David Garner, Composition
Drawing from classical, neoclassical, jazz, rock, blues, and non-Western traditions, the music of David Garner reflects a unique blend that exists beyond genre. This performance features the world premiere of Trio for Five Instruments, No. 2, as well as Cinco Poemas de Jaime Manrique. Garner has taught composition, chamber music, music literature, and music theory at SFCM since 1979.
Program
David Garner: Three Blake Songs
I. Song
II. Mad Song
III. The Fly
Christine Abraham, mezzo-soprano
Dale Tsang, piano
David Garner: Cinco Poemas de Jaime Manrique
I. El cielo encima de la casa de mi madre (The sky over my mother’s house)
II. Mambo (Mambo)
III. Elegia al cigne (Elegy for a swan)
IV. Saudade (“Soul song”)
V. A final de la primavera (On the end of spring)
Christine Abraham, mezzo-soprano
Dale Tsang, piano
David Garner: Trio for Five Instruments, No. 2 (World Premiere)
I. Sinuous
II. Dances and Airs from the Gaean Reach
Excerpt from The Icemariners' Reel
The Fields of Wendor (Tau Ceti IV)
X'aima and Hónoris (Rigel IX)
Blue Sun (set dance from Spica XIV)
Hadley's Hope (Calpamos LV-426)
The Waterfalls (New Chongqing/Trappist-1E)
The Icemariners' Reel (Sol System/Europa)
III. Very Fast and Light
Victoria Hauk, flute and alto flute
Laura Reynolds, oboe and English horn
Jennifer Ellis, harp
Final program details will be announced upon availability.
Featured Artist
David Garner, composer
Composition
David Garner
About SFCM’s Composition Department
Prize-winning faculty develop and refine the skills of the next generation of great composers. The composition department both honors tradition and encourages innovation. Our four versatile faculty members closely mentor students while maintaining high-profile composing careers. We strongly emphasize interdepartmental collaboration, matching composers with performers, as well as offer frequent concerts and readings of student works. Every year, SFCM hosts the Highsmith Competition, an internal composition contest that grants the winner a performance of the submitted work by the Conservatory Orchestra. You'll be able to take advantage of the extraordinarily rich musical life of San Francisco, home to some of the most groundbreaking musical activity of the past half-century.
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