SFJAZZ presents Philip Glass, Matt Haimovitz, and Lavinia Meijer
Robert M. Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, July 19, 2018

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[7:33 PM lights down, PG out alone, introduces first piece]

1. [7:35 PM] Mad Rush (1979); PG piano
   [work ends 7:50 PM; pause for MH & LM to enter and get set up; PG introduces the next piece]
   Selections from the Tissues (2002), excerpted from the film Naqoyqatsi, featuring all three performers
2. [7:53 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
3. [7:58 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
4. [8:02 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
5. [8:10 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
   [Matt's iPad goes to sleep, so they stop and then replay the prior movement]
6. [8:13 PM] ? (no. unidentified)
   [work ends 8:18 PM; PG introduces the next section, performed by MH alone]
7. [8:19 PM] ? “Introduction” (2007 or 2010?)
8. [8:25 PM] J.S. Bach: Partita for solo cello? (work not uniquely identified, ca. 1720)
   [work ends 8:27 PM; LM & PG return; PG introduces the next section, then departs with MH]
9. [8:31 PM] Etude No. 12 (2007); LM harp
   [work ends 8:39 PM; PG out to introduce the next work]
10. [8:40 PM] the Hours (2002); LM harp
    [set ends 8:47 PM]

[9:09 PM lights down, PG introduces MH and the next work]

Partitas for solo cello (2017)

1. [9:12 PM] ? (mvt. or no. unidentified)
2. [9:19 PM] ? (mvt. or no. unidentified)
3. [9:26 PM] ? (mvt. or no. unidentified)
   [work ends 9:33 PM; PG & LM out; PG introduces next work]
4. [9:34 PM] the Orchard for piano and violin, an excerpt from the Jean Genet play, Music from the Screens (1992), arranged by PG? (or MR?) for MH & LM
   [work ends 9:39 PM; PG & LM out; PG introduces next work]
5. [9:41 PM] Etude No. 10 (1994), cello & harp parts created by MH & LM
   [set ends 9:50 PM; all off for a moment or two]
   
   Encore
6. [9:51 PM] the French Lieutenant Dreams, an excerpt from the Jean Genet play, Music from the Screens (1992)
   [show ends 9:54 PM; bows, then all off for good]

• Philip Glass: composer, piano;
• Matt Haimovitz: cello;
• Lavinia Meijer: harp.

• It was a real treat to see and hear Philip performing chamber music in such a small hall.
• I was surprised that the show was amplified, and somewhat louder than I'd been expecting, though not nearly as loud as my recollection of the first time I heard him, witnessing the hypnotically pummeling drone of Four Organs from up close at Stanford's Memorial Auditorium around 1982 or so.
• Sadly, it seemed to me that Philip was having a bit of trouble with his hands: his execution of the faster runs was just barely irregular enough to catch at my attention in an unwelcome manner.
• Everyone on stage seemed to be having a fun time!
• Happily, Philip introduced most of the pieces, but I didn't always catch his explanations, particularly when I distracted myself by trying to spot the mathing listing in the ultimately unreliable program.
• The program notes were rather weak, and implied a set that was quite obviously different from the performance order, but that might reflect a jazzier, more impromptu approach to the event, letting things change as fit the mood of the day rather than hewing strictly to a pre-set plan.
• It would be interesting to find out if the Friday performance was different!

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