American Mosaic

Monday, November 3, 2008 8 pm
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness at McAllister Street, San Francisco
Pre-concert talk begins at 7:15 pm.

Program:
Elliott Carter, Luimen (1997)
Reynold Tharp, Littoral (2006)
Dmitri Tymoczko, Four Dreams (2006)
Lei Liang, Trio (2002)
Mario Davidovsky, Synchronisms 12 (2006)
Mario Diaz de León, Gated Eclipse (2006)

Featuring:
Carey Bell, clarinet
Julie Steinberg, piano

Join David Milnes and the ensemble for a concert of music from a variety of American composers, spanning a broad range of styles, backgrounds and generations. Elliott Carter celebrates his 100th birthday this year; Mario Diaz de León is just establishing his reputation at age 29. In between these two extremes of age is a treasury of American music, representing composers born as far away as China and Argentina, works inspired by natural beauty, and an irreverent look at one composer’s dream life. The newest piece in Mario Davidovsky’s Pulitzer-winning Synchronisms series, played by clarinetist Carey Bell, is not to be missed.

Composers Mario Diaz de León, Lei Liang and Dmitri Tymoczko will participate in a pre-concert talk, moderated by David Milnes.

$28 general, $23 senior, $10 student
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This performance is funded in part by: National Endowment for the Arts; Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University; Ross McKee Foundation (Tharp).