11.20.25 | CURRENTS

Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 8 pm
Thomas Tull Concert Hall at MIT

KINAN AZMEH - The Fence, the Rooftop and the Distant Sea for clarinet and cello (2016)
ELENA RUEHR - Carnival for wind quintet (2025) WORLD PREMIERE
REENA ESMAIL - Nadiya for flute and viola (2017)
MAURICE RAVEL - Piano trio in A minor (1914)

Our second concert of the season is our first subscription series concert at MIT’s gorgeous new Thomas Tull Concert Hall. In The Fence, the Rooftop and the Distant Sea—premiered by the Syrian-born, Brooklyn-based clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh and cellist Yo-Yo Ma—explores “two characters searching for memories of home.” A world premiere follows, the playful Carnival for wind quintet by our dear friend, the Boston composer Elena Ruehr. Next, we share another wind and string duo, this one Indian-American composer Reena Esmail’s Nadiya for flute and viola. We end the concert with Maurice Ravel’s luminous masterpiece, the Piano Trio in A minor.

Pictured: Kinan Azmeh (Liudmila Jermeis); Elena Ruehr (Aynsley Floyd); Reena Esmail (Rachel Garcia); Maurice Ravel

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