If you had three husbands …

 

Gertrude Stein’s poetry inspires Seattle composer John Muehleisen in his new piece for VOLTI, San Francisco’s award-winning chamber choir.  Volti concerts on March 2/3/4, 2012, in San Francisco, Mill Valley and Berkeley, explore the expressive potential of the human voice, both through poetry and through the beauty and variety of the pure musical sounds achievable with an ensemble of 20 top-notch professional singers.  The all-contemporary program features recent works by Bay Area composers Robin Estrada and David Conte, and works by Huang Ruo and Reena Esmail, as well as the Muehleisen world premiere. 

 

 

Songs With(out) Words:  Is there there there?

 

John Muehleisen                     … is knowing …  (settings of Gertrude Stein texts) *

                                                            If You had Three Husbands

                                                            A Waist

                                                            A Portrait of One

                                                            Susie Asado

Robin Estrada                       Paghahandog #

Reena Esmail                        The White Key ^

David Conte                         The Homecoming

Huang Ruo                            Without Words

 

 

* Volti commission, World Premiere

# Volti commission, encore performance

^ West Coast Premiere