CONCERT: San Francisco Contemporary Music Players November 19, 2007

Shimmers and Thrills

Monday, November 19, 2007 8 pm Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum 701 Mission Street at 3rd Street, San Francisco Pre-concert talk begins at 7:15 pm.

Program: Yan Maresz, Entrelacs (1997-98) Henrik Strindberg, Cheap Thrills (1993) (U.S. premiere) Anders Hillborg, Tryffelhymn (Truffle Hymn) (2002) (U.S. premiere) Jesper Nordin, Calm like a bomb (2000) Tommy Zwedberg, Enso (1993) (U.S. premiere) Liza Lim, Shimmer Songs (2006) (world premiere, commission)

Featuring: Graeme Jennings, violin

Join us for a thrilling international music exposition, introducing four short, contrasting pieces from Sweden. Graeme Jennings, the ensemble’s newest member and former violinist with the Arditti Quartet, takes it to the point of combustion in Nordin’s Calm like a bomb. The Players shine in a luminous new work from Liza Lim, a rising star whose music was recently championed by the L.A. Philharmonic for the opening of its Walt Disney Concert Hall.

$27 General | $22 Seniors | $10 Students For tickets, please go to http://www.sfcmp.org OR call: 415-978-ARTS (2787)

Official Website: http://sfcmp.org