Opening Reception: Iconoclast Centennials Join us for a celebration of alternate tuning and the Iconoclasts Centennials which includes works by Harrison, Colvig, and Darreg, all of whom would have turned 100 this spring. The work of these giants is presented in tandem with new works exploring the tuning theories of contemporary artists like Chalmers, Grady […]
John-Carlos Perea's Intertribal Ensemble: Improvising Home
Improvising Home Composed by John-Carlos Perea I. First Mountain Perdenal, New Mexico II. Second Mountain 24th and Folsom, San Francisco III. Third Mountain Circular Reflections IV. Fourth Mountain Lullaby for JR Performed by the Intertribal Ensemble: Jimmy Biala: drum set and percussion Karl Evangelista: guitar Lewis Jordan: alto saxophone Masaru Koga: soprano and tenor saxophones […]
John-Carlos Perea's Intertribal Ensemble: Improvising Home
Improvising Home Composed by John-Carlos Perea I. First Mountain Perdenal, New Mexico II. Second Mountain 24th and Folsom, San Francisco III. Third Mountain Circular Reflections IV. Fourth Mountain Lullaby for JR Performed by the Intertribal Ensemble: Jimmy Biala: drum set and percussion Karl Evangelista: guitar Lewis Jordan: alto saxophone Masaru Koga: soprano and tenor saxophones […]
John-Carlos Perea's Intertribal Ensemble: Improvising Home
Improvising Home Composed by John-Carlos Perea I. First Mountain Perdenal, New Mexico II. Second Mountain 24th and Folsom, San Francisco III. Third Mountain Circular Reflections IV. Fourth Mountain Lullaby for JR Performed by the Intertribal Ensemble: Jimmy Biala: drum set and percussion Karl Evangelista: guitar Lewis Jordan: alto saxophone Masaru Koga: soprano and tenor saxophones […]
John-Carlos Perea's Intertribal Ensemble: Improvising Home
Improvising Home Composed by John-Carlos Perea I. First Mountain Perdenal, New Mexico II. Second Mountain 24th and Folsom, San Francisco III. Third Mountain Circular Reflections IV. Fourth Mountain Lullaby for JR Performed by the Intertribal Ensemble: Jimmy Biala: drum set and percussion Karl Evangelista: guitar Lewis Jordan: alto saxophone Masaru Koga: soprano and tenor saxophones […]
Fête Concerts: To Sing or Not to Sing: Modern Composers Celebrate Shakespeare
William Shakespeare, through his collected plays and poetry, has inspired artists for centuries. Painters, writers, composers, and film-makers have all turned to these timeless stories as a source for new work. Fête Concerts is proud to celebrate Shakespeare and the composers who have responded to his wealth of emotional and narrative material. Hans Werner Henze […]
Fête Concerts: To Sing or Not to Sing: Modern Composers Celebrate Shakespeare
William Shakespeare, through his collected plays and poetry, has inspired artists for centuries. Painters, writers, composers, and film-makers have all turned to these timeless stories as a source for new work. Fête Concerts is proud to celebrate Shakespeare and the composers who have responded to his wealth of emotional and narrative material. Hans Werner Henze […]
The Opus Project Presents Opus 53: Essential Existential
What does it all mean? Find out, with The Opus Project Ensemble in a program of excerpts and short works. Projected Program (excerpts and short complete works) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Sonata No. 21 (“Waldstein”), Op. 53 Karl Goldmark (1830-1915) Aus Jugendtagen, Overture for Orchestra, Op. 53 (1909) Vincent d’Indy (1851-1931) The Stranger, Op.53 […]
The Opus Project Presents Opus 53: Essential Existential
What does it all mean? Find out, with The Opus Project Ensemble in a program of excerpts and short works. Projected Program (excerpts and short complete works) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Sonata No. 21 (“Waldstein”), Op. 53 Karl Goldmark (1830-1915) Aus Jugendtagen, Overture for Orchestra, Op. 53 (1909) Vincent d’Indy (1851-1931) The Stranger, Op.53 […]
Pianist Thomas Moore presents Morton Feldman’s "Triadic Memories"
Morton Feldman (1926–1987) described his solo piano masterpiece “Triadic Memories” (1981) —his longest work for the instrument at over two hours — as “probably the largest butterfly in captivity.” Jointly commissioned by pianists Aki Takahashi and Roger Woodward, the monumental work is filled with gently undulating patterns, mesmerizing beauty, and moments of wonder when our […]