Elastic Band

ADORNO Gallery Sessions presents

Works by the Beatles, Stockhausen, Berio, Yoko Ono, and Friedman
January 16, 2008 7pm

at Cain Schulte Gallery
101 Townsend Street, Suite 207
San Francisco, CA 94107
Tel. 415.543.1550
Email. info@cainschulte.com

In 1966, Paul McCartney of the Beatles took time to explore the avant-garde scene and discovered the electronic music of Stockhausen and Berio. Later John Lennon (with influence from wife Yoko Ono) turned to these same avant-garde composers for such works as “Revolution No. 9″. This experimental approach was first heard on the Beatles’ early psychedelic-influenced track Tomorrow Never Knows, the final track of their 1966 studio album “Revolver”. The use of tape loops, electronically altered sound, as well as new recording techniques raised the bar in popular recording and opened new and exciting vistas of creative expression that are still reverberating today.

ADORNO pays tribute to this early convergence of the avant-garde and popular genres in a program of works by the Beatles, Stockhausen, and Berio, interspersed with some special performance art created by Yoko Ono. The group will be joined by composer Joel Phillip Friedman whose four movement work, Elastic Band, synthesizes Stravinsky, Mozart, jazz-funk, and Ringo Starr. Friedman, who has extensively taught courses on music of the Beatles at Swarthmore College, Santa Clara University, and Stanford, will also arrange Tomorrow Never Knows from the Beatles’ “Revolver” album for the ADORNO Ensemble.

Program:

Joel Phillip Friedman Elastic Band for Clarinet, string quartet, and percussion
The Beatles Tomorrow Never Knows (Arranged by Joel Friedman) for mixed ensemble
Karlheinz Stockhausen Dr. K sextett
Luciano Berio Sequenza I for flute
Karlheinz Stockhausen Aus den Sieben Tagen “Right Durations”
Karlheinz Stockhausen Für Kommende Zeiten “Japan”
Luciano Berio Duetto for 2 violins
Yoko Ono Various Performance Art works

Location:
Cain Schulte Gallery - 101 Townsend Street, Suite 207 SF, CA

Admission:

$20 General : $15 for students/seniors
SF State Students/Faculty: FREE per person (with SF State ID)
Tickets can be purchased at the door, or order tickets online