FEATURING

Curtis Macomber, violin
Susan Narucki, soprano

PROGRAM

Kafka Fragments (Kafka-Fragmente) by György Kurtág

Stellar new music champions Susan Narucki (soprano) and Curtis Macomber (violin) in two rare performances of the hellishly difficult but exhilaratingly beautiful Kafka Fragments. Hungarian composer György Kurtág’s seventy-five-minute multi-movement work uses fragments of texts from the diaries of Franz Kafka, to create a kaleidoscopic world of sound, sense and expression. Each fragment – some lasting less than a minute –is singular and potent; each movement offers a glimpse of a distinct viewpoint, and each gains in meaning through juxtapositions throughout the work as a whole. -New Music USA

PARKING

Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

This performance is part of the 2023-2024 Conversations in Modern Music series. Conversations in Modern Music is funded by the Jaroslav F. and Barbara S. Hulka Fund for Music in the Chapel Hill community. This series endeavors to enhance the musical interests of an informed community audience by bringing performers, composers, and music historians with an expertise in new music to UNC.