In creating Provenance, cellist Maya Beiser was inspired by the glory of Spain's Golden Age, when Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived together peacably in a centuries-long flowering of commerce, culture, and art. The performance will feature music by composers working in various Middle Eastern traditions--Kayhan Kalhor, Djivan Gasparyan, Simon Shaheen, Hamza El Din, Tamar Muskal, Douglas Cuomo, and Raz Mesinai--and will incorporate original poetry and traditional melodies. Provenance was co-commissioned by The Carnegie Hall Corporation.

Program to include:

GLENN KOTCHE Anomaly (NY premiere)

Black Angels

Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova, Op. 17

Songs to Poems by Anna Akhmatova, Op. 41 (World Premiere of complete version)

Melodien

Cello Concerto

Sippal, dobbal nadihegeduvel ("With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles")