Friday, October 2, 2015 — 7:30pm
NOTE NEW VENUE:
Bread & Salt
1955 Julian Ave.
San Diego
McAllister-Keller Duo:
Colin McAllister, guitar and Derek Keller, guitar and voice
Steve Reich – Nagoya Guitars
Mario Lavista – Cante
Franco Donatoni – Algo 2
Christopher Adler – Aeneas in the Underworld, Act II (world premiere of the complete Act II)
Arnold Schoenberg – Six Little Pieces for Piano, arranged by Derek Keller
Paul Bellinati – Jongo
Compositions by John Dowland and Gesualdo
Songs: Old and New explores the concept of song and spoken word from the Renaissance to the present day. Bridging four centuries, the program includes songs from Elizabethan England, an original arrangement of an Italian madrigal by Carlo Gesualdo, the world premiere of Christopher Adler's Aeneas in the Underworld, Act II: The Underworld, and duets by Paulo Bellinati, Arnold Schoenberg, Franco Donatoni, Mario Lavista and Steve Reich.
“The music existed on two intentionally intersecting planes: cir. 1600 and modern times. Keller is a gifted singer with a voice perfectly suited for the gentle Renaissance sounds of John Dowland. The three songs he offered by the Englishman accompanied by McAllister were pure pleasure. The music essentially passed from ancient to contemporary but in two cases, profound connections were made. The traditional Chilean song “Toy of Love” was sung by Keller and was a motivic component of his Events-Mixtures-Foci…This was a fascinating study in abstraction and seemed to contain a treatise of the history of guitar styles. Here, the duo proved to be an ideal purveyor of the avant-garde.” — David Sckolnick (Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph)
This program is underwritten by a generous donation from Julia S. Falk, Ph.D.
Presented by San Diego New Music and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
$25 General Admission / $20 Athenaeum Members, seniors / $10 Students
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