Earplay San Francisco Season Concerts 2011 Season Herbst Theatre, 7:30 PM Pre-concert talk 6:45 p.m. Earplay 26: Sound Science Monday, February 7, 2011 Jonathan BergerGeorge Crumb Jonathan Harvey Betsy Jolas Earplay 26: Sound Tangents Monday, March 28, 2011 John Cage Elliott Carter Jonathan Harvey Earplay 26: Sound Science Mei-Fang Lin Michelle Lou February 7, 2011 Earplay 26: Sound Lines Wednesday, June 1, 2011 as part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival Edmund Campion Jonathan Harvey Olga Neuwirth Hector Parra Adam RobertsMauricio Rodriguez Earplay commission/world premiere Earplay commission U.S. Premiere West-Coast Premiere 2010 Winner, Earplay Donald Aird Memorial Composition Competition elcome to Earplay’s 26th San Francisco season. Our mission is to nurture new chamber music — to W expand its reach to inspire each one of us through new compositions and performances. The 2011 San Francisco series highlights the innovation from composers at Stanford University. Each concert features the renowned members of the Earplay ensemble performing as soloists and ensemble artists and outstanding guest artists. We are thrilled that composers Betsy Jolas and Jonathan Berger are here tonight for premieres of their works. Earplay 2011 This season Earplay also performed around the Bay in Sonoma Donald Aird and Sacramento in partnership with the Sonoma City Opera and the Festival of New American Music. Earplay continues to be at Memorial the forefront of bringing new works to the concert hall. We look Composers Competition forward to seeing you at each of our concerts and appreciate your support! Downloadable application at: Stephen Ness www.earplay.org/competitions President, Board of Directors Deadline: March 31, 2011 Special Thanks To: Earplay Earplay Staff Board of Directors Bruce Bennett Advisory Board Aislinn Scofield Jonathan Berger Stephen Ness, president executive director Betsy Jolas May Luke, secretary Richard Felciano Scott Koué Christopher Jones Bruce Bennett, treasurer technical director/stage manager Peter Josheff William Kraft Terrie Baune Scott Koué Kent Nagano , musician representative scheduling coordinator Terrie Baune Peter Moore Wayne Peterson Mary Chun Thalia Moore Diane Hie Chen Yi Christopher Wendell Jones accountant Stephen Ness Ellen Ruth Rose Karen Rosenak Earplay, P.O. Box 192125, San Francisco, CA 94119-2125 David Waldorf SAN FRANCISCO WAR MEMORIAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER HERBST THEATRE Monday Evening, February 7, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. The Herbst Theatre Owned and operated by the City and County of San Francisco through the Board of Trustees of the War Memorial of San Francisco The Honorable Edwin M. Lee, Mayor EARPLAY 26: TRUSTEES Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, President Sound Science MajGen J. Michael Myatt, USMC (Ret.), Vice President Wilkes Bashford Nancy H. Bechtle Belva Davis Thomas E. Horn Mary Chun, conductor Claude M. Jarman, Jr. Mrs. George R. Moscone Tod Brody, flutes Terrie Baune, violin Paul F. Pelosi Peter Josheff, clarinets Ellen Ruth Rose, viola James W. Stafford Karen Rosenak, piano Thalia Moore, cello Diane B. Wilsey Elizabeth Murray, Managing Director Guest Artists Jennifer E. Norris, Assistant Managing Director Dan Reiter, cello Chris Jones, piano Pre-concert talk 6:45 p.m. Bruce Bennett, moderator with Jonathan Berger and Betsy Jolas . Earplay’s season is made possible with funding from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, the Bernard Osher Foundation, The Ross McKee Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation Fund for Artists, the San Francisco Grants for the Arts, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Community Arts Committee of the Zellerbach Family Fund and Generous Donors. Program Donors (since February 2010) We thank our donors for their generosity and continued belief in the importance of the creation and performance of new and intriguing music. Jonathan Harvey String Trio (2004) Terrie Baune, Ellen Ruth Rose, $100 + Pablo Ortiz $10,000 + Leonard and Sandra Rosenberg The San Francisco Grants For the Yen Bachmeier Daniel Reiter Donald and Phyllis Sutherland Arts Jonathan Berger Ava Victoria The William and Flora Hewlett Katherine Blume Mark Winges Foundation Tod Brody George Crumb Celestial Mechanics (1979) William Beck & Yu-Hui Chang Karen Rosenak, $5,000 + James & April Carlson John & Mary Caris Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation and more friends Christopher Wendell Jones Chen Yi and Zhou Long Frances L. Bennion Chris Concolino Katherine Brody Alena Cowan Kenneth Bruchmeier $3,000 + Richard Felciano Anne Callaway I. Alpha Centauri The Bernard Osher Foundation Pablo Furman Eleanor Cohen The San Francisco Foundation Fund Patti Glasow Ernestine S. Cohn II. Beta Cygni for Artists Douglas Gong Alice Berg Cronin The Community Arts Committee Margot Golding Barbara and Sanford Dornbusch III. Gamma Draconis of the The Zellerbach Family Martha Callison Horst Robert Fisher Foundation Leo Kadehjian Donald & Stephanie Friedman IV. Delta Orionis Joy Kent Gary Friedman $1,000 + Ruth Knier Guillermo Galindo William Kraft Louise Haiman Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia Antoinette Kuhry & Rollin and Phyliss Harding intermission University Thomas A. Haeuser Stephen Harrison Ross McKee Foundation Susan Kwock Louis Karchin Terrie Baune Richard & Patricia Taylor Lee Mazdak Khamda Mary Chun Amy Miller Levine Teija Kuosku Betsy Jolas Ah! Haydn (2007) May Luke Alfred Lerdahl Nana Kurosawa Bari & Stephen Ness Nora Norden Eva Langfedit U.S. Premiere Aislinn Scofield Elizabeth O’Malley Jan Lustig Dan Scharlin Ralph & Elizabeth Morrison Terrie Baune, Thalia Moore and $300 + Arthur Rose Norman Reid Karen Rosenak Margaret Dorfman William Schottstaedt Allen Shearer & Claudia Stevens Yoshiko Kakudo Mike Sharp Regina Sneed Rosalie Lowe Donald & Jill Spuehler Bill Specht Sam Nichols & Laurie San Martin Olly & Louise Wilson Kristin Zoernig Karen Rosenak Jonathan Berger Yaqira (2011) Larry Russo $50 + Earplay Commission/World Premiere William Beckerman $200 + Emma Bethencourt Mark Applebaum Herbert W. Bielawa Jane Bernstein and Robert Ellis James & April Carlson I. Freely, inquisitive Raymond and Mary Chun Jim Carr II. Serene Wayne & Winnie Chun John Chowning III. Con forza Margaret Dorfman Lori Dobbins IV. Filigree Patti Noel Dueter Janet Elliott Gary Eskelson Michele Fromson & Cordell Ho Ellinor Hagedorn Paolo Geminiani Melanie Kwock Gong Arnold Go Peter Moore Karen Gottlieb Mary Chun, Tod Brody, Nora Norden John and Lee Hause Peter Josheff, Terrie Baune, Wayne Peterson Joy Kent Thomas White Richard Mellott Daniel Reiter and Karen Rosenak Patricia Moy Wendy Niles Earplay ComposErs: TwEnTy-six yEars Notes on the Program Eliane Aberdam Richard Felciano Mario Lavista Marc Satterwhite Sarah Aderholdt John Felder Anne LeBaron Eric Sawyer tempi and style. In particular, there are Thomas Adès Morton Feldman Yinam Leef sTring Trio (2004) Arnold Schoenberg Donald Aird Richard Festinger Fred Lerdahl Ralph Shapey viiolin, viola, cello two main (and contrasting) types of Eleanor Alberga Irving Fine Peter Scott Lewis Salvatore Sciarrino Richard Aldag Michael Finnissy Jorge Liderman David Schiff by music-the rustic and the sacred. The Alexis Alrich Tom Flaherty Peter Lieberson David Schober Jonathan Harvey Allen Anderson Andrew Frank György Ligeti rustic is folkloristic, and the sacred Philippe Schoeller Mark Applebaum David Froom Liza Lim Arnold Schoenberg is derived from my liturgical drama Robert Basart Pablo Furman Mei-Fang Lin Roger Sessions Ross Bauer Beat Fürrer Scott Lindroth Having now written four string Allen Shearer “Passion and Resurrection”- the music Bruce Christian Bennett Guillermo Galindo David Liptak quartets, writing a string trio has felt Arthur Berger Michael Gandolfi Zhou Long Seymour Shifrin associated with the discovery of the Jonathan Berger Guy Garnett Michelle Lou Sheila Silver rather an exposing medium. There Luciano Berio Stacy Garrop Jing Jing Luo Reynold Simpson empty tomb on Easter Sunday. Christophe Bertrand John Gibson Witold Lutoslawski Paul Siskind is even less possibility of ‘ensemble’ Jan Bilk James Giroudonv Drake Mabry Ronald Bruce Smith Herb Bielawa Glenn Glasow John MacDonald David Soley texture than in a quartet, every note Susan Blaustein Daniel Godfrey Steven Mackey Harvey Sollberger and sound is an individual assertion, The collision of these two moods is Stephen Blumberg Alexander Goehr Katherine Malyi Claudio Spies Linda Bouchard Perry Goldstein Ursula Mamlock Jeff Stadelman strongly expressive almost in the the energizing spark of this fifteen- Pierre Boulez Michelle Green Donald Martino Kurt Stallman David Meckstroth minute work, written at the request Martin Boykan Mark Grey Dorrance Stalvey way that a solo is. On the other Carolyn Bremer Stephen Michael Gryc Marjorie Merryman Eitan Steinberg of Harry Vogt for the Witten Festival Benjamin Britten Susan Harding Olivier Messiaen hand, that can be quite a liberating Frank Stemper Christopher Burns Lou Harrison Donal Michalsky Mark Stickman situation: it is no longer so necessary to be played by Ensemble Recherche. Ann Callaway Ellen Ruth Harrison Darius Milhaud Igor Stravinsky Ronald Caltabiano Stephen Hartke Eric Moe to think vertically. The three players – J.H. Edmund Campion Hugh Hartwell Chris Treubue Moore Kotoka Suzuki James Carr Jonathan Harvey Paul Moravec Toru Takemitsu can pull apart and meet up at certain Elliott Carter Hans Werner Henze Gustavo Moretto Bruce Taub John Thow places. We can leave the current Chris Chafe Martin Herman Tristan Murail JonaThan Yu-Hui Chang Jennifer Higdon Thea Musgrave