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A New Music Seance

the Swedenborgian Church
San Francisco, CA


We are SOLD OUT. Thank you!

presented by OTHER MINDS in cooperation with THE SWEDENBORGIAN CHURCH OF SAN FRANCISCO AND PIEDMONT PIANO COMPANY

The intimate candlelit surroundings of Bernard Maybeck's Swedenborgian Church (built in 1895) will be the scene of America's first-ever New Music Seance, presented by Other Minds, featuring hypnotic, spiritual and rarely-heard contemporary music that spans the period from Erik Satie#39s Gnossienne No. 5 (1889) through to the present.  The three concerts will feature five hours of solo piano music played by Sarah Cahill, with additional performances by Kate Stenberg, violin, with Swiss pianist Eva-Maria Zimmermann, including Charles Ives' Second Violin Sonata.  Tickets $20-50 sliding scale to benefit Other Minds.  Produced by Charles Amirkhanian, Executive & Artistic Director of Other Minds.

Passes are available as well, which are good for entrance to all three shows.

2:00pm  CONCERT I:  WALK IN BEAUTY
Dane Rudhyar: Stars; Leo Ornstein: 3 Fantasy Pieces (world premiere); Henry Cowell: Aeolian Harp, The Banshee & Tides of Maunaunaun; Bunita Marcus: Julia (after John Lennon); Ives: Second Violin Sonata; Daniel David Feinsmith: Amalek (world premiere); Peter Garland: Walk in Beauty; Janice Giteck: Tara's Love Will Melt the Sword; Erik Satie: Gnossiennes No. 5

5:30pm  CONCERT II: NUDE ROLLING DOWN AN ESCALATOR
Ruth Crawford: Preludes 4 & 9; Andrea Morricone: Etude No. 1; Kyle Gann: Sanity (from Private Dances); Henning Christiansen: Den Arkadiske for violin & piano (U.S. premiere); Kyle Gann: Nude Rolling Down an Escalator; Alvin Curran: For Cornelius

8:00pm  CONCERT III: TOWARD THE FLAME
Alexander Scriabin: Vers la flamme; Johanna Magdalena Beyer: Dissonant Counterpoint 5, 7, & 8; Lou Harrison: A Summerfield Set; Daniel David Feinsmith: Self; Ronald Bruce Smith: Trois regards for violin and piano; Mamoru Fujieda: Patterns of Plants; Gary Noland: Grande Rag Brilliante; John Cage: In a Landscape; Henry Cowell: Advertisement; John Adams: China Gates; William Bolcom: Graceful Ghost


Note: Tickets $20 for each event with sliding scale to $50. Pay what you can. Proceeds to benefit Other Minds.

Kid Friendly: No
Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: No
Wheelchair Accessible: No


Contact
Who: Charles Amirkhanian
Phone: (415) 934-8134
Email: charles@otherminds.org
Web: http://www.otherminds.org
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On BPT Since: September 14, 2005


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Thank you for supporting Other Minds. For further information, visit http://www.otherminds.org and http://www.RadiOM.org. Telephone: (415) 934-8134. Email: otherminds@otherminds.org.

 
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Event Details
Dates
 
First: Saturday Dec 03, 2005 2:00 PM
Last: Saturday Dec 03, 2005 8:00 PM

Prices
  $20.00 - $50.00

Location
  the Swedenborgian Church
2107 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
United States

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