Messiaen: Spheres of Influence

10.4.2008

Saturday, 7:30 pm

Mandel Hall
1131 E. 57th Street
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

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Cliff Colnot, Director
Stephen Gosling, piano
Featuring members of eighth blackbird and Pacifica Quartet

Olivier Messiaen: Piece for Piano and String Quartet
Pierre Boulez: Derive I
Toru Takemitsu: Ame no jumon (Rain Spell)
George Benjamin: Viola/Viola
Gerald Levinson: Time and the Bell… *
Stephen Gosling: solo pianist
Marta Ptaszynska: Trois visions de l’arc-en-ciel **

* Chicago premiere
** World premiere

This program is a part of Contempo's 44th Season.

Featured Artist(s): Cliff Colnot, eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet, Stephen Gosling

Gallery

: Composer Gerald Levinson, pianist Stephen Gosling, and Shulamit Ran backstage at Mandel Hall, 4 October 2008. Levinson's "Time and the Bell..." was one of the works performed that evening, with Gosling as soloist. Levinson received his Ph. D. in composition from the University of Chicago.

: Cliff Colnot, Shulamit Ran, and Gerald Levinson, backstage at Mandel Hall, 4 October 2008. Colnot conducted Levinson's "Time and the Bell..."

Contempo: Contemporary Chamber Players