Monday Evening Concerts: Mostly Californian January 11, 2010

Clint McCallum: in a hall of mirrors waiting to die L.A. premiere
Anton Webern: Quartet, Op. 22
Milton Babbitt: All Set
Michael Pisaro: The Collection
Luciano Chessa: Variazioni su un oggetto di scena (L.A. premiere)
Luciano Chessa: Louganis (L.A. premiere)

Eliot Gattegno, saxophone
Eric Wubbels, piano
Benjamin Lulich, clarinet
David Fulmer, conductor and violin
David Borgo, saxophone
Scott Worthington, double bass
Brian Archinal, percussion
Ross Karre, percussion
Ian Carroll, trombone
dog star orchestra
Luciano Chessa, piano

California has always attracted innovators. Three composers from Los Angeles, Berkeley and San Diego confirm this is still the case. In a program showcasing the variety of activity in our own backyard, Michael Pisaro’s gently expansive The Collection is presented in a version for twenty players. Luciano Chessa creates a poignant lyricism in his radical and theatrical works, including a tribute to Olympic diver Greg Louganis scored for piano and electric toothbrushes. Clint McCallum’s piece pushes a saxophonist to his physical limits, while the sax also enlivens two rarely-heard non-Californian 20th century classics: Anton Webern’s Quartet and Milton Babbitt’s All Set for jazz ensemble.

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