'Nixon In China' Broadcast Notice; And Sunday New Music Update For Berkeley And San Francisco (Shadow Of Cairo Edition)

The Metropolitan Opera

Nixon in China
February 12, 2011, 1:00 pm

Composer: Alice Goodman
Conductor: John Adams
Cast: Chiang Ch'ing: Kathleen Kim
Pat Nixon: Janis Kelly
Mao Tse-tung: Robert Brubaker
Chou En-lai: Russell Braun
Richard Nixon: James Maddalena
Henry Kissinger: Richard Paul Fink

Source: Classical WETA Opera House, Washington, D.C.

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U.C. Berkeley, Hertz Hall, Sun Feb 6th 2011, 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Eco Ensemble, David Milnes, conductor

PROGRAM
- Liza White: Groove II for solo piano; Ann Yi, pianist
- David Coll: Derive for bass clarinet, cello, and electronics; Matt Ingalls, clarinet; Leighton Fong, cello
- Jason Levis: Dub Concrète II for tape
- Dan VanHassel: Poised to Make Gains for piano with live audio and video processing, played by the composer
- Nils Bultmann: improvisation for viola and live video processing, played by the composer and a video artist
- Evelyn Ficarra: Vagues / Fenêtres for String Trio and Electronic Sounds; String Trio with electronics
Hrabba Atladottir, violin; Ellen Ruth Rose, viola: Leighton Fong, cello

San Francisco Conservatory of Music New Music Marathon, Sunday Feb. 6,2011 2-8 PM

Recital Hall 2:00 hour:
Michael Gordon: Industry
Lou Harrison: Concerto for Violin and Percussion
Osvaldo Golijov: Dreams and Prayers of Isaac The Bind

Recital Hall 3:00 hour:
Paul Bergel:Winchester House of Mystery Suite
Atanas Ourkouzounov: Objects Futiles
Gary Eister: Chasing Light
George Crumb: Vox Balaenae

Recital Hall 4:00 hour:
Alden Jenks: War of Words
Pierre Jalbert: Trio; Life Cycle; Agnus Dei
Derrick Spiva Jr.: Dies Veneris
Jon Russell: Night Dance
Christopher Porter: Tenebrae

Concert Hall 5:00 hour:
Jerry Liu*: Suite 7 Days
Louis Cruz*: Mentalese
Mason Bates: Red River
Pantawit Kiangsiri: Snapshots

Recital Hall 5:00 hour:
Anthony Porter*: not quite what i was planning
Harry Whitney*: Chipping Away
Luciano Chessa: New Work
Alden Jenks*: War of Words
Steve Mackey: Interior