A lost highway, witches, folk songs… Volti joins Left Coast for an eclectic, beautiful, and sometimes unsettling sonic journey. New works from LJ White and Todd Kitchen, exploring instability and dreams, contrast with the humor of Laurie San Martin’s Witches and Benjamin Britten’s tender folk song arrangements.

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On the Threshold of Dreamland

First Church of Christ, Scientist

Noe Valley Ministry

Our tradition of collaboration continues with an exciting new
commission from LJ White, alongside our ongoing partnership with Left
Coast Chamber Ensemble. This program highlights the beauty of
collective creativity and the power of musical dialogue.

Program #2:  Ensemble Collaborations

First Church of Christ Scientist

Volti presents a program of groundbreaking new works for unaccompanied voices: Brazilian composer Marcos Balter’s spectacular setting of color-themed poems by 20th-Century literary giant Fernando Pessoa; San Francisco composer Mark Winges sets three poems by California poet Jane Hirshfield; Yu-Hui Chang, a native of Taiwan, sets two poems by Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the US; Singaporean composer Emily Koh, sets a patchwork of Teochew (a Chinese dialect) phrases from childhood; British-American composer Freya Waley-Cohen sets texts from Milton and Pushkin; and LJ White, a graduate of Volti’s young-composer residency program, explores concepts of love.

LJ White

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Jan 25 - Feb 1, 2025

On the Threshold of Dreamland · Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

Jan 25 - Feb 1, 2025

Program #2: Ensemble Collaborations · Volti

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