The reviews are in! Read them in the San Francisco Chronicle, who says "simply lovely," and Contra Costa Times, who exclaims "exquisite."

"Mark Morris has done more to revive interest in, to dignify and illuminate classical music to a broad audience than any conductor or musician of the last 20 years" says BBC Music Magazine. In a program set to music by Beethoven, Ives, and Schumann, the extraordinary Mark Morris Dance Group, fresh off its summer appearances at the 2009 Tanglewood and Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festivals, returns with two West Coast premieres. Performed to live accompaniment by the MMDG Music Ensemble, Visitation and Empire Garden exhibit Mark Morris's sublime signature blend of sound and movement. Morris's "triumphant" (San Francisco Chronicle) V, rounds out the program.

Program: Morris/Visitation, set to Beethoven's Sonata for Piano and Cello No 4, Op. 102, No 1; Empire Garden, set to Ives' Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano; V, set to Schumann's Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

Empire Garden and Visitation are commissioned, in part, by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, NY) and Tanglewood Music Center of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (James Levine, music director).

Patron Sponsors Kathryn and Scott Mercer

	Sightlines Sat, Sept 19, 7-7:30 pm, Zellerbach Hall Pre-performance talk by UC Berkeley musicologist Yael Braunschweig. This Sightlines event is free to all event ticket holders.
	Program Notes Program notes are available online. [PDF]
	Press Learn more about Mark Morris's Empire Garden and Visitation, two West Coast dance premieres coming to Cal Performances on Sept 17! TimeOut New York conversation with Mark Morris about the musical settings for his two new works and more... Read the entire interview. New Jersey Star Ledger Review: "New Dances of Sublime Beauty..." Read the entire review. London's Financial Times review: "The premieres this year..offer a single gratifying experience" Read the entire review.
	Video ( QuickTime Player) Mark Morris in Conversation with Robert Cole Learn more about the inner workings of the long and fruitful relationship between Mark Morris Dance Group and Cal Performances with a converation between Mark Morris and Robert Cole, Director of Cal Performances (recorded August 31, 2007). QuickTime Format (Get free player) Broadband version: Part 1 Broadband version: Part 2 Broadband version: Part 3 Dial-up version: Part 1 Dial-up version: Part 2 Dial-up version: Part 3 RealVideo Format (Get free player) Standard version

Artists links: Mark Morris Dance Group site

Thu, Sept 17, 8 pm
Sat, Sept 19, 8 pm

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