Kit Ruscoe performs with The San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra

SAN FRANCISCO

COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger, Music Director

SAN FRANCISCO COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PRESENTS

"RETURN TO RETURN TO SORRENTO"

8:00PM, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, OLD FIRST CHURCH,

1725 SACRAMENTO STREET (AT VAN NESS), SAN FRANCISCO, CA

OLD FIRST, SAN FRANCISCO, AND WORLD PREMIERES OF WORKS BY

JOHN BILOTTA, PHILIP FREIHOFNER, DAVID GRAVES,

PHIL LOCKWOOD, LISA SCOLA PROSEK, KIT RUSCOE, MARTHA STODDARD, DAVIDE VEROTTA, ERLING WOLD, MARK ALBURGER AND

LOREN JONES

SAN FRANCISCO, May 5, 2009 -- Ever have a tune you couldn't get out of your head? The composers of the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra find themselves returning to Ernesto de Curtis'sReturn to Sorrento (1902) in Return to Return to Sorrento -- on Saturday, February 20, at Old First Church -- evoking a sunny, post-El-Nino world of musical fact and fantasy from Kit Ruscoe, John Bilotta, Philip Freihofner, David Graves, Phil Lockwood, Lisa Scola Prosek, Martha Stoddard, Davide Verotta, Erling Wold, Mark Alburger and Loren Jones

The Return pieces -- a series of variations by Jones, Scola Prosek, Ruscoe, Verotta, Wold, and Alburger -- will be interwoven into a mix that will also feature Bilotta's back-to-the-future Quantum Mechanic(semi-staged in co-operation with Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera); David Graves's relatedly-apocalyptic Tickertape; Philip Freihofner and Phil Lockwood's evocative Blade of Grass; Martha Stoddard's enchanting Duo Concertante for Flute, Marimba, and Chamber Orchestra (featuring Bruce Salvisberg and Anne Szabla); Alburger's frenetic-erotic-violent Salome Suite; and Jones's adventurous Lost Plateau

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TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets for the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra's "Return to Return to Sorrento" -- on Saturday, February 20, 8:00 p.m., at 1725 Sacramento Street (at Van Ness), San Francisco, are $15 general, $12 students and seniors. Tickets are available through the Old First Church Box Office at (415) 474-1608 and at the door. For more information, please call Old First Church Box Office, or the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra at (707) 474-7273, or visit the organizations' respective websites at www.sfcco.org and www.oldfirstconcerts.org. Tickets are also available at www.ticketweb.com. Other links to the show may be found at myspace.com/sfcco, and markalburgerevents.blogspot.com.

OLD FIRST CONCERTS PRESENTS

Saturday, February 20, at 8:00 p.m. Old First Church

1725 Sacramento Street at Van Ness

San Francisco, CA

(415) 474-1608

RETURN TO RETURN TO SORRENTO

San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra

Program:

Mark Alburger Salome Suite and Pini di Surriento

John Bilotta Quantum Mechanic

Philip Freihofner Music for Oboe and Electronics

David Graves Tickertape

Loren Jones The Lost Plateau

Phil Lockwood A Blade of Grass

Lisa Scola Prosek Sorrento Canzonetta

Kit Ruscoe Sorrento

Martha Stoddard Duo Concertante for Flute, Marimba, and Chamber Orchestra

Davide Verotta Come back but where!? (Torna ma dove?!)

Erling Wold per Margherita Eugenia

Tickets:$15 general, $12 students and seniors, available through the Old First Church Box Office at (415) 474-1608, at the door, and at www.ticketweb.com.

More information at sfcco.org and markalburgerevents.blogspot.com