GHOSTFIRES by JOHN ANTHONY LENNON, featuring guitarist MICHAEL GOLDBERG, San Francisco, Dec. 7th and 8th

Sun - December 7, 2014, 7:00 pm

 

GHOSTFIRES by JOHN ANTHONY LENNON, featuring guitarist MICHAEL GOLDBERG, San Francisco, Dec. 7th and 8th

SUNG AND STRUMMED - BY LEFT COAST ENSEMBLE

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

Frank Martin · Quatre pièces brèves for Guitar
Dominick Argento · Letters from Composers for Voice and Guitar
Amadeus Regucera · New Work for Bass Flute and Harp WORLD PREMIERE
Hans Werner Henze · Carillon, Récitatif, Masque for Mandolin, Guitar, and Harp
Sam Nichols · New Work for Voice, Flute, Guitar, and Harp WORLD PREMIERE
John Anthony Lennon · Ghostfires for Voice, Flute, Guitar, and Harp
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 is delighted to welcome guest artists Ann Moss, Meredith Clark, and Travis Andrews, and guest composer Amadeus Regucera.