Crosscurrents... where arts converge. Streaming Illusions.
Student Ensembles
Saturday, October 10, 8:00 PM
Tickets:
$20/$15 Call the box office at 415.503.6275
Program:
Pre-concert talk at 7:15 p.m. with Ronald Caltabiano
John Adams: Gnarly Buttons
Allen Strange: King of Handcuffs
Ronald Caltabiano: Concertini
Darius Milhaud: La mort d’un tyran
Description:
Text and music come powerfully together in Allen Strange’s King of Handcuffs, a fantasy about escape artist Harry Houdini, and Darius Milhaud’s La mort d’un tyran, with a speaking chorus denouncing political tyranny. Fiery musical dialogs also permeate John Adams’ clarinet concerto Gnarly Buttons, and Ronald Caltabiano’s Concertini.
Performers:
New Music Ensemble
Nicole Paiement, conductor
Venue:
Concert Hall
