The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players - Works by
Ken Ueno, Toru Takemitsu, Joe Pereira, Anna Thorvaldsdottir
4:00 – 4:30 pm Open Dress Rehearsal of Sawdust on Ararat by
Ken Ueno4:30 – 5:30 pm Composer Talk with
Ken Ueno and Joe Pereira
6:30 pm Pre-concert discussion
7:30 pm Concert
This work by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir is among the most important new pieces of recent years and anchors a program of intense luminosity, including colorful and evocative new works by California composers
Ken Ueno and Joe Pereira. The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players also returns to a composer we have longed championed, Toru Takemitsu performing his sublime classic, Toward the Sea.
Ken Ueno Sawdust on Ararat (2016) 20’ *west coast premiere
Flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 cellos, 2 percussion
Toru Takemitsu Toward the Sea (1981) (12’)
Guitar, alto flute
Joe Pereira Glimpse (2015) (17’) *world premiere
Alto flute, bass clarinet, piano, violin, cello
Anna Thorvaldsdottir In the Light of Air (2013) (40’)
Viola, cello, piano, harp, percussion, fixed electronics and lights