# Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish & Sō Percussion at Herbst Theatre, October 26, 2017

[San Francisco Performances](http://sfperformances.org/performances/1718/DawnUpshaw.html) presents [Dawn Upshaw](http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/dawn-upshaw) with Gilbert Kalish and [Sō Percussion](http://www.sopercussion.com/)  
[Herbst Theatre](http://performances.org/)  
[Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Veterans'+Building,+San+Francisco+War+Memorial+Performing+Arts+Center,+401+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102-4522+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Thursday, October 26, 2017

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## Tentative Program

* CRUMB: Winds of Destiny
* SHAW: New Work (Bay Area Premiere) 

## Revised Program

* BRYCE DESSNER: Music for Wood and Strings
* SHAW: Narrow Sea (Bay Area Premiere)
* CRUMB: Winds of Destiny (American Songbook IV)

## Pre-concert Talk

[7:02 PM; Melanie Smith moderates a talk with composer Caroline Shaw and members of Sō Percussion, Josh Quillen and Eric Cha-Beach]  
[talk ends 7:17 PM]

## Set One

[7:31 PM lights down, announcements from Melanie Smith, Sō Percussion out]

### Bryce Dessner: Music for Wood and Strings

01. [7:32 PM] Bryce Dessner \(b. 1976\): Music for Wood and Strings (2013), time-reduced version, performed by Sō Percussion  
[work ends 7:45 PM]  
[7:45 PM Jason Treuting talks a bit as the stage hands prep things for the next work]

### Caroline Shaw: Narrow Sea

Caroline Shaw \(b. 1982\): Narrow Sea (2017, Bay Area Premiere)

01. [7:49 PM] _Wayfaring Stranger_
02. [7:53 PM] _Interlude_
03. [7:57 PM] _Infinite Day_
04. [8:01 PM] _I Stand_
05. [8:05 PM] _Going Home_  
[set ends 8:m PM]

## Set Two: George Crumb: Winds of Destiny

George Crumb \(b. 1929\): _Winds of Destiny_ (American Songbook IV, 2004):  Songs of Strife, Love, Mystery and Exultation: A Cycle of American Civil War Songs, Folk Songs, and Spirituals

[8:30 PM lights down, band out]

01. [8:31 PM] _Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory_
02. [8:39 PM] _When Johnny Comes Marching Home_
03. [8:46 PM] _Lonesome Road_
04. [8:50 PM] _Twelve Gates to the City_
05. [8:53 PM] _De Profundis: A Psalm for the Night-Wanderer_ (Instrumental Interlude)
06. [8:56 PM] _All My Trials (Death’s Lullaby)_
07. [9:02 PM] _Go Tell it on the Mountain!_
08. [9:07 PM] _The Enchanted Valley_
09. [9:12 PM] _Shenandoah_  
[show ends 9:19 PM; applause and bows; curtain call; no encore tonight]

## Performers

* Gilbert Kalish: piano;
* [Dawn Upshaw](http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/dawn-upshaw): soprano vox;

### Sō Percussion

[Sō Percussion](http://www.sopercussion.com/)

* Eric Beach: percussion;
* Josh Quillen: percussion;
* Adam Sliwinski: percussion;
* Jason Treuting: percussion.

## Notes

I was somewhat disappointed to realize beforehand that tonight's program repeats works I've heard relatively recently -- the Dessner at SFJAZZ and the Crumb at Stanford (check that!), but considerably less so now that the event is over: the works all fit together pretty well, making a powerfully moving evening of new classical music.

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[Program Notes](https://sfperformances.org/img/perfnotes/1718/UpshawNotes.pdf)

{{tag>music Dawn_Upshaw Gil_Kalish So_Percussion Herbst_Theatre  Gilbert_Kalish Eric_Beach Josh_Quillen Adam_Sliwinski Jason_Treuting}}

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