sfSoundSeries
Renowned english saxophone virtuoso John Butcher performs solo and improvises with sfSoundGroup. "In the world of saxophone music, players using extended techniques to make unusual sounds with the horn are common, but few have established a voice as original as John Butcher's. His saxophone acts as an extension of his own voice as he employs such techniques as growling and flutter tonguing to make his saxophone talk, sing, cry, whisper and laugh. What is more impressive is how he has incorporated all of this into a musical language that is both complicated and accessible. One of the central figures in Europe's avant-garde music scene." - SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN
The program also includes John Cage's
Fourteen (1990), Kaija Saariaho's
Sept Papillons (2000) for solo cello, and
Seis Vícios de Garlândia (2006) for clarinet, cello, and percussion by local brazilian composer Bruno Ruviaro.
Performers include: Diane Grubbe - bass flute,
Kyle Bruckmann - oboe,
Matt Ingalls - clarinets,
John Ingle - alto saxophone, David Bithell - trumpet, Andy Strain - trombone, Loren Mach - percussion,
Gino Robair - percussion, Christopher Jones - piano, Erik Ulman - violin, Alexa Beattie - viola, Monica Scott - cello, Richard Worn - contrabass, and others.
Cost: $5
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Gino Robair and John Butcher, 2008