zone 1: in which crisscrossing vectors enliven the ear and oxygenate the sonic space

Monday, October 3, 2011
8:00 p.m. Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Ave. at McAllister, San Francisco
Directions and parking information
Pre-concert talk with Steven Schick at 7:15 p.m.

Steven Schick conducts.
Special guest: John Luther Adams.

Program:
Josh Levine, Transparency (Part I) (2004, rev. 2010 - 6 min.)
      Daniel Kennedy, percussion
Edgard Varèse, Octandre (1923 - 8 min.) listen
John Luther Adams, Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of Unknowing (1991-95 - 65 min.) listen (excerpts)

Steven Schick's inaugural season as Artistic Director begins with a boom! Zone 1 builds in size and scope, from a short bass drum solo to an octet by one of the 20th Century's acclaimed innovators. The concert culminates in an hour-long work for seventeen musicians inspired by the essence of sublime contemplation that unites many of the world's religious cultures, from Sufi to Native American. Called "one of the most original musical thinkers of the new century" by Alex Ross of The New Yorker, John Luther Adams will travel from his home in Alaska to join us at this exciting event.

This concert is made possible in part by the generous support of the Clarence E. Heller Foundation.

Funded in part through Meet The Composer's MetLife Creative Connections program.