Monday Evening Concerts December 11, 2006

Contemporary music at REDCAT

A Tribute to Dorrance Stalvey
A Special Benefit for Monday Evening Concerts

Luciano Berio: Circles
Dorrance Stalvey: Stream (L.A. premiere)
Gerard Grisey: Vortex Temporum (L.A. premiere)

MEC begins its season on Monday, December 11, 2006 at REDCAT with a tribute to long-time director DORRANCE STALVEY, who passed away in 2005. Luciano Berio's Circles will be performed by harpist LOU ANNE NEILL (who played the work for Dorrance at MEC in 1974), percussionists ROSS KARRE and STEVE SCHICK (famous for his one-man festival of percussion music at MEC), and up-and-coming Italian singer CRISTINA ZAVALLONI, who made a smash at last year's Minimalist Jukebox Festival. Dorrance's final completed work, Stream, will be performed for the first time in Los Angeles by violinist TARAS KRYSA and composer/pianist VIRKO BALEY. Hear the LA premiere of Gerard Grisey's Vortex Temporum, a spectral masterpiece featuring a wild cadenza for de-tuned piano.

Virko Baley, piano
Donald Crockett, conductor
Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, cello
Ross Karre, percussion
Taras Krysa, violin
Mark Menzies, violin
Lou Anne Neill, harp
Philip O’Connor, clarinet
Kazi Pitelka, viola
Vicki Ray, piano
Steven Schick, percussion
Dorothy Stone, flute
Cristina Zavalloni, voice

General Admission: $50
Students, CalArts Alumni Affinity Card: $30
CalArts Students, Faculty and Staff: $20

Official Website: http://mondayeveningconcerts.org/events/121106.html