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Bernal Hill Players
Forces of Nature
Martha Rodríguez-Salazar, flutes and vihuela
Annelise Zamula, saxophones and flute
Leah di Tullio, clarinets
Jennifer Peringer, piano and tablas
Sharon Wayne, guitar
Valerie Coleman Silver Rain
Jennifer Peringer The Canyon Wakes Up
Toru Takemitsu Moby Dick and The Night from Toward the Sea
Davide Verotta Sulle Aridi Pendici
Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps
Pauline Oliveros Environmental Dialogue
Sarah Stiles A Dança da Sobrevivência
Sally Davies Restore the Earth
Featuring two newly commissioned works by Bay Area composers, this program features pieces evoking moods both calm and stormy, with Italian volcanoes, Brazilian rainforests, Japanese seas, English forests, New York rain showers, French spring mornings, and California canyons.
The Bernal Hill Players is a gleefully eclectic chamber music ensemble formed in 2008 that performs classical and contemporary chamber music from around the world, as well as newly commissioned pieces by Californian and Mexican composers. They like music with strong local flavors, and their mission is to foster intercultural creative connections between composers, performers, and audiences.