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Echoes of Gamelan explores the influence of gamelan music on western composers, as well as how our music perception changes depending on the context. Colin McPhee’s transcriptions of Balinese ceremonial music are interwoven with pieces by Godowsky, Debussy, Holst, and Baumbusch. The program closes with a transcription of a piece by Balinese composer Ni Nyoman Srayamurtikanti, originally written for Balinese shadow-puppet theater instruments.
Excerpts from Echoes of Gamelan: Colin McPhee, Brian Baumbusch, Leopold Godowsky, Ni Nyoman Srayamurtikanti. Shared concert with John Bischoff.
Echoes of Gamelan explores the influence of gamelan music on western composers, as well as how our music perception changes depending on the context. Colin McPhee’s transcriptions of Balinese ceremonial music are interwoven with pieces by Godowsky, Debussy, Holst, and Baumbusch. The program closes with a transcription of a piece by Balinese composer Ni Nyoman Srayamurtikanti, originally written for Balinese shadow-puppet theater instruments.
Echoes of Gamelan explores the influence of gamelan music on western composers, as well as how our music perception changes depending on the context. Colin McPhee’s transcriptions of Balinese ceremonial music are interwoven with pieces by Godowsky, Debussy, Holst, and Baumbusch. The program closes with a transcription of a piece by Balinese composer Ni Nyoman Srayamurtikanti, originally written for Balinese shadow-puppet theater instruments.
Echoes of Gamelan explores the influence of gamelan music on western composers, as well as how our music perception changes depending on the context. Colin McPhee’s transcriptions of Balinese ceremonial music are interwoven with pieces by Godowsky, Debussy, Holst, and Baumbusch (world premiere). The program closes with a transcription of a piece by Balinese composer Ni Nyoman Srayamurtikanti (world premiere of transcription), originally written for Balinese shadow-puppet theater instruments.
Gustav Holst: The Planets; Urmas Sisask: Spiral Symphony
16th San Francisco Music Day Festival
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War Memorial Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102
Works by Eleanor Alberga, Colin McPhee, Claude Debussy, Terry Riley, Urmas Sisask, and Astor Piazzolla. Includes preview to a new program titled "Echoes of Gamelan". (Please note: ZOFO will perform in the Taube Atrium Theatre from 5:50 to 6:35 pm.)
ZOFORBIT: A Space Odyssey. Works by George Crumb, Gustav Holst, David Lang and Urmas Sisask.
ZOFORBIT: A Space Odyssey. Works by George Crumb, Gustav Holst, David Lang and Urmas Sisask.
ZOFO will perform the world premiere of Pablo Ortiz's 'ZOFO Encajonado' with the San José Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Maestra Barbara Day Turner.
World premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank's 'Hailli Lirico'. Also featuring works by Eleanor Alberga, David Garner, Gustav Holst, and Urmas Sisask.
Dumbarton Concerts
Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton Street NW, Washington, DC 20007
Mind Meld: Bernstein, Debussy, Shapero, Stravinsky
Grant Park Music Festival
Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, 201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
ZOFO and the Grant Park Orchestra, lead by Maestro Carlos Kalmar, will perform the world premiere of Carl Vine's concerto for piano four hands and orchestra, Zofomorphosis, commissioned by ZOFO with generous funding and support from the Van Dyke Family Foundation. This program also features Tchaikovsky's suite from The Sleeping Beauty and Josef Suk's Fairy Tale.
Grant Park Music Festival
Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, 201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
[Program modified due to COVID.] ZOFO plays Carl Vine's Sonata for Piano Four Hands. The Grant Park Orchestra lead by Maestro Stephen Alltop plays Beethoven, Schubert, and Tchaikovsky.