SFCMP's 2011-12 Programs

Our upcoming season has just been announced. Single tickets go on sale in the fall, but subscribe now and receive substantial savings and other benefits. Subscriptions include pre-printed tickets to all five concerts and all five Contemporary Insights events and cost $130 (regular), $108 (senior) and $45 (student). Order online at City Box Office, or by phone at (415) 392-4400.

More detail about individual works is available here (pdf).

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Subscription Series Concerts
Herbst Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
Pre-concert talks with Steven Schick at 7:15 p.m.

Monday, October 3, 2011
Zone 1: in which crisscrossing vectors enliven the ear and oxygenate the sonic space
Steven Schick conducts. Special guest: John Luther Adams.
Josh Levine, Transparency (Part I) (2004, rev. 2010)
- Daniel Kennedy, percussion
Edgard Varèse, Octandre (1923)
John Luther Adams, Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of Unknowing (1991-95)

Monday, November 14, 2011
Zone 2: in which an indispensable morphology is identified
Special guest: Martin Bresnick.
James Tenney, Critical Band (1988)
Martin Bresnick, Songs of the Mouse People (1999)
- Stephen Harrison, cello; Daniel Kennedy, vibraphone
Frederic Rzewski, Bring Them Home! (2004)
David Lang, Illumination Rounds (1982)
- Roy Malan, violin; Julie Steinberg, piano
Brett Dean, Intimate Decisions (1997)
- Nancy Severance, viola
John Cage, Credo in Us (1942)

Monday, February 27, 2012
Zone 3: in which an inscription is erased but leaves a trace
Steven Schick conducts. Special guest: Michelle Lou.
Luigi Dallapiccola, Piccola Musica Notturna (1954)
Michelle Lou, paralipomena (2011, world premiere, commission)
Salvatore Sciarrino, Le Voci Sottovetro (1998)
Pascal Dusapin, Comœdia (1993)
Iannis Xenakis, Palimpsest (1979)

Monday, March 26, 2012
Zone 4: in which momentum and position co-exist within the physicality of a musical performance
Steven Schick conducts. Special guest: Olly Wilson.
Katharina Rosenberger, scatter 2.0 (2010)
Brian Ferneyhough, Bone Alphabet (1992)
- Steven Schick, percussion
Olly Wilson, new work (2011, world premiere, commission)
Geoffrey Gordon, Fancywork (2007)
- Graeme Jennings, violin; David Tanenbaum, guitar
Heinz Holliger, Ma’Mounia (2002)
- Christopher Froh, percussion

Monday, April 30, 2012
Zone 5: in which discussing a plan leads to some confusion
Steven Schick conducts. Special guests: Edmund Campion, Nathan Davis.
Aaron Gervais, Culture No. 1 (2006)
- Karen Gottlieb, harp; Julie Steinberg, piano and laptop
Liza Lim, Philtre (1997)
- Graeme Jennings, violin
Nathan Davis, The Bright and Hollow Sky (2004)
Mark Applebaum, Pre-composition (2006)
- For 8-Channel Playback
Lou Harrison, Serenade (1978)
- David Tanenbaum, guitar; William Winant, percussion
Edmund Campion, Small Wonder (2012, world premiere, commission)

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Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation
ODC Dance Commons Studio B, 4:30 p.m.

A companion to the subscription season, the Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation series includes five intimate preview events devoted to the understanding and appreciation of new music. On each occasion, the ensemble presents one piece from the upcoming subscription series concert program, and Steven Schick moderates an open dialogue between composer, musicians, and the audience. Each hour-long performance is followed by a reception with complimentary wine and snacks.

Sunday, October 2, 2011
Selections from John Luther Adams’s Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of Unknowing
Instrumentation to be selected from: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, marimba, celesta, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass

Sunday, November 13, 2011
John Cage’s Credo in Us
Instrumentation: piano, 2 percussion, radio

Sunday, February 26, 2012
Iannis Xenakis’s Palimpsest
Instrumentation: clarinet, oboe, bassoon, horn, piano, percussion, two violins, viola, cello, bass

Sunday, March 25, 2012
A new work by Olly Wilson
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello

Sunday, April 29, 2012
Edmund Campion’s Small Wonder
Instrumentation: mixed chamber ensemble and electronics