Cosmic Connections: Unfolding Earth’s Ancient Wisdom

The Santa Cruz Chamber Players present:

Earhart Trio

Kumiko Uyeda, concert director and piano
Kate Stenberg, violin
Mary Artmann, cello

Photo: Kallan Nishimoto

For centuries, composers have looked outward—to the stars, the natural world, and humanity’s place within something much larger. This program brings together music by Charles Ives, Lera Auerbach, Joseph Haydn, and Ben Dorfan, each shaped in different ways by questions of nature, spirituality, and our connection to the wider universe. Across centuries and styles, these works remind us that wonder itself has always been a source of artistic inspiration.

PROGRAM

• Charles Ives: Piano Trio, S. 86, III. Moderato con moto
• Lera Auerbach: Piano Trio No. 2: Triptych – This Mirror Has Three Faces
  • I. Prelude – Moderato libero
  • II. First Unfolding – Allegro appassionato
  • III. Second Unfolding – Libero (or Tempo di valse)
  • IV. Tell’em What You See – Allegro assai
  • V. Folding – Postlude, Adagio nostalgico

  Intermission
  

• Ben Dorfan: Spiral Arm
• Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major, Hob. XV:25