String Theory XVI: Table Music

Tuesday Evening at 6:30 pm

MARCH 25, 2025

Our season goes out with a bang, literally, with the power-house trio of percussionists Ji Hye Jung, Ayano Kataoka, and Ian Rosenbaum. You will be immersed in the musical spirit of Spain through Alejandro Viña’s Book of Grooves, a dynamic work for two marimbas. Takemitsu’s Rain Tree is an atmospheric meditation on natural phenomena depicted in the novels of Japanese novelist Kenzaburō Ōe. Weinberg’s Table Talk uses inventive “prepared vibraphone,” complete with stacks of paper and soda cans. The fusion of avant-garde techniques with non-Western musical traditions inspired Reich's Nagoya Marimbas and Xenakis’s astonishing Okho, scored for three djembes and a large-sized African membranophone. Finally, Mey’s Table Music is a theatrical highlight that proved to be one of the most memorable performances in all of String Theory’s fifteen-year history. We cannot wait for you to experience it!

Ayano Kataoko, percussion

Ji Hye Jung, percussion

Ian Rosenbaum, percussion

Alejandro Viña: Book of Grooves (IV. Dance Groove Drifting)

Tōru Takemitsu: Rain Tree

Alyssa Weinberg: Table Talk

Thierry de Mey: Musique de tables (Table Music)

Steve Reich: Nagoya Marimbas

Iannis Xenakis: Okho

5:00 Pre-concert bar opens

5:45 Pregame with Bob

Join us for a pre-concert exploration with Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Emeritus, Bob Bernhardt, as he dives into this evening’s program for an in-depth look at the featured masterworks! In addition to the CSO, Maestro Bernhardt is also the Principal Pops Conductor at both The Louisville Orchestra in Kentucky and the Grand Rapids Symphony in Michigan.

6:30 Concert Begins

At the Hunter Museum of American Art

10 Bluff View Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37403

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