Yielding to Tranquility

for Piano Trio

Premiere: Boston New Music Initiative, Somerville Music Spaces, Somerville, MA, May 30, 2026

Premiere Performance

Boston New Music Initiative, Core Ensemble
New England Legacies: The Boston Six Reimagined Commissioning Prize Premiere

Recorded live in concert on May 30, 2026 at Somerville Music Spaces, Somerville, MA.

Ming-hang Tam - Violin
Stephen Marotto - Cello
Paul Jacobs - Piano

Faculty Recital Performance

Interlochen Faculty Piano Trio
Interlochen Faculty Composers Recital

Recorded live in concert on July 14, 2026 at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI.

Matheus Sardinha Garcia Souza - Violin
Brian Kubin - Cello
Faith Zúñiga - Piano

PROGRAM NOTES

Yielding to Tranquility distills a summer-evening moment in the composer’s native New England.

Melodic lines intertwine in counterpoint like an unhurried summer breeze among gently swaying trees. Colorful flourishes flutter between bright chords and gestures, evoking birds amid sunset’s vivid hues. String harmonics linger as their dusk chorus suspends the moment before yielding to night’s tranquility.

Yielding to Tranquility invites listeners to contemplate the fragile beauty of the natural world in hopes of inspiring support for environmental preservation.

The Boston New Music Initiative commissioned Yielding to Tranquility from composer Martin Hebel as a winner of the “New England Legacies: The Boston Six Reimagined” Commissioning Prize which commemorates the work of the Second New England School of composers by soliciting musical responses to their work. Yielding to Tranquility responds to Amy Beach’s Piano Trio, Op. 150, chosen from among the work of the Boston Six: Amy Beach, George Whitefield Chadwick, Arthur Foote, Edward MacDowell, John Knowles Paine, and Horatio Parker.

1.5 minutes | Piano Trio | 2026