The Byrne:Kozar:Duo (New York- and Boston-based soprano Corrine Byrne and trumpeter Andy Kozar) presents world premieres by Alex Burtzos and Seare Ahmad Farhat in addition to pieces for the duo by Reiko Füting, Jeffrey Gavett, and Marti Epstein.
PROGRAM
F R A N C E S CA (2025) (world premiere) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Burtzos
text by Ezra Pound
5 Songs for Jocasta the Queen (2024) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marti Epstein
text collected by the composer
Proof of Concept for Floating Child (2019) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeffrey Gavett
text by Gracie Leavitt
mon cuer chanterai (2026) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seare Farhat
eternal return (Passacaglia) (2016) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reiko Füting
Live at St. Paul’s Chapel — or, watch on YouTube.
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