Dal Niente kicks off the 26-27 Chicago season with a program of new and recent works by Luis Fernando Rizo Salom, Carlos Bandera, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Bernard Rands, Bahar Royaee, and Sofia Jen Ouyang. The program, which ranges from the evocative rhythmic energy of Salom’s Quatre Pantomimes, to the subtle color shifts of Bernard Rands’ In the Receding Mist for chamber ensemble, features the ensemble’s breathtaking ability to perform the most challenging and incisive music of today.

Program:

Luis Fernando Rizo Salom, Quatre Pantomimes (2013) for sextet

Carlos Bandera, Spirare (2018) for trio

Sofia Jen Ouyang, Commotion (2024) for sextet

Leilehua Lanzilotti, The Space in Which to See (2019) for quartet

Bahar Royaee, Distortions of the Shell on Water on the Lake Under the Wind (2021) for quintet

Bernard Rands, In the Receding Mist (1988) for quintet

Performers:

Emma Hospelhorn, flute

Katherine Jimoh, clarinet

Matt Oliphant, horn

Caitlin Edwards, violin

Ammie Brod, viola

Juan Horie, cello

Ben Melsky, harp

Jon Hannau, piano

Michael Lewanski, conductor