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Omaggio a Berio
Saturday, June 5th
8:30pm
$10 requested donation at the door
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Luciano Berio (1925-2003) was one of the extraordinary voices of the Darmstadt generation.
Perhaps the most historically-minded member of that group, some of his greatest
compositions are postmodern collages and recontextualizations of older works (including
Mahler's 2nd Symphony in Sinfonia and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony in Rendering).
The sfSoundSeries is comprised of some of the
most talented and creatively original maverick composers and performers in the Bay Area.
For many of its members, simply playing the music of another composer is not a primary
interest, nor do they desire to duplicate the fine efforts of the many other new music
ensembles in the area. Forming genuinely new and creative performances is what this group
does best, and their "Omaggio a Berio" concert is a prime example.
Drawing inspiration from Berio's own interpretation of music history, the musicians of the
sfSoundGroup have devised a creative, yet appropriate way to pay homage to the late and
great italian master. After an initial set of virtuosic performances of a number of Berio's
chamber and solo works, the sfSoundGroup will be presenting a new large collaborative work
that recontextualizes Berio's music inside one of his his own theatric works, "Laborintus II".
Through substantial research and study of Berio's oeuvre, the group has been able to form a
malleable pallette of musical material drawn from over 25 Berio compositions.
Reorchestrated, reshaped, reduced, remixed, repulsed, and recomposed, this music has been
interwoven with one of Berio's most experimental compositions [ first performed at Mills
College in 1967 ] to form something both unique and contemporary. Berio would have
approved.
PROGRAM "Sequenza I" "Sequenza V" "Sequenza VII" "O King" for voice and five players
"Laborintus III" - a collage of music and ideas taken from Berio's oeuvre, including:
"Laborintus II" for voices, instruments, and tape "Agnus" for voices and clarinets "Autre Fois" for flute, clarinet, and harp "Chamber Music" "Chemins II" for viola and ensemble "Circles" for voice, harp, and two percussionists "Coro" for voices and instruments "Cries of London" for voices "Folk Songs" for chamber ensemble "Momenti" for tape "O King" for voice and five players "Opus Number Zoo" for woodwind quintet "Re-call" for chamber orchestra "Rendering" for orchestra "Sequenza I" for solo flute "Sequenza III" for solo voice "Sequenza IV" for solo piano "Sequenza V" for solo trombone "Sequenza VII" for solo oboe "Sequenza VIIb" for solo saxophone "Sinfonia" for eight voices and orchestra "Still" for orchestra "Thema - Omaggio a Joyce" for tape "Violin Duos" "Visage" for tape Selected Writings and others!
sfSoundGroup MUSICIANS:
David Bithell - trumpet/conductor/voice Kyle Bruckmann - oboe/voice Christopher Burns - electronics/voice Mark Chung - violin/voice Florian Conzetti - percussion/voice Erik Eulman - violin/voice Diane Grubbe - flute/voice Karen Hall - soprano/voice Matt Ingalls - clarinet/voice John Ingle - saxophone/voice Christopher Jones - piano/voice Hadley McCarroll - voice Toyoji Tomita - trombone/voice
This event is supported in part by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura San Francisco.
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Community Music Center 544 Capp St San Francisco 415-647-6015 http://www.sfmusic.org
between 20th and 21st
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-647-6015 http://sfSound.org/series.html
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