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Brooklyn Rider

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Ticket Drawing Opens March 18, 2025 at 12:00 pm MT – We invite you to return here to register at that time.

The Olivier Music Barn, 11:00 AM

Program

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: String Quartet in F Minor, Hob. III:35, Op. 20 No. 5
Allegro moderato
Menuetto
Adagio
Finale

ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN: Our Children Speak English and Spanish (2025)—Tippet Rise Co-Commission and World Premiere

DON BYRON: New Work (2025)—Tippet Rise Co-Commission

TED HEARNE: New Work (2025)—Tippet Rise Co-Commission

BOB DYLAN: The Times They Are A-Changin’ (arr. by Colin Jacobsen)—Tippet Rise Co-Commission


The musically adventurous string quartet Brooklyn Rider makes its Tippet Rise debut during the ensemble’s 20th season in a performance featuring four works co-commissioned by the art center – all of which honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and explore questions of citizenship and democracy in the 21st century. The first new work – a world premiere – comes from trailblazing composer Angélica Negrón, whose new work Our Children Speak English and Spanish examines the complexities of Puerto Rican American citizenship, shaped by colonization, imperialism, and radicalization. The second co-commission is by Don Byron, a New York City born and multi-instrumentalist composer who performs and writes in an array of musical styles; and the third is by Los Angeles-based composer, singer, bandleader, and recording artist Ted Hearne. The program concludes with a co-commission by Brooklyn Rider’s Colin Jacobson, who puts his unique spin on the Bob Dylan civil rights era classic The Times They Are A-Changin’.