the ECHOING OF TENSES
Written by ANTHONY CHEUNG
An AMOC* Production
PAUL APPLEBY, tenor
MIRANDA CUCKSON, violin
CONOR HANICK, piano
ZACK WINOKUR, director
AMOC* performs the New York premiere of Anthony Cheung’s the echoing of tenses, a piece that sets to music poems by Asian-American writers reflecting on memory, cultural and personal identity, family, migration, and loss. The work features AMOC* company members Paul Appleby (tenor), Miranda Cuckson (violin), and Conor Hanick (piano).
Commissioned by the Ojai Music Festival, with a generous gift in honor of Nancy Sanders. This piece received its New York premiere at 92NY in May 2023.
Premiered June 10, 2022 at the Ojai Music Festival
Performed May 18, 2023 at 92NY, New York, NY
Production photos by Joe Sinott
“…intensely personal and charged with a sense of ritual and sacrament”
SF Chronicle Datebook