Valley of the Moon Music Festival

Program

Darius Milhaud - La création du monde
Aaron Copland - from Four Piano Blues
Scott Joplin - Swipesy Cakewalk 
Claude Debussy - Prelude, Book 2, No. 6, ‘General Lavine-Eccentric’

Spring Contrasts with Liana Bérubé, violin, and Jeff Anderle, clarinet

Program

Hannah Kendall - Processional 
Mel Bonis - Suite en Trio, Op. 59
Kevin Day - Unquiet Waters 
Roberto Sierra - Recordando una melodía olvidada
Béla Bartók - Contrasts

Spring Contrasts with Liana Bérubé, violin, and Jeff Anderle, clarinet

Program

Hannah Kendall - Processional 
Mel Bonis - Suite en Trio, Op. 59
Kevin Day - Unquiet Waters 
Roberto Sierra - Recordando una melodía olvidada
Béla Bartók - Contrasts

Program:

Tania Léon - Indígena (1991) - Bay Area premiere

Gabriel Lena Frank - Lamento del Panaca for Solo Guitar (2008)

Ana Lara -Y los oros la Luz (2008) - U.S. premiere

Miguel Chuaqui - Tiempo Norte, Tiempo Sur (2008) - West Coast premiere

Gabriella Ortiz - Corpórea (2014) - West Coast premiere

Program:

Jesper Nordin - Surfaces scintillantes (2007)

Kaija Saariaho - Lichtbogen (1985-86)

Mika Pelo - Working from a Postcard (2025) - world premiere (SFCMP commission)

Magnus Lindberg - Jubilees (2002)

Program:

Carnival of the Animals

Private Solo Concert for the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

Chordless Duo — Music of the Jewish Diaspora

with soprano Sara LeMesh

Program

Voices of Identity: Songs of the Jewish Diaspora

Join us for a deep dive into the rich tapestry of Jewish song from around the world, with a program that includes rarely performed works by Polish-Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Ukrainian composer Shalom Kharitonov, Yemeni singer Bracha Tzfira, American composer Lori Laitman, and much more.

Chordless Duo — Music of the Jewish Diaspora

with soprano Sara LeMesh

Program

Voices of Identity: Songs of the Jewish Diaspora

Join us for a deep dive into the rich tapestry of Jewish song from around the world, with a program that includes rarely performed works by Polish-Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Ukrainian composer Shalom Kharitonov, Yemeni singer Bracha Tzfira, American composer Lori Laitman, and much more.

San Francisco Public Library - Deep Ecology and Deep Listening

with members of Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

Program

Amy Beach – Romance for violin and piano
Monica Chew – Ice Calf
Pauline Oliveros – Tree/Peace

México and Argentina

with Coleman Itzkoff, cello, and others

Program

Miguel Bernal Jiménez – Carteles (1957)
Ponce – Suite bitonal  | I. Preludio scherzoso
Mario Lavista – Tres Danzas Seculares for Cello and Piano

The Americas

with Keir GoGwilt, violin and others

Program

Aaron Copland - Violin Sonata
Manuel Ponce - Cuatro Danzas Mexicanas

Pathways: Florence Price Piano Quintet

with Anna Presler, violin, Phyllis Kamrin, viola, Leighton Fong, cello, and others

Program

Florence Price - Piano Quintet in A minor

David Sanford - Klatka Still

Chris Castro - New Miniature for Double Bass and Bass Clarinet (Pathways mentor)

Pathways emerging composers TBA

Pathways: Florence Price Piano Quintet

with Anna Presler, violin, Phyllis Kamrin, viola, Leighton Fong, cello, and others

Program

Florence Price - Piano Quintet in A minor

David Sanford - Klatka Still

Chris Castro - New Miniature for Double Bass and Bass Clarinet (Pathways mentor)

Pathways emerging composers TBA

Concerts at 405 Shrader

with Joseph Maile, violin, and Pei-Ling Lin, viola

Program

Brahms — Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 78

TBD

Noontime Concerts — Solo Piano Recital

FREE program

Program

Gabriela Smith — Imaginary Pancake

Robert Schumann — Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 (selections)

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel — 4 Lieder for Piano, Op. 6

Grazyna Bacewicz — 10 Studies for Piano (selections)

Program:

Joan Tower – Petroushskates (1980)

Arnold Schoenberg – Cabaret Songs: Selections

Jessie Montgomery – Lunar Songs: I. and III. (2019) (West Coast Premiere)

Arnold Schoenberg – Pierrot Lunaire (1912)

Program:

Kevin Day – un(ravel)ed (2019)

Katherine Balch – Musica Spolia (2021)

Massimo Lauricella – E Piove in Petto una Dolcezza Inquieta (1996) (US premiere)

Andrew Norman – Mine Mime Meme (2014) (10’)

Mason Bates – Difficult Bamboo (2013)

Chordless Duo — Music of the Jewish Diaspora

with soprano Sara LeMesh

Program

Voices of Identity: Songs of the Jewish Diaspora

Join us for a deep dive into the rich tapestry of Jewish song from around the world, with a program that includes rarely performed works by Polish-Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Ukrainian composer Shalom Kharitonov, Yemeni singer Bracha Tzfira, American composer Lori Laitman, and much more.

Chordless Duo — Music of the Jewish Diaspora

with soprano Sara LeMesh

Program

details TBD

Life Cycles

with Matilda Hoffman, conductor, Terrie Baun, violin, Thalia Moore, cello, and others

Program

Koh Cheng Jin — Flower Mantis for violin, cello and piano. West Coast Premiere

Haris Kittos — Dyades for flute, clarinet, violin and cello

Erik Ulman — Skamandros for clarinet violin, cello and piano

Toshio Hosakawa — Threnody for viola. West Coast Premiere.

Chris Castro — New Work (2024) for flute and viola. World Premiere.

Noontime Concerts — Recital with cellist Jennifer Kloetzel

FREE program

Program

Mel Bonis — Cello Sonata

Elena Ruehr — Cello Sonata

Amy Beach — Romance

Nadia Boulanger — 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano

Butterflies, Moons, and Mirrors: A Saariaho Celebration

with Stacey Pelinka, flute, and Leighton Fong, cello

Program

Kaija Saariaho - Cendres, Papillons, Oi Kuu, Mirrors

Kay Rhie - Three Piano Miniatures (Pathways Mentor)

Sergei Prokofiev - Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 94

Monica Chew - New Work TBA WORLD PREMIERE

Tomàs Piere Serrate- Five Haiku (2022 Composition Contest Winner)

Butterflies, Moons, and Mirrors: A Saariaho Celebration

with Stacey Pelinka, flute, and Leighton Fong, cello

Program

Kaija Saariaho - Cendres, Papillons, Oi Kuu, Mirrors

Kay Rhie - Three Piano Miniatures (Pathways Mentor)

Sergei Prokofiev - Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 94

Monica Chew - New Work TBA WORLD PREMIERE

Tomàs Piere Serrate- Five Haiku (2022 Composition Contest Winner)