SEASON 30 – 2008-09
DANCING IN THE WIND February 2009
Frank Ferko Two Hildegard Motets
Mark Winges The Assembling Landscape (Volti Commission, World Premiere)
Ruby Fulton The Ballad of James Parry (Volti Commission, World Premiere)
Pekka Kostiainen Jaakobin pojat
Pekka Kostiainen Revontulet
Elliott Gyger Dancing in the Wind (III)
(Co-Commissioned by Volti and the Piedmont Choirs, World Premiere)
Eric Moe The Crowds Cheered As Gloom Galloped Away
ECSTATICALLY IMPROMPTU May 2009
Donald Crockett Daglarym / My Mountains(Volti Commission, World Premiere)
Sungji Hong Emendemus in melius
Kirke Mechem Three Madrigals
Robert Paterson On the Day the World Ends (Volti Commission, World Premiere)
Aaron Jay Kernis Ecstatic Meditations
SEASON 29 – 2007-08
ADVENTURES IN LIFE, LOVE AND LONGING November 2007
Howard Hersh Let Evening Come (World Premiere)
Richard Festinger The Locust Tree (Volti Commission, World Premiere)
Wayne Peterson Two Poems of Delmore Schwartz (World Premiere)
Stacy Garrop Sonnets of Beauty and Music (Volti Commission, made possible by a generous gift from
Chuck and Joan Grant; World Premiere)
Alan Fletcher Two Yeats Choruses (Volti Commission)
Morten Lauridsen Madrigali
ADVENTURES IN EARTH, WIND & FIRE March 2008 - with the Piedmont Choir
Mark Winges Give Us (Piedmont Choir)
Eric Tuan (arranger) He's Gone Away (Piedmont Choir)
Elliott Gyger Dancing in the Wind (Combined Volti & Piedmont Choir Commission, World Premiere)
Robert Paterson Infinite Ocean (Volti Commission)
Robert Paterson Love and Kisses (Volti Commission)
Elliott Gyger Fire in the Heavens (Piedmont Choir)
Eric Tuan (arranger) Shenandoah (Piedmont Choir)
Kurt Rohde Endless (Volti Commission, World Premiere)
Gabriela Lena Frank Ccolllanan Maria (Volti Commission)
PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE ADVENTURES May 2008
Steven Stucky Cradle Songs
George Lam Words Become Unlatched (Volti Commission, World Premiere)
Eric Moe O the Flesh Is Hot (Volti Commission)
William Hawley Two Motets
Ronald Caltabiano Metaphor
Aaron Jay Kernis Effortlessly (from Ecstatic Meditations)
Aaron Jay Kernis I Cannot Dance (from Ecstatic Meditations)
SEASON 28 – 2006-07
BALTIC TRADITIONS NOW November 2006
Pekka Kostianen Harvoin yhtehen hymme
Pekka Kostianen Siitä Päivän Kiini Saapi
Olli Kortekangas Shadows
Arvo Pärt . . . which was the son of . . .
Veljo Tormis Helletused (Childhood Memory)
Einojuhani Rautavaara Suite de Lorca
Per Nørgård Wie ein Kind
NEXUS: VOLTI March 2007
Cindy Cox Only one great thing (Volti Commission, World Premiere)
Martha Sullivan Shakespeare Songs
N. Lincoln Hanks Driftwood
Elliot Gyger Qumi 'ori
Toon Vandevorst Phoenix Songs, Op. 28 (Volti Commission, World Premiere)
Elliot Gyger Rezo di san Iñigo de Loyola
Kevin Raftery Ribblesdale
Amy Beth Kirsten In the Black (Volti Commission, World Premiere)
SAN FRANCISCO EXPERIENCE May 2007
with the Piedmont Choir
Mark Winges A Cricket Needs a Queen (World Premiere)
Kui Dong Frogs and Crickets Carry On
Kui Dong Shui Diao Ge Tou / Song
Mark Winges Open the Book of What Happened
SEASON 27 – 2005-06
COMMITMENT November 2005
No More to Hide / Alan Fletcher (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
e e cummings tryptich / Wayne Peterson
Broken Charms / Donald Crockett
Sonnets of Desire, Longing & Whimsey / Stacy Garrop (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
Gospel / Alvin Singleton (West Coast Premiere)
EXPERIMENTATION February 2006
Blessings / Jacob Avshalomov (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
Sound Explanations / Eric Lindsay (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
The Hour-Glass / Irving Fine
O the Flesh Is Hot But the Heart Is Colde / Eric Moe (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
COLLABORATION May 2006
On the Beach at Night / Andrew Imbrie
Open the Book of What Happened / Mark Winges (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
Lachrymae / Benjamin Britten
To a Traveler / Andrew Imbrie
Cantata Misericordium / Benjamin Britten
SEASON 26 – 2004-05
NEW AMERICAN DIRECTIONS November 2004
The Fiddler of Dooney / Alan Fletcher (Volti Commission)
Sonnets of War & Mankind / Stacy Garrop (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
Lux Aeterna / Phillip Schroeder (West Coast Premiere)
Burning Chariots / Lansing McCloskey (West Coast Premiere)
Psaume I / Jason Bahr (West Coast Premiere)
Tota Pulchra / Lincoln Hanks (West Coast Premiere)
The Waking / Felicia Sandler (West Coast Premiere)
Clouds / David Heuser (West Coast Premiere)
LEFT TURN @ ALBUQUERQUE March 2005
Subandi / Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
Ccollanan Marķa / Gabriela Lena Frank (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
Son de la Loma / Miguel Matamoros
Arbolucu, Te Sequeste / Carlos Chavez
Bullerengue / Jose Rincon
Corazon, Coraza / Beatriz Corona
Lamentations of Jeremiah / Alberto Ginastera
Salmo VI / Roberto Camaano
Lux Aeterna / Roberto Sierra
COPLAND’S AMERICAN LANDSCAPE May 2005
In the Beginning / Aaron Copland
Lark / Aaron Copland
The Hour Glass / Irving Fine
Metaphor / Ronald Caltabiano
Seven Choruses from the Medea of Euripides / Virgil Thomson (arr. Daniel Pinkham)
The Essence of Gravity / Robert Paterson (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
SEASON 25 - 2003-04
SPECIAL APPEARANCE TO CELEBRATE YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS’
10 TH ANNIVERSARY October 2003
While I was walking, I heard a sound… / Miya Masaoka (World Premiere)
OUR AMERICA IS SINGING November 2003
American Trio / Kirke Mechem (World Premiere)
American Shape-Note Tunes / Arr. Mark Winges (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
Two Yeats Choruses / Alan Fletcher (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
When Summer Shines / Jacob Avshalomov (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
Angelus / Charles Loeffler
Chichester Mass / William Albright
MYSTERIES OF THE SPIRIT December 2003
Three Choruses from When Summer Shines / Jacob Avshalomov
Two Yeats Choruses / Alan Fletcher
Angelus / Charles Loeffler
Chichester Mass / William Albright
O Magnum Mysterium / Morten Lauridsen
Carol / Wayne Peterson
Yoolis Night / Mark Winges (Volti Commission)
CHORAL ARTS LABORATORY February 2004
Tautology / Peter Knell (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
Songs of Love and Loss / Paul Chihara (World Premiere, revised version)
Magnificat / Paul Chihara
Psalm 23 / Bobby McFerrin
The Last Invocation / Carol Barnett
The Mystery / Tamar Diesendruck (Volti Commission)
Ear for EAR / John Cage
A GREAT, WILD, GARDEN OF VOICES April 2004
Image & Motion: A Choral Symphony / Mark Winges (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
Winging Wildly / Kirke Mechem
This is the Garden / Alexander Post
SEASON 24 - 2002-03
A CALIFORNIA STATE OF MIND November 2002
The Mystery / Tamar Diesendruck (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
A Robert Herrick Motley / Wayne Peterson (first complete performance)
Fables / Allen Shearer
The Gentlest Thing / Trevor Weston
VOLTI with the SAN FRANCISCO CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC PLAYERS February 2003 (guest appearance)
San Rocco / Melissa Hui
LIGETI: UNDER THE INFLUENCE March 2003
Éjszaka / György Ligeti
Reggel / György Ligeti
Lux Aeterna / György Ligeti
Öregek, the Aged/ Zoltan Kodály
Sweet Spring / Arne Mellnäs
Lux Aeterna / Roberto Sierra
Beltá, poi che t’assenti / Carlo Gesualdo
Bánat / Béla Bartók
Klarisók / György Kurtág
Már csak azt a jövő időt kivánom / György Kurtág
BANG ON ANYTHING June 2003
Shui diao ge tou (song) / Kui Dong (World Premiere)
Songs for Dancing / Mark Winges (Volti Commission; World Premiere)
Iz Kamna v vodi / Lojze Lebic