LINES, CIRCLES + SPIRALS
Friday, November 7, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
In person and livestreamed at Old First Concerts, 1751 Sacramento St., SF

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PROGRAM NOTES

E4TT's 18th Home Season opener features new music that engages with geometric shapes, by Karim Al-Zand, Clarice Assad, Anna Clyne, inti figgis-vizueta, Hannah Ishizaki, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, and Zhou Tian, in conversation with Bohuslav Martinu’s Duo No. 1 for Violin and Cello:

Six Bagatelles (2018) for piano trio by Karim Al-Zand:

Displaced Lines (2023) for solo piano by Clarice Assad. Listen to her "The Last Song":

Fits+Starts" (2003) for amplified cello and tape by Anna Clyne:

"the motion between three worlds" (2021) for cello, by Brooklyn composer inti figgis-vizueta:

"Ammonite" for piano trio (2023) by Hannah Ishizaki:

Hannah Ishizaki · Ammonite

Duo No. 1 for Violin and Cello by Bohuslav Martinu:

"Cavities" (2025) (selections) for piano trio by Niloufar Nourbakhsh Niloufar Nourbakhsh:

"A Crown for Sonia" from "A Crown for Sonia" (2008) by Zhou Tian. Listen to his "Night Tour":

Performed by E4TT (soprano Nanette McGuinness, cellist Megan Chartier, and pianist Margaret Halbig) and Maya Victoria, violin

Join E4TT musicians after the concert at El Lopo SF, 1327 Polk St. Stop by and say hello!

Niloufar Nourbakhsh's commission, "Cavities," has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Mellon Foundation.