A major day of the fourth annual
Flower Piano
(July 5-18)
at
San
Francisco
Botanical
Garden
Saturday,
July 7
9-10am, Great Meadow
Yoga in the Garden
10-11:30am, Garden's adjacent to Main Gate
Rabbit Hole Theater Company: Come along on a family-friendly character scavenger hunt at several piano locations near the Main Gate, concluding with a song and photos at the Great Meadow
10am-12pm, Ancient Plant Garden & New Zealand
Oakland School for the Arts: Performances by Oakland School for the Arts students
12-2pm, Piano Extravaganza, Part 1:
Simultaneous performances at all pianos
1. Great Meadow:
Duo Piano Program *12-5pm (See Separate Program Detail Below)
2. Exhibition Garden, Thomas Church Pavilion: Sarah Cahill: Music by Terry Riley and Meredith Monk
3. Garden of Fragrance: Daniel Sullivan: Dance-along Ballet Divertissement Montage
4. Rhododendron Garden: Sandra Simich: Classics: Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, and Debussy
5. Ancient Plant Garden: Jill Tracy: Elegant, Haunting, Noir Conjurings and Originals
6. New Zealand Garden: Antony Ty: Beat, Gospel, Punk, and Chopin
7. South Africa Garden: Jimmy Kraft: Progressive Blends of Vocal Jazz and Neo-soul
8. California Native Garden: Kitten on the Keys: Flapper, Pop, Punk, Cabaret, and Shenanigans
9. Redwood Grove: Martha Cooper & Friends:
Cabaret Opera, Pianos Solos and Musical Theatre
10. Conifer Lawn: Paulo Sultanum & Casullo:
a Brazilian Bossa-folknova Experience
11. Moon Viewing Garden: Harry White: Improvisation Inspired by the Garden
12. Zellerbach Garden: Yu-chi Tai: Let's Dance!
1-4pm, Children's Garden
Bean Sprouts Family Days Presented by Kaiser Permanente:
Family program with garden activities, crafts, and miniature pianos!
2-4pm, Garden of Fragrance
Members of San Francisco Symphony
2–2:30pm: Helen Kim & Keisuke Nakagoshi.
2:40–3:10pm: Leor Maltinski & Keisuke Nakagoshi.
3:20–3:50pm: Victor Romasevich & his own accompanist.
2-5pm, Featured Artists at Zellerbach Garden
2pm Tom Jonesing: Rock and Pop Remodeling and General Improvements
3pm Kash Killion & Killion's Tillions: World Music
4pm Quinta Tango: Classic Tangos from 1930s to 1950s
2-5pm, Ancient Plant Garden & New Zealand
Oakland School for the Arts: Performances by Oakland School for the Arts students
3:30-5:30pm, Beat Corner
Avant Garden Poetry, Music, and More: Various Performers, hosted by Mauro ffortissimo and Dean Mermell
*12-5pm Duo Piano Program, Great Meadow
12pm Esther Aeschbach & Benjamin Gribble: Original Compositions for 2 Pianos/4 Hands by Benjamin Gribble
1pm Allison Lovejoy, Kymry Esainko and Elektra Schmidt: French Music by Milhaud, Ravel, Debussy and Others
2pm Allison Lovejoy and Kymry Esainko: Perform Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals with Members of the Classical Revolution Orchestra
3pm Colin Farish: Jazz Inspired Improvisations with Guest Pianists Kymry Esainko, Allison Lovejoy and others
4pm Duo Improvisational Hour with Special Guests.
5-6pm, New Zealand
Moving Meditation with Charity Kahn
***
Initially
and
eventually
a
glorious
day
to
be
heading
down
80
with Harriet and Claire
over
the
Bay
Bridge
to
the
west
side
of
San
Francisco
picking up
Martha Cooper,
and making our way to Golden Gate Park,
joined by Meghan Dibble.
The sun comes out during our Goat Hall / San Francisco Cabaret Opera program in Redwood Grove, including
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Saudades do Brasil (1920)
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Threepenny Opera (1928, Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956)
Ballad of Mac the Knife
Instead Of Song
Pirate Jenny
Tango Ballad
Happy End (1929, Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956)
Sailor's Tango
Surabaya Johnny
Nanna's Lied (1939, Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Candide (1956)
I Am Easily Assimilated
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
The Twelve Fingers, Op. 8 (1977)
I. Introduction
II. Song
III. Scherzo
IV. Song
V. Siciliana-Boogie Woogie
VI. Semi-Fugue
VII. Serenade
VIII. Sonata
IX. Improvisation
XII. March
Orpheus Cycle, Op. 24
A. A Bard At Last Alive
Henry Miller in Brooklyn, Op. 70 (1999)
VI. Arthur Rimbaud
With
performances
still
happening,
head
back
to
the
car,
subsequently
returning to pick up compatriots and
heading over to
Claire's favorite SF Mexican spot.
Then
it's
south on 280,
north on
Skyline and
Great
Highway
for
a
walk
and
dip
at
Ocean Beach --
a rare experience!
Homeward
through
Lincoln
Park
and
Presidio,
across the
Golden
Gate,
up
101
in
Marin
through
San
Rafael
towards
Novato,
37
into
Sonoma
past
Sears
Point,
then
Solano
in
view of
Vallejo Cliffs, and
Napa --
on
the
102nd
day of
summer,
high up 4 to a toasty 100 (Berkeley, 71; San Francisco, 67) -- editing page 26 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act II and composing system 5 Dan Cook Canyon: Six Tethered Tales 'Round Danville, CA, Op. 285 (2018): I. Goodbye God, I'm Going to Bodie (Dan Cook Strikes It Rich / The Open Bar)...
