From the Top

Monday, October 5, 2009 8:00 pm
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Ave. at McAllister, San Francisco
Pre-concert talk begins at 7:15 pm.

Program:
Edmund Campion, 600 Secondes dans le vieux modèle (600 Seconds in the Worn-out Model)  (2008, U.S. premiere)
Morton Feldman, The Viola in My Life (1)  (1972)
Steve Reich, Vermont Counterpoint  (1982)
Charles Wuorinen, Trombone Trio  (1985)  
Tod Brody, flute
John Harbison, The Seven Ages  (2008, commission)
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano

Sara Jobin conducts.

$28 general, $23 senior, $10 student
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We start the season with a concert of established composers who have reached the top of their field, including three winners of the Pulitzer Prize for music. John Harbison’s new work, The Seven Ages sets the sensual poetry of Louise Glück to music for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, vibraphone, piano, violin, and cello. The works by Edmund Campion and Morton Feldman will be performed again in Nice, France on NOvermber 15, when the ensemble appears at the MANCA festival.

John Harbison will participate in a pre-concert talk in the theatre at 7:15 pm.

This concert is funded in part by: Wells Fargo Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Aaron Copland Fund for Music.