Cal Performances presents:

Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Jean-Paul Bernard, artistic director

The Evolution of Writing for Percussion/: works by Varèse, Manoury, Cendo, Campion & Taira

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Les Percussions de Strasbourg was formed to explore the wide range of percussion instruments available in Western, Asian, and African traditions and the rich possibilities they suggest for use in contemporary music.

*Program:* /The Evolution of Writing for Percussion:/ Edgard Varèse: /Ionisation/ · Philippe Manoury: /Le Livre des claviers/ · Raphaël Cendo: /Refontes/ · Edmund Campion: /Ondoyants et divers/ *·* Yoshihisa Taira: /Hiérophonie V/

Event Information/Order Online [http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/performances/2010-11/new_music/lpds.php|here].