hird Coast Percussion & Salar Nader, tabla; Murmurs in Time

Hussain/Murmurs in Time
Jessie Montgomery/Lady Justice/Black Justice, The Song
Jlin/Please Be Still
Tigran Hamasyan/Sonata for Percussion

In a tribute to the late tabla master Zakir Hussain, Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion continues a collaboration initiated with the music legend before his passing. The Grammy-winning ensemble had commissioned Hussain to compose Murmurs in Time—a work that combines the beauty and complexity of Hindustani classical music with the group’s new-music ethos. In it, Salar Nader, a tabla virtuoso and disciple of Hussain since age seven, performs his teacher’s part in the ensemble. Nader’s study of classical tabla is sharply honed from years of performance with South Asian musicians and his completion of an intensive program in Mumbai. The performance’s program also includes newly commissioned works from composers/performers Jessie Montgomery, Tigran Hamasyan, and Jlin, and a solo performance by Nader.