With a commitment to cultivating a more curious and engaged society through music, the International Contemporary Ensemble amplifies creators whose work propels and challenges how music is made and experienced. Members of the ensemble join NWS Fellows in two world premieres by Sofía Rocha and Fernanda Navarro. Stately organ chorales by ultra-Romantic Johannes Brahms take on new splendor in these arrangements for brass. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet is one of his most popular works and features a demanding piano part that the composer premiered himself.