Gabriel Kahane | Piano and Voice Saturday, July 17, 2021 | 7:30PM GABRIEL KAHANE Piano and Voice Saturday, July 17, 2021 | 7:30pm Herbst Theatre AFTER THE SILENCE KAHANE Selected songs Gabriel Kahane is represented by MKI Artists One Lawson Lane, Suite 320, Burlington, VT 05401 mkiartists.com Hamburg Steinway Model D, Pro Piano San Francisco 2 ARTIST PROFILE SF Performances presents Gabriel Kahane for the third time. Gabriel Kahane is a musician and storyteller whose work increasingly exists at the intersection of art and social prac- tice. Hailed as “one of the finest songwriters of the day” by The New Yorker, he is known to haunt basement rock clubs and august concert halls alike, where you’ll likely find him in the green room, double-fisting coffee and a book. He has released four albums as a singer-songwriter, includ- ing, most recently, the intimate Book of Travelers (Nonesuch Records), which Rolling Stone called “a stunning portrait of a singular moment in America.” As a composer, he has been commissioned by many of America’s leading arts institu- tions, including the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Or- chestra, and the Public Theater, which in 2012 presented his musical February House. In 2019, Kahane was named the inaugural Creative Chair for the Oregon Symphony, following the premiere in Port- land of his oratorio emergency shelter intake form, a work that explores inequality in America through the lens of hous- ing issues. The piece was released as an album in March of 2020 and is scheduled for performance by half a dozen other American orchestras in the coming years. Kahane’s discography also includes 2014’s The Ambassa- dor, which received an acclaimed staging at BAM, directed by Tony and Olivier Award-winner John Tiffany; an album of chamber music, The Fiction Issue, with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider and vocalist/composer Shara Nova; a record- ing with The Knights of his orchestral song cycle Crane Pa- limpsest; as well as the original cast album for February House. A frequent collaborator across a range of musical commu- nities, Gabriel has worked with an array of artists including Paul Simon, Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, Phoebe Bridgers, Caroline Shaw, and Chris Thile. After nearly two decades in 3 Brooklyn, Kahane relocated with his family to Portland, Or- egon, in March of 2020. Their freakishly self-possessed cat, Roscoe Greebletron Jones III, when not under investigation for securities fraud, continues his fruitless attempts to mone- tize his Instagram account. PROGRAM NOTES In his first post-pandemic performance, Gabriel Kahane of- fers, in addition to a survey of his catalog, a new slate of songs drawn from 31 he composed in October 2020, one for each day of that tumultuous month. These latest works are among the most personal Kahane has written in a decade, exploring the domestic realms of marriage, friendship, and fatherhood, as well as the ambient grief in a divided country facing down a global pandemic and catastrophic climate change. 4 All of us at San Francisco Performances extend our deep appreciation to our many patrons who have helped keep us going during the pandemic by donating to our Bridge to the Future Campaign. Your generous support has ensured that we will gather again and share many more transformative performances together for years to come. Thank you! Tatiana and Ruslan Abdikeev Ms. Louise Brotsky Ms. Joanne Abel Tim and Peggy Brown Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Abra Virginia L. 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Orup Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Shoehalter Mr. David Ow Emilya Shtivelman Mr. Norman Packard Mr. Matthew Shuster Ms. Mitzi S. Palmer Stephen Siegelman Ms. Amy Panitz LaVerne C. and Alan Silverman, Mr. James Parsons and Ms. Andrea Hong in memory of Mary Huff and Hannah Silverman Ms. Barbara Paschke Mr. Dean A. Silvers Mr. Victor Penico Ms. Anne B. Simons Mr. Alan R Perlman Herbert and Glenda Smith Ms. Patricia E.