Sung and Strummed

MILL VALLEY 142 Throckmorton Theatre • Sunday, December 7, 2014 7PM  buy tickets
SAN FRANCISCO Dennis Gallagher Arts Pavilion • Monday, December 8, 2014 8PM  buy tickets

Hans Werner Henze · Carillon, Récitatif, Masque: Trio for Mandolin, Guitar, and Harp
Dominick  Argento · Letters from Composers for Voice and Guitar
John Anthony Lennon · Ghostfires for Voice, Flute, Guitar, and Harp
Frank  Martin · Quatre pièces brèves for Guitar
Amadeus Regucera · Crave for Bass Flute and Harp WORLD PREMIERE
Sam Nichols · things that had no opposites                                                   
fragments from Tim Horvath for  Soprano, Flute, Guitar, and Harp WORLD PREMIERE
Igor Stravinsky · Four Songs for Voice, Flute, Guitar, and Harp

In a concert curated by Left Coast guitarist Michael Goldberg, the timbral possibilities presented by an unusual collection of plucked instruments - mandolin, harp, and guitar - are combined with flute and voice. Stravinsky's delightfully off-kilter folk song settings and John Anthony Lennon's setting of text by James Joyce are complemented by a companion commission from the Bay Area composer Sam Nichols. Left Coast players Michael Goldberg and Stacey Pelinka are delighted to welcome guest artists Ann Moss, Meredith Clark, and Travis Andrews, and guest composer Amadeus Regucera.