Thanks to National Sawdust for having us as their group-in-residence during the 2015-16 season! www.brooklynrider.com www.nationalsawdust.org

For more on the Silk Road Ensemble and Silkroad, visit http://www.silkroadproject.org Santur player Siamak Aghaei and violinist Colin Jacobsen arranged a traditional folk melody that was inspired by mythology. "Ascending Bird" tells the popular legend of a bird attempting to fly to the sun.