A 40-year retrospective on the work of composer and multi-instrumentalist Ned Rothenberg with 8 excerpts featuring the artist on bass clarinet, alto sax, and shakuhachi in compositions and improvisations alongside musicians including: Fred Frith, Hans Reichel (guitars, daxophone); Evan Parker (sax), Jennifer Choi/Olivia De Prato/Stephanie Griffin/Alex Waterman (string quartet); Yumiko Tanaka (Shamisen); Min Xiao-Fen (Pipa), Vortex (percussionist Satoshi Takeishi, pianist Shoko Nagai); Riley Lee, Ralph Samuelson (shakuhachi); and the Paul Dresher Ensemble (Joel Davel, conductor; Woramon Jamjod, engineer). Rothenberg does a stellar job of weaving the history together in stories and observations.

Concert excerpts included in this program: Hans Reichel w/Fred Frith & Ned Rothenberg 1987 / Ned Rothenberg Solo 2005 / Evan Parker / Ned Rothenberg Duo 2006 / Ned Rothenberg Quintet #1 for Clarinet and String Quartet 2008 / Yumiko Tanaka / Ned Rothenberg / Min Xiao-Fen with Vortex 2013 / Ned Rothenberg’s Ryu Nashi, New Music for Shakuhachi 2016 / Ned Rothenberg: Beyond C w/Paul Dresher Ensemble 2019