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AROUND AND ABOUT MUSIC : Berkeley Symphony--Sarah Cahill plays Lou Harrison
This Thursday—December 8—Berkeley Symphony, led by guest conductor Jayce Ogren, will explore the late Bay Area composer Lou Harrison's seldom-played Piano Concerto, featuring Berkeley's Sarah Cahill on the keys. Harrison, student of Henry Cowell and early promoter of Charles Ives, Alan Hovhaness and Harry Partch, among others, is known for his works in just intonation (versus equal temperament) and for composing in microtones, influenced by Indonesian, Chinese and other Asian musics.
The program is a perfect setting for Harrison's rare piece: Lei Liang's 'Verge,' for 18 strings, influenced by Mongolian music, and Siberlius's Fifth Symphony bookend Cahill's playing the Piano Concerto with the orchestra.
8 p. m. Zellerbach Hall, UC campus. $20-$60. 841-2800; berkeleysymphony.org
