St. Mark's Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94704

Starlit Circumstances: Music for Voices, Electronics, and Kelp: The San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir will sing, hum, whisper, speak, and exclaim works by some of the most famous modern and contemporary composers. On the program: an excerpt from Meredith Monk’s opera Atlas; an early work by Arvo Pärt, Solfeggio; and works by Robert Ashley, Ernst Toch, and John Cage. The centerpiece of the program will be Nereocystis III, a new piece for mixed voices, kelp horn, and electronics that the choir has commissioned from Bay Area composer, sound artist, and professor Krystyna Bobrowski. The full program:

Nereocystis III by Krystyna Bobrowski, text from Dr. Sylvia Earle and Krista Tippett
Tag des Jahrs by Kaija Saariaho
Kutse Jaanitulele II by Veljo Tormis
Earth Seen from Above by Meredith Monk
She Was a Visitor by Robert Ashley
Chanson a Bouche Fermee by Jehan Alain
Solfeggio by Arvo Pärt
Dee Gratias by Urmas Sisask
If Ever There Is by Rich Campbell
Geographical Fugue by Ernst Toch
Story by John Cage
ear for EAR: Antiphonies by John Cage

Cost: $10 - $15