Sombre by Kaija Saariaho; Performed at Rothko Chapel on February 24, 2013; World Premiere

Commissioned by Da Camera to be premiered in the Rothko Chapel as part of Da Camera’s 25th Anniversary Season. Performers: Daniel Belcher, baritone; Camilla Hoitenga, bass flute; Bridget Kibbey, harp; Paul Ellison, double bass; Matthew Strauss, percussion From the Composer: Mark Rothko is an artist whose work I have felt close to for a long time. When Sarah Rothenberg proposed that I write a piece for the Da Camera ensemble, to be premiered at the Rothko Chapel, I immediately began to imagine a dark in