CalPerformances presents Eco Ensemble
Eldar, “l’Eau la Colonne Le Fer”, for fixed electronics
Coskunseven, Dawn Chorus, for two percussion and electronics
Hynninen, Sicut Aurora Procedit, for solo violin and live electronics
Boneh, Her Majesty the Fool, accordion and fixed electronics
Lopez, Warped Symmetry, solo flute
Bates, Digital Loom, for organ and electronics
Makan, Mercury Songbirds, chamber ensemble
Campion, Le Sillage (WAKE), for improvising cellist with ensemble and live electronics
David Milnes, conductor
The UC Berkeley Music Department’s ensemble in residence devotes its winter concert to works by alumni of the university’s prestigious composition program, praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a constant source of challenging and arresting new compositions.”
This season, director David Milnes leads the group through acoustic and electroacoustic works by recent and distant graduates, including Jimmy López, Sivan Eldar, Mason Bates, Didem Coskunseven, Oren Boneh, Maija Hynninen, Keeril Makan, and Professor Edmund Campion.