Amethyst Sunset
Jennifer Bellor, composer
for 2 pianos and 2 percussion
This is the Southwest, UNLV premiere featuring:
Timothy Hoft and Katie Leung, pianos
Tim Jones and Yupeng Wei, percussion
Ioannis Protopapas, conductor
Monday, September 23
UNLV Nextet series concert
Amethyst Sunset (2019) was inspired by the beautiful sunsets on the Whitney Mesa Trail in the Las Vegas area (Henderson, NV). It was commissioned by pianists Olga Shupyatskaya and Futaba Niekawa, and the recording featuring them is released on Innova Recordings on the album “Reflections at Dusk.”