zone 3: in which an inscription is erased but leaves a trace

Monday, February 27, 2012 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: Michelle Lou.

Program:
Luigi Dallapiccola, Piccola Musica Notturna (1954 - 8 min.) Listen
Michelle Lou, paralipomena (2011, world premiere, commission - 7 min.)
Salvatore Sciarrino, Le Voci Sottovetro (1998 - 7 min.)
Pascal Dusapin, Comœdia (1993 - 26 min.)
Iannis Xenakis, Palimpsest (1979 - 12 min.) Listen

Zone 3 is a concert of works that draw deeply from European musical and literary traditions, at times rewriting them but never erasing them completely. The season's first world premiere serves as a companion piece to Dallapiccola's nocturne, which opens the concert. Then two works for voice and ensemble inspired by Italian masters lead to music by a modern-era Renaissance man: architect, author and composer Iannis Xenakis.