Songbird
Monday, December 8, 2025 at 7:30pm
First Congregational Church
 

enSRQ’s second concert of the season takes flight with music that sings, soars, and stirs. Reiko Füting’s procession–process:peace weaves fragments of the dona nobis pacem into a meditative journey for strings, clarinet, and piano. Juri Seo’s Songbird lets a lush ensemble of strings bloom with lyrical elegance and subtle dissonance. The evening also features a world premiere from Diallo Banks, written for enSRQ, alongside Michael Ippolito’s Songlines, a string quartet inspired by ancient narratives and imagined journeys.

Program

Reiko Füting

Reiko Füting

Germanb. 1970

procession- process:peace (dona nobis pacem)

Year: 2017Duration: 10'
Samantha Bennett,violin
Jason Calloway,cello
Calvin Falwell,clarinet
Wesley Ducote,piano
Juri Seo

Juri Seo

South Koreanb. 1981

Songbird

Year: 2021Duration: 13'
Samantha Bennett,violin
Leah Latorraca,violin
Peter Ayuso,viola
Jason Calloway,cello
Diallo Banks

Diallo Banks

PREMIERECOMMISSION

New Work for String Quartet

Year: 2025Duration: 10'
Samantha Bennett,violin
Leah Latorraca,violin
Peter Ayuso,viola
Jason Calloway,cello
Michael Ippolito

Michael Ippolito

String Quartet No. 3 Songlines

Year: 2012Duration: 11'
Samantha Bennett,violin
Leah Latorraca,violin
Peter Ayuso,viola