music that resonates today and speaks to tomorrow

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Friday, September 22, 2023, 8:00 p.m.
Transformations In person and livestreamed at Old First Concerts, 1751 Sacramento St., SF

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E4TT's 16th anniversary season opener, featuring a musical conversation about transformation of various kinds--physical, biological, emotional, environmental, and musical--between:

PROGRAM NOTES


• Verklaerte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4 (1899) by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) arranged for piano trio by Eduard Steuermann (1892-1964):
  


• "The Dragon and the Girl" for solo cello by 2020 OPERA America Discovery Grant for Female Composers recipient Lisa Bielawa (b. 1968):
  


• "Fluid" (2016) for violin and electronics by E4TT "For Good Measure" composer Darian Donovan Thomas:
  


• "a bridge between starshine and clay" for piano by ASCAP Foundation Fred Ho Award recipient and E4TT "For Good Measure" composer, inti figgis-vizueta (b.1993):
  


• Selected songs (Op. 7) by Franz Schreker (1878-1934):
  

E4TT (McGuinness and Halbig) will be joined by guests violinist Jennifer Redondas and cellist Megan Chartier.



Going out to eat nearby after the concert? E4TT will be heading to El Lopo. Come by and say hello!

"Transformations" is supported by a grant from the Alice M. Ditson Foundation. E4TT's 2023/24 season is sponsored, in part, by grants from the Ross McKee Foundation and SF Grants for the Arts. Lunchtime preview of selected works on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at Cafe Europa, part of the JCC East Bay's Older Adult Rosh Hashanah gathering. To attend, RSVP by emailing emma.regev@jcceastbay.