San Francisco Contemporary Music Concerts 08/09
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Mon, 08 Sep 2008
Reserve your place for the
the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players'
2008-09 Season
This season, Music Director David Milnes and the ensemble bring you the best in
today's music, including...
* Five ear-inspiring concerts
* Five intimate preview events
* Rarely performed masterpieces by Pierre Boulez, Elliott Carter and György Ligeti
* A screening of Jean Vigo's silent film "A Propos de Nice" with a live performance
of the new score by François Paris
* Four world premieres by American composers
* A percussion-focused concert
Read in detail about each concert at www.sfcmp.org .
Subscriptions and single tickets are on sale now!
Save 20% and get preferred seating by becoming a season subscriber.
BUY TICKETS AT:
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For more information call 415-278-9566.
Join us for this thrilling season!
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Concert information below:
Fall Concerts
and Contemporary Insights
Fall concerts [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001NHiy-A-8wT-iBGCnWAAc4qcRx04cfr4ThqCteL36e5Rb_3R30mGZoHuDxsd7U0iWj8X3_BwyXRn7Xg-cXJiahak5IJ4yRwTrPsRtLZa_0us=]
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Sunday, October 5, 2008
Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation
4:30 pm ODC Dance Commons
György Ligeti,Síppal, dobbal, nádihegeduvel
Monday, October 6, 2008
Struck, plucked, scraped & shaken
8 pm Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
Pre-concert talk at 7:15 with Bedrossian and Vassilandonakis.
György Ligeti, Síppal, dobbal, nádihegeduvel
Yiorgos Vassilandonakis, Cochleas (world premiere)
Franck Bedrossian, Digital (U.S. premiere)
Maki Ishii, Fourteen Percussions
Maki Ishii, Image in the Forest
Soloists: Christopher Froh, percussion; Karen Gottlieb, harp; Daniel Kennedy, percussion;
Loren Mach, percussion; Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano; Richard Worn, contrabass.
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Sunday, November 2, 2008
Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation
4:30 pm ODC Dance Commons
Elliott Carter, Luimen
Monday, November 3, 2008
American Mosaic
8 pm Herbst Theatre
Pre-concert talk at 7:15 with Diaz de León, Liang and Tymoczko.
Elliott Carter, Luimen
Reynold Tharp, Littoral
Dmitri Tymoczko, Four Dreams
Lei Liang, Trio
Mario Davidovsky, Synchronisms 12
Mario Diaz de León, Gated Eclipse
Soloists: Carey Bell, clarinet; Julie Steinberg, piano.
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation
4:30 pm Presidio Chapel
Pierre Boulez, Le Marteau sans maître
Monday, December 8, 2008
Furious Craft
8 pm Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
Pre-concert talk at 7:15.
Luca Francesconi, A fuoco (U.S. premiere)
Kaija Saariaho, Sept Papillons
Zhou Long, Wild Grass
Pierre Boulez, Le Marteau sans maître
Soloists: Janna Baty, mezzo-soprano; Leighton Fong, cello; Stephen Harrison, cello.
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Spring Concerts
and Contemporary Insights
Spring concerts [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001NHiy-A-8wT-iBGCnWAAc4qcRx04cfr4ThqCteL36e5Rb_3R30mGZoHuDxsd7U0iWj8X3_BwyXRn7Xg-cXJiahak5IJ4yRwTrPsRtLZa_0us=]
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation
4:30 pm ODC Dance Commons
Cindy Cox, [new work]
Monday, February 23, 2009
Things fall from the sky
8 pm Herbst Theatre
Pre-concert talk at 7:15 with Cox, Hyla and Mitchell.
Roscoe Mitchell, WRC2A, Opus 1(world premiere)
Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for New Orleans (world premiere)
Terry Riley, Quando cosas malas caen del cielo
Lee Hyla, Polish Folk Songs
Cindy Cox, [new work] (world premiere)
Soloists: Roscoe Mitchell, saxophone; David Tanenbaum, guitar; William Winant, percussion.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation
4:30 pm ODC Dance Commons
Alessandro Solbiati, Sestetto à Gérard
Monday, March 30, 2009
Moving pictures, picture music
8pm Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
Pre-concert talk at 7:15 with Paris and Solbiati.
Alessandro Solbiati, Sestetto à Gérard (U.S. premiere)
Philippe Hurel, Loops IV
Tristan Murail, Cloches d'adieu, et un sourire. . .
Tristan Murail, La Mandragore
François Paris, A Propos de Nice (U.S. premiere)
Accompanied by the film of Jean Vigo.
Soloists: Daniel Kennedy, marimba; Julie Steinberg, piano.
Tickets and information: www.sfcmp.org [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001NHiy-A-8wT-iBGCnWAAc4qcRx04cfr4ThqCteL36e5Rb_3R30mGZoHuDxsd7U0iWj8X3_BwyXRn7Xg-cXJiahak5IJ4yRwTrPsRtLZa_0us=]
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