San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Present a John Cage Retrospective
7:15 pm, pre-concert talk
Program:
The Perilous Night(1944)
String Quartet in Four Parts (1949-50)
Third Construction, for four percussionists (1941)
Ryoanji, for trombone and percussion (1985)
Four6(1991)
Featuring:
Fred Frith, guitar
Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
William Winant, percussion
Hall Goff, trombone
Julie Steinberg, piano
This John Cage Retrospective pairs early works from the 1940s with two later, more conceptual compositions: Ryoanji, Cage's invocation of a famous Zen garden in Japan, and the semi improvisational Four6, as realized by guest artists Joan Jeanrenaud and
Fred Frith with tubist Peter Wahrhaftig and percussionist
William Winant, for whom the piece was originally written. The Perilous Night, for prepared piano, will be accompanied by a projected image of the haunting Jasper Johns painting this music inspired.