# San Francisco Contemporary Music Players at Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater, April 13, 2023

[San Francisco Contemporary Music Players](https://sfcmp.org/our-2022-2023-season/) present [Temporal Excursions](https://www.cityboxoffice.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2831)  
[Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater](http://sfwmpac.org/)  
[Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera, Veterans' Building, 4th Floor, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Diane+B.+Wilsey+Center+for+Opera,+Veterans'+Building,+4th+Floor,+San+Francisco+War+Memorial+Performing+Arts+Center,+401+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Thursday, April 13, 2023

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## Pre-concert talk

[7:07 PM] {‘How Music is Made’ featuring Artistic Director Eric Dudley in conversation with composer Brian Baumbusch}  
[7:40 PM] {talk ends}

## Set One

[8:02 PM] {Welcome from Richard Aldag, SFCMP Executive Director}  
[8:04 PM] {pre-recorded house announcements}  
[8:05 PM] {enter performers}

### Nancarrow (arr. Ziporyn): Study No. 3a

01. [8:06 PM] Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997): Study No. 3a (1948) from the _Boogie-Woogie Suite_ (1962), arranged for ensemble (2013) by [Evan Ziporyn](https://www.ziporyn.com/) \(b. 1959)  
[8:12 PM] {applause at end-work}

### Performers

* [Jeff Anderle](http://www.jeffanderle.com/): clarinet, bass clarinet;
* [Eric Dudley](https://www.ericdudley.net/): artistic director, conductor;
* [Haruka Fujii](https://www.harukafujii.com/): percussion;
* [Douglas Machiz](https://www.dougmachiz.com/): cello;
* [Keisuke Nakagoshi](http://www.zofoduet.com/keisuke/): piano;
* [David Tanenbaum](http://www.davidtanenbaum.com/): guitar;
* Richard Worn: contrabass.

### Baumbusch: Polytempo Music

[8:13 PM] {ED talk about Baumberg's piece while setup takes place behind him}  
[8:16 PM] {concert tuning}

[Brian Baumbusch](https://brianbaumbusch.com/) \(b. 1987): _Polytempo Music_ (2023, world premiere)

01. [8:17 PM] _Pas de deux_
02. [8:21 PM] _Heliks 45_
03. [8:25 PM] _Counterclockwise_
04. [8:29 PM] _Hourglass_  
[8:35 PM] {set ends}  
[8:37 PM] {set break!}

### Performers

* [Jeff Anderle](http://www.jeffanderle.com/): clarinet, bass clarinet;
* [Hrabba Atladottir](http://music.berkeley.edu/people/hrabba-atladottir/): violin;
* [Brian Baumbusch](https://brianbaumbusch.com/): laptop;
* [Matthew Boyles](https://matthewboyles.com/): clarinet;
* [Kyle Bruckmann](http://kylebruckmann.com/): oboe;
* [Eric Dudley](https://www.ericdudley.net/): artistic director, conductor;
* [Haruka Fujii](https://www.harukafujii.com/): percussion;
* [Kristin Lloyd](http://www.kristinlloydharp.com/): harp;
* [Douglas Machiz](https://www.dougmachiz.com/): cello;
* [Keisuke Nakagoshi](http://www.zofoduet.com/keisuke/): piano;
* [Kevin Rogers](https://www.frictionquartet.com/fq-musicians): violin;
* [Christina Simpson](http://www.christinajsimpson.com/): viola, violin;
* [David Tanenbaum](http://www.davidtanenbaum.com/): classical guitar;
* Richard Worn: contrabass.

## Set Two: Salonen: Catch & Release

[8:49 PM] {performers getting ready for set two}  
[8:51 PM] {concert tuning}  
[8:51 PM] {applause to welcome ED}

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](http://www.esapekkasalonen.com/) \(b. 1958): _Catch & Release_ (2006, Bay Area premiere); [score](https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/catch_release_35250/1)

01. [8:52 PM] I. Tema
02. [8:59 PM] II. Aria
03. [9:08 PM] III. Games  
[9:17 PM] {set ends}  
[9:18 PM] {show ends}

### Performers

* [Hrabba Atladottir](http://music.berkeley.edu/people/hrabba-atladottir/): violin;
* [Eric Dudley](https://www.ericdudley.net/): artistic director, conductor;
* [Haruka Fujii](https://www.harukafujii.com/): percussion;
* William Harvey: trumpet;
* Peter Josheff: clarinets;
* Brendan Lai-Tong: trombone;
* Jamael Smith: bassoon;
* Richard Worn: contrabass.

## Notes

Today's show was a good one for the pre-concert talk: Eric Dudley & Brian Baumbusch spent a lot of time going over the technical background behind what was going on in the music. I'm not sure that it helped me all that much as a listener once they were performing, but it gave me a lot to think about!

I enjoyed each of the pieces, but I was least happy with the one I was most interested in: from my seat up close, Ziporyn's arrangement of Nancarrow's Study No. 3a came off as rather unbalanced: the guitar on the left was much louder than the winds and strings at center and right, and nearly overpowered the boogie-woogie pulse of the piano (set up at the far left). Maybe I should have picked a seat further back from the stage?

Today's Baumbusch premiere was really a work-in-progress excerpt -- it was truly the first live performance, but it was only 20 minutes of what's projected to be an hour-length piece. I found it interesting enough that I'll be looking for the full work to appear on a future program. Hopefully I'll be better able to follow Baumbush's polytempos in a second listen ... there was so much going on today that I couldn't really latch on to any portion and tell myself, "yeah! that's what he was talking about!".

Anyways, it was a fun show of unusual music, and I'm glad I attended.

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