New Music Works Season 43!
Sponsored by Rowland and Pat Rebele
Concert III:
THE MUSIC OF SOUND
Sponsored by Pacific Cookie Company
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Doors 7pm / Show 7:30pm
Where: Peace United Church of Christ (In the Sanctuary)
900 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
James Tenney
Stan Poplin
THE MUSIC OF SOUND is a program of unique and powerful musical approaches.
Postponed for 1 year, 11 months and 29 days, we are bursting at the seams, to finally present this repertoire to you!
A kaleidoscopic chamber concert of multiple configurations and angles, this will be a big night out! Tantalizing and richly textured ensemble works by Bryce Dessner and James Tenney, along with the world premiere of Michael McGushin’s Every Afternoon: A Dialogue for two sopranos and two pianos, and set to poetry of Gertrude Stein.
The evening’s two sets begin with solo performances, starting with one of two WORLD PREMIERES! Suite for Guitar by Kenneth Hill, will be performed by Italian-born, renowned Bay Area guitarist, Giacomo Fiore. Kenneth, a longtime Ben Lomond resident of Santa Cruz County, is a skillful guitarist, master luthier, composer and founding owner of Hill Guitar Company. Giacomo is a UCSC Graduate, residing in San Francisco and on the faculties at University of San Francisco and UCSC.
CONCERT REPERTOIRE
Kenneth Hill, Suite for Guitar (2022) (WORLD PREMIERE!)
Giacomo Fiore, guitar
I. Stolen Moments
II. Blindness
III. Canary Jig
Michael McGushin, Every Afternoon: A Dialogue (2020) (WORLD PREMIERE!)
Two Sopranos: Sheila Willey and Emily Sinclair
Two Pianos: Elizabeth Roper and Josiah Stocker
Words: Gertrude Stein
James Tenney, Tableaux Vivants (1990)
Clarinet, bassoon, soprano/baritone saxophones, piano, vibraphone, violin
Three Norwegian Folksongs (arr. by Stan Poplin)
Brurmarsj fra Beiarn - Jonhan A. Aronsen (1876-1965)
Brurmarsj fra Sorfold - Alfred Buvik (1937)
Kila Roa Bane - Bansull (lullaby) fra Saltdal
Miles Davis/Charlie Parker, Donna Lee (arr. by Stan Poplin)
Stan Poplin, double bass
Bryce Dessner, Murder Ballades (2013)
flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, violoncello
Omie Wise
Young Emily
Wave The Sea Brushy Fork
Pretty Polly
Tears For Sister Polly
Eighth Blackbird won a Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance,
which included Murder Ballades, from their recording Filament, in 2016.
Read a Review of Chasing Omie: eighth blackbird and Bryce Dessner’s ‘Murder Ballades’
Read about the 2016 Performance of Eighth Blackbird with Bonnie “Prince” Billy Ghostlight, at Museum
“Bryce Dessner's Murder Ballades, recorded on Eighth Blackbird's 2016 Grammy Award-winning album
Filament…recounts grisly American tales of revenge and betrayal through simple, upbeat melodies.”
Kenneth Hill
Michael McGushin
Emily Sinclairn and Sheila Willey
NewMusicWorks Ensemble
Lars Johannesson, flute and alto flute
Stephen Zielenski, clarinet and bass clarinet
Neil Fairbairn, bassoon
Paul Contos, soprano and baritone saxophones
Tony Gennaro, percussion
Elizabeth Roper, piano
Josiah Stocker, piano
Shannon D’Antonio, violin
Kristin Garbeff, violoncello
Giacomo Fiore
NewMusicWorks Ensemble
Music Director and Conductor
Phil Collins
Guest Soloists
Sheila Willey, soprano
Emily Sinclair, soprano
Giacomo Fiore, guitar
Stan Poplin, double bass
Giacomo Fiore
This concert is supported in part by grants from the Arts Council Santa Cruz,
the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, and the Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation