S.E.M. Ensemble: Music - Ideas - Concepts

With the arrival of spring, Petr Kotík's American music ensemble returns to the Bohemian National Hall with a program of avant-garde and experimental contemporary classical music. The concert will explore a wide spectrum of ideas and concepts in music composition, from computer process (Lejaren Hiller, Charles Ames) to microtonality (Judith Berkson), intuitive approaches (Amina Claudine Myers), and chance and process (Christian Wolff, Petr Kotík).

Featuring:

Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble

Amina Claudine Myers — voice and piano

Kamala Sankaram — voice

Petr Kotík — conductor

Musical Program:

Lejaren Hiller — String Quartet No. 5 (1962)

Judith Berkson — Phase (2024)

Charles Ames — Divergence (2025)

Amina Claudine — Myers Knowledge Of The Known And Unknown (-2025)

Christian Wolff — I Like to Think of Harriet Tubman (1984)

Petr Kotik — The Gate (2025)

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