Macrocosm
May 13, 2024 | 7 PM
San Antonio Botanical Garden
Pre-concert talk with the composers begins at 6:30pm!
Enjoy a post-concert reception celebrating SOLI’s 30th Anniversary!
Macrocosm is SOLI’s final concert of the season and occurs on the 30th anniversary of its first concert in 1994. The program opens with Book of Questions by Daniel De Togni, winner of this year’s Alba Alumni Competition. SOLI recently concluded a call for scores for 30x30x30 – a new music initiative supporting early-career composers. To celebrate the success of the 30x30x30 Project, the ensemble presents the first three of the thirty selected works. The concert ends with the world premiere of Elliott Miles McKinley’s Symphony No. 2 for Four Players, op. 79. Three decades, over a hundred commissions, premieres, and performances, eight albums, and countless awards later, Macrocosm celebrates how SOLI has championed new voices and become a creative force in the landscape of contemporary music in this country.
Program
Daniel De Togni | Book of Questions (2024) | violin, cello, piano
World Premiere
Brittney Benton | Piano Trio No. 1 (2024) | violin, cello, piano
Texas Premiere
Alex Barsom | Wail On (2023) | cello
Texas Premiere
Alexa Canales | Through Your Eyes, Movement I (2020) | violin, cello, piano
World Premiere
Elliott Miles McKinley | Symphony No. 2 for Four Players, op. 79 (2023)* | clarinet, violin, cello, piano
World Premiere
* SOLI Commission
SOLI Chamber Ensemble is honored to partner with the San Antonio Botanical Garden to produce our 2023 – 2024 season live in an outdoor natural setting. Concerts will be staged from the new Betty Kelso Center as you, the audience, engage in SOLI’s exciting and imaginative performances from the comfort and safety of the Greehey Lawn.
