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