SFSOUNDGROUP presents a concert honoring recently departed composers. The first half features works by the Russian composer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931 – 2025), known for her spiritual and dramatic works. The second half includes a circular breathing wind duo by the pioneering minimalist composer TOM JOHNSON (1939–2024), and a work for improvisers and tape by the celebrated composer and conductor PETER EÖTVÖS (1944–2024).
The evening also includes "Instruments II" by MORTON FELDMAN, a prime example of his evolving -- and often overlooked -- output from the 1970's.
Rounding out the program with a living composer, sfSound's own MONICA SCOTT presents a recent composition for cello and piano.
PROGRAM
Morton Feldman - "Instruments II" 1975
chamber ensemble
Tom Johnson - "Kientzy Loops" 2000
circular breathing wind duo
Peter Eötvös - "Music For New York" 1971
tape playback with improvisers
Monica Scott - "more than nine minutes" 2016
cello and piano
Sofia Gubaidulina - "Dots, Lines and Zigzag" 1976
bass clarinet and piano
Sofia Gubaidulina - "Sounds of the Forest" 1978
flute and piano
Sofia Gubaidulina - "Piano Sonata: III. Allegretto" 1965
piano
Sofia Gubaidulina - "In croce" 1979
cello and organ
MUSICIANS
Diane Grubbe, flute
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe
Matt Ingalls, clarinet
John Ingle, saxophone/conductor
Brendan Lai-Tong, trombone
Hadley McCarroll, piano/organ
Kjell Nordeson, percussion
Monica Scott, cello
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
Cost: $10-$25 sliding scale
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
avantNOIR, a suite of compositions for jazz quartet plus guests, is a musical companion to the crime novels of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster. All music by Lisa Mezzacappa.
The premiere, at the 2013 Outsound New Music Summit, of Wrack ...Awaits Silent Tristero's Empire (made possible by the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works commissioning program).