AMERICA/BEAUTIFUL to Be Performed at Chelsea Music Festival With Min Kwon & Timo Andres
The performance at St. Paul's German Church will feature works by Stewart Copeland, Fred Hersch, and Vijay Iyer.
Chelsea Music Festival announces a performance of Min Kwon's America/Beautiful, set for Monday, June 22, 2026 from 7-9pm at St. Paul's German Church, 315 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, 10011. Tickets start at $65 and can be purchased here.
America/Beautiful is pianist Min Kwon's project - born during the pandemic - which commissioned variations on "America the Beautiful" from over 70 composers across the country, ranging in age from 21 to 96, and asking a single urgent question: What is America - is it beautiful, was it ever, or will it ever be? Selections will include New York Premieres by Samuel Adler, Stewart Copeland, Fred Hersch, Kenji Bunch, Libby Larsen, Timo Andres and others; each composer brings a radically different perspective on the American experience. Together, these variations form a powerful collection of stories as colorful and diverse as America's people and landscapes. Images of American landscapes to accompany each variation by photographer Park Joon.
PROGRAM
Samuel Adler – A Celebration of our Beautiful Nation (NY Premiere)
Timo Andres – America Coda
Kenji Bunch – Beauty For All (Or For None At All) (NY Premiere)
Stewart Copeland – America Quite Beautiful (NY Premiere)
Michael Gandolfi – Of Liberating Strife (NY Premiere)
Fred Hersch – Four Windows Into America (NY Premiere)
Vijay Iyer – Crown Thy Good
Pierre Jalbert – Endeavor (NY Premiere)
Libby Larsen – Amber (Variation) (NY Premiere)
George Lewis – America, the changing same
David Serkin Ludwig – Quaddiš" for Ruth Bader Ginsberg (Kaddish)
Jessica Meyer – Halcyon Skies
Nico Muhly – Refine (NY Premiere)
Judith Lang Zaimont – in darkness veiled (NY Premiere)
Reception by Lysée to follow.
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