Ryan Bancroft & Joshua Bell

The elements inspire and sustain, connecting our bodies to the earth-and even to points beyond. Violinist Joshua Bell commissioned Kevin Puts’ Earth, which celebrates the enduring resilience of soil and the awe-inspiring beauty of our planet. Water is represented by Claude Debussy’s richly textured marine triptych, which heaves and rolls, glitters and engulfs. Unsuk Chin’s Alaraph ‘Ritus des Herzschlags’-an SF Symphony commission and U.S. premiere-depicts a so-called “heartbeat star,” so named because of the regular pulsation of its light.
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