Past Performances
sfSound
Friday, July 25, 2014 8pm sFsound Old First Concerts sfSound returns to Old First Concerts with an exciting program of works newly composed/revised within the last year, alongside two contrasting pieces from the 1960s. The concert features the west coast premiere of compositions by John Zorn, Hans Tutschku, and Christopher Burns. Rounding out the program are classics by Terry Riley, Mario Davidovsky, and a composition by sfSound’s Matt Ingalls based on the music of György Ligeti that is ABSOLUTELY NOT A COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. Old First Concerts 1751 Sacramento, San Francisco $17/14...
Read MoresfSoundOrchestra celebrates the 50th anniversary of Terry Riley’s “In C”
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 9pm sfSoundOrchestra celebrates the 50th anniversary of Terry Riley’s In C On November 2, 1964 at The San Francisco Tape Music Center, 321 Divisidero, Terry Riley essentially launched Minimalism with the premiere of In C. Performers included Jeannie Brecken, Steve Reich, Jon Gibson, Terry Riley, Warner Jepson, Stan Schaap, Sonny Lewis, Ramon Sender, James Lowe, Morton Subotnick, Tony Martin, Mel Weitzman, Pauline Oliveros and Phil Winsor. Although this classic work is often cited for its influence on composers like Glass, Reich and Adams, its use of open instrumentation and dynamic form determined individually during the performance is perhaps more...
Read MoreSweet Thunder: San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music
Saturday, April 26, 2014 7:30m Sweet Thunder: San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music http://sfcmp.org/sweet-thunder/
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014 8pm San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Triptych Three distinct works by three composers: Aus.Weg, a 2010 work by Georg Freidrich Haas, Luciano Chessa’s 2013 work Set and Setting, for musicians and “youth delivering scents of lavender and jasmine,” and James Dillon’s large-scale 2012 work New York Triptych, for musicians, radio receiver and CD player. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 701 Mission Street (at 3rd Street) San Francisco
Read MoreA Celebration of Samuel Barber
Saturday, January 25, 8pm A Celebration of Samuel Barber Samuel Barber (1910-1981) was one of the most honored of American composers. Enjoy a celebration of his chamber music and song with pianist Frank Johnson and leading Bay Area musical artists: the Cello Sonata, Op. 6; Summer Music, Op. 31 for woodwind quintet; Canzone, Op. 38a; and more. Trinity Chapel 2320 Dana Street Berkeley
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Sunday, October 20, 2013 SF Music Day Performances with sfSound & Quinteto Latino
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Diane Grubbe has appeared as a soloist with the Siena Music Festival in Italy, the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, L’Orchestre de Notre Dame in San Francisco and the Calabasas Chamber Orchestra in Southern California, with whom she recorded the Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto for their CD The Baroque Concerto.