Natural Phenomena

Monday, January 25, 2010 8:00 pm
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Ave. at McAllister, San Francisco
Pre-concert talk begins at 7:15 pm.

Michael Jarrell, …more leaves…  (2000)
Oscar Bianchi, Zaffiro  (2005)
Matthias Pintscher, nemeton  (2007)
Christopher Froh, percussion        
Helmut Lachenmann, Trio fluido  (1966)
Brian Ferneyhough, Flurries  (1998)

Brad Lubman conducts.

$28 general, $23 senior, $10 student
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The pieces on this program recall the mysterious ingenuity of nature. These are not works in which the hand of the composer can be readily seen; instead the music exudes its own life force, like a bubbling spring or a flurry of snow. Violist Nanci Severance is featured in Michael Jarrell’s …more leaves..., and Christopher Froh brings a dancer’s grace to Matthias Pintscher’s percussion solo, nemeton, named for the sacred groves where Druids met in ancient times. 

Funded in part by: National Endowment for the Arts; Aaron Copland Fund for Music; Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council; Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco.