 1956 in New York, New York Composed: 2000 Composed: 2007 First PCMS Performance First PCMS performance Duration: 5 minutes Duration: 11 minutes Written as an encore, Aria (or Air) is based on a theme River of Light was written for Sarah Chang in memory of from the composer’s solo violin work Arches. her mentor Isaac Stern. Knee Play 2 from Einstein on the Beach Graceful Ghost Rag Philip Glass William Bolcom Born: January 31, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland Born: May 26, 1938 in Seattle, Washington Composed: 1976 Composed: 1970 First PCMS Performance First PCMS performance Duration: 5 minutes Duration: 5 minutes This short work is the second of five intermezzi that For this piece Bolcom reimagined the first movement connects the four acts of Glass’s acclaimed opera from his solo piano work 3 Ghost Rag. Einstein on the Beach. Legacy Air Jennifer Higdon Aaron Jay Kernis Born: December 31, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York Born: January 15, 1960 in Bensalem, Pennsylvania Composed: 1999 Composed: 1995 First PCMS performance First PCMS Performance Duration: 6 minutes Duration: 10 minutes Philadelphia‐based composer Higdon describes this Air was commissioned by Joshua Bell and dedicated to work as “representing life’s wholeness, the good and Kernis’ wife. The one movement work features two the bad, and all of the learning and experiencing that passionate melodies that are developed throughout the goes with living”. piece. The Light Guitar Sicilienne Patrick Zimmerli Lev Zhurbin Born: July 21, 1968 in Bronxville, New York Born: August 18, 1978 in Moscow, Russia Composed: 2006 First PCMS Performance First PCMS performance Duration: 4 minutes Duration: 15 minutes With Sicilienne, Zhurbin aimed to “create a lilting, This three movement work written for Tim Fain can be peaceful, and romantic dance in imperceptibly changing heard (along with the rest of this program) on Mr. Fain’s meters.” album River of Light. .