America/Beautiful featuring Min Kwon, Timo Andres, & guests
Monday, June 22, 2026
7:00 PM | St. Paul’s German Church
America the Beautiful (1882) by Samuel Ward (1848-1903)
arr. Samuel Adler (b. 1928)
Photo: Park Joon, Colfax, Washington 43 (2019)
A Celebration of Our Beautiful Nation (2021)* by Samuel Adler
Photo: Park Joon, Glenn Highway, Alaska 711 (2016)
Amber (Variation)(2021)* by Libby Larsen (b.1950)
Photo: Park Joon, Somewhere Montana 971 (2018)
Halcyon Skies (2021) by Jessica Meyer (b.1974)
Photo: Park Joon, Glacier National Park, Montana 647 (2021)
Refine (2021)* by Nico Muhly (b.1981)
Photo: Park Joon, Anza Borrego Desert, California 482 (2018)
Crown Thy Good (2021) by Vijay Iyer (b. 1971)
Photo: Park Joon, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina 332 (2020)
Qaddiš by David Serkin Ludwig (b. 1974)
for Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Kaddish)(2021)
Photo: Park Joon, Mount Washington, New Hampshire 857 (2018)
Meditation (2021) by Huang Ruo (b. 1976)
Photo: Park Joon, 200 Long Island New York 746 (2021)
Piano | Min Kwon
Endeavor (2021)* by Pierre Jalbert (b. 1967)
Photo: Park Joon, Badlands National Park, South Dakota 304 (2011)
Piano | Jorge Tabarés
In darkness veiled (2021)* by Judith Lang Zaimont (b. 1945)
Photo: Park Joon, Somewhere Oregon 746 (2020)
Piano | Chaihun Kim
INTERMISSION
America Quite Beautiful (2021)* by Stewart Copeland (b. 1952)
Photo: Park Joon, Mount Shuksan, Washington 231 (2020)
Violin | Claire Bourg
Piano | Min Kwon
Beauty For All (Or for None at All) (2021)* by Kenji Bunch (b. 1973)
Photo: Park Joon, Alaska 215 (2024)
America, the Changing Same (2021)* by George Lewis (b. 1952)
Photo: Park Joon, Trona, California 297 (2023)
Of Liberating Strife (2021)* by Michael Gandolfi (b. 1956)
Photo: Park Joon, Mount Rainier, Washington 386 (2019)
Four Windows Into America(2021)* by Fred Hersch (b. 1955)
Photo: Park Joon, Grand Canyon, Arizona (2022)
Piano | Min Kwon
(Encore)
Getting the Upper Hand on America for piano right hand (2020) by John Harbison (b. 1938)
Piano | Min Kwon
American Coda Variations (2026)+ by Timo Andres (b. 1985)
Photo: Jan Stellar
Piano | Timo Andres
* New York Premiere
+World Premiere / Festival commission
Pre-concert, intermission, & post-concert image:
Unbannable Library presentation at Southern Festival of Books 2025, Courtesy of Paul Collins
Reception to follow curated by Lysée
With gratitude to the patrons & partners whose generosity has made this evening possible:
Min Kwon, McCormack & Mitrinovic Featured Artist
Unbannable Library curated by Paul Collins, Hague Family Visual Artist
St. Paul’s German Lutheran Church
Pastor Lars Reimann, Carolina Burnett
Aion Entertainment
Boylan Bottling
Brotherhood Winery
Lysée
Park Avenue Artists (Booking for America/Beautiful)
Radeberger Gruppe USA
Sennheiser
Steinway & Sons
WQXR
Click here for a full list of 2026 Sponsors and Partners