Sonnets to Orpheus

Aida Shirazi Vestiges for Strings and Flute WORLD PREMIERE

Chiayu Hsu Rhapsody Toccata 2017 COMPOSITION COMPETITION WINNER

Claudio Monteverdi Excerpts from L’Orfeo

Christoph Willibald Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Luiz Bonfa Black Orpheus

Eric Moe Sonnets to Orpheus for Soprano, Oboe, String Quartet, and Piano

Why do we love the Orpheus myth? It has intrigued composers from every century because music is the story’s true hero.

Doors open a half hour before concerts. Open seating.

SAN FRANCISCO
SF Conservatory of Music
50 Oak Street, San Francisco [directions]
Monday, March 12*, 2018, 7:30 PM

*originally scheduled for March 19.

BERKELEY
Berkeley Hillside Club
2286 Cedar St, Berkeley [directions]
Saturday, March 17, 2018, 7:30 PM

Artists

Nikki Einfeld, soprano
Andrea Plesnarski, oboe
Stacey Pelinka, flute
Anna Presler, violin
Ilana Thomas, violin (guest artist)
Phyllis Kamrin, viola
Tanya Tomkins, cello
Karen Rosenak, piano (guest artist)
Katy Luo, piano (guest artist)

Matilda Hofman, guest conductor

Image credit: Copyright Tom Killion, used by permission of Artist. Tom Killion is a print artist and native of the left coast. He creates stunning woodblock prints of the California coast and much more. The banner image is a detail of "Mt. Tamalpais from Ring Mountain".