The Black Horse, with a Touch of Gray

Pestilence. Plague.
Death.

Time for a Party...

Goat Hall Productions:
San Francisco Cabaret Opera presents
Horsewomen of the Apocalypse:
The Black Horse, with a Touch of Gray
8pm, Friday, May 9, 2008, at
St. Gregory of Nyssa Church
500 De Haro Street
San Francisco, CA

An exciting evening of new and used music sung by an astounding all-female cast.
Free champagne at our cabaret tables, chocolate and other dark culinary delights.
Refreshments and wine available to all.

Composers: Mark Alburger, Jacques Brel, Peter Josheff,
Sheli Nan, John Partridge, Ambrose Thomas, Kurt Weill,
and Cynthia Weyuker

Singers: Elizabeth Henry, Sarah Hutchison,
Kristen Jones, Janet Lohr, Eliza O'Malley, Harriet March Page,
Jo Vincent Parks, Marilyn Pratt, Kelly Vomacka, and
Cynthia Weyuker (also on musical saw)

Cabaret table - $25 per person
Single seat - $20 general admission;
$15 studets and seniors

Call (415) 289-6877 for reservations.
Reservations recommended if you want a table;
otherwise, just come to the Church and pay at the door.

Visit our website at: www.goathall.org
Further information at: markalburgerworks.blogspot.com
 


Horsewomen of the Apocalypse: The Black Horse with a Touch of Gray


St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church

Program:
(with photos from dress rehearsal, concert, and after concert):

Part I

Jacques Brel - My Death
(Janet Lohr)

Jacques Brel - Funeral Tango
(Harriet March Page)



Kurt Weill - Nana's Lied
(Janet Lohr, with Elizabeth Henry, Harriet March Page, John Partridge, Eliza O'Mally, and Vicki Holder)

Mary Watkins - Queen Clara: Andersonville
(Eliza O'Malley)


Felix Mendelssohn - Farewell Song of the Birds of PassageKristen Jones, Elizabeth Henry)



John Partridge - Whitman Songs
I. Darest Thous, O Soul
II. Whispers of Heavenly Death
(Harriet March Page, John Partridge)


Ambrose Thomas - Hamlet: Orphelia's Mad Scene
(Marilyn Pratt, Matthew Evans)



Sheli Nan - Saga: Portrait of a 21st-Century ChildI. Babysitter from Hell
II. Cabin in the Woods
III. I Want a Man on a Motorcycle
(Joe Vincent Parks, Kelly Vomacka, Eliza O'Malley, Sheli Nan)

Part II


Cynthia Weyuker - Lone Shanakyle (On the Potato Famine)
(Sarah Hutchison, Cynthia Weyuker)



Peter Josheff - Four Poems by Mary Holmes
I. Life Is a Feast
II. Orion
III. Riddle
IV. Daphne
(Peter Josheff, Eliza O'Malley)



Mark Alburger - San Rafael News:Ten Deathsongs on Found Texts
I. AIDSong
II. Conference Room Technique
III. Death Catch
IV. Immortality
V. Life Span
VI. Ozymandias (Shelley)
VII. Pontoon Tattoo
VIII. Rain-Death Fugato
IX. The Reproductive Organs
X. Sylvia Dreyer
(Harriet March Page, Janet Lohr,
Elizabeth Henry, Kristen Jones, Eliza O'Malley)

Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse: The Red Horse

Don't Miss The Red Horse on April 19th!

Red means War.
Red also means Domestic Strife, Battles with Depression,
and "The Red Horse District,"
where fillies of the night hang out!

Come and enjoy
Goat Hall Productions:
San Francisco Cabaret Opera's
Horsewomen of the Apocalypse:
The Red Horse
8pm, Saturday, April 19, 2008, at
St. Gregory of Nyssa Church
500 De Haro Street
San Francisco, CA

An exciting evening of new and pre-owned music sung by an amazing all-female cast.
Free champagne at our cabaret tables and "reddish" culinary delights.
Refreshments and wine available to all.

Composers: Mark Alburger, Benjamin Britten, Allan Crossman, Sheli Nan,
John Partridge, Zach Watkins, Judith Weir, and Kurt Weill (lyrics by Bertolt Brecht)

Singers: (in order of appearance) Marilyn Pratt, Sarah Hutchison, Harriet March Page, Janet Lohr, Meghan Dibble, Eliza O'Malley, Elizatbeth Henry, Kristen Jones, Erin (Kat) Cornelius

Cabaret table - $25 per person
Single seat - $20 general admission;
$15 studets and seniors

Call (415) 289-6877 for reservations.
Reservations recommended if you want a table;
otherwise, just come to the Church and pay at the door.

Visit our website at: www.goathall.org
Further information at: markalburgerworks.blogspot.com
Details:



Mark Alburger's

Antigone: III-V (after Sophocles and Jean Anouilh)

and



The Bald Soprano: XIII. The Fire (after Eugene Ionesco),

Benjamin Britten's The Trees That Grow So High,




Allen Crossman's The Log of the Skipper's Wife,

G.F. Handel's Piangero,

a song from John Kander's Cabaret,

Sheli Nan's Saga,

John Partridge's Mary's Song,

two songs of Zach Watkins,

Judith Weir's King Harald's Saga;

and songs by Kurt Weill (to lyrics of Bertolt Brecht) from
The Threepenny Opera and
Happy End

Rehearsal shots, 4/7/08,
Chamber Arts House, Berkeley, CA




[Elizabeth Henry, Allen Crossman, Harriet March Page]




[Eliza O'Malley]



[Janet Lohr, Kat Cornelius (in medias Soprano Fire)]

Recording:

San Rafael News: X. Sylvia Dryer (Henry)



***

Sylvia Dryer
White female 79 years 5 2 100 pounds

Sylvia Dryer
Short gray hair page boy style blue eyes partially blind

Sylvia also suffers from Alzheimers
And a severe case of asthma probably in need of her medication

Sylvia Dryer
Clothing black and blue flowered dress
White cloth jacket brown leather sandals

Sylvia
Last seen around 3:30 pm yesterday
Near Ted's Bar in San Anselmo

Missing from a residential rest home located on
West End Avenue in San Rafael

Any information please call
San Rafael Police at
(415) 485-3000


Dress Rehearsal and Production Shots....




Horsewomen of the Apocalypse: The Red Horse including (in performance above) Kurt Weill's Surabaya Johnny (sung by Harriet March Page [third from left], with Kristen Jones, Janet Lohr, Eliza O'Malley, Kat Cornelius, and Alan Crossman [piano]),




at colorful St. Gregory's Church, San Francisco (above -- with Cornelius, Elizabeth Henry, and Crossman -- and most shots below from the dress rehearsal in late afternoon),


replete with frescoes of dancing saints (a quixotic, locally determined mix including Lady Godiva), the program being:




Judith Weir - King Harald's Saga
(Marilyn Pratt)




Carlysle Floyd - Susanna: Trees on the Mountain
(Sarah Hutchison, with Meghan Dibble and Page)



John Partridge - Harden Not Your Hearts:


Mary's Solo
(Page, with Dibble)


John Kander - Cabaret: What Would You Do?
(Janet Lohr, second from left, with Hutchison and Page)




Zachary Watkins - More Songs of Woe
Lament
Loss
Hopelessness
(Dibble)



Mark Alburger
Antigone
III. What Are You Doing at This Hour?
IV. Aren't You Well?
(O'Malley, Antigone
Henry, Ismene)



V. Where Is Your Pain, My Dear?
(Eliza O'Malley, Antigone
Harriet March Page, Nurse)



The Bald Soprano
XVIII. The Fire
(Cornelius [right], with Jones)




Allan Crossman - The Log of the Skippers Wife
(Henry, Crossman)




Sheli Nan - Saga: Portrait of a 21st-Century Child
(Eliza O'Malley, Mother)



(Meghan Dibble, Child)



Benjamin Britten - The Trees That Grow So High
(Jones)


Kurt Weill
The Threepenny Opera
Pirate Jenny
(Lohr, with Jones, Cornelius, O'Malley, and Page)




Jealosy Duet
(Jones, Cornelius)



Lucy's Aria
(O'Malley, with Lohr, Jones)



Happy End
Surabaya Johnny
(Page, Crossman, with Cornelius, Jones)




Song of Mandalay
Jones, O'Malley, Cornelius, Page



(Lohr, Jones, O'Malley, Cornelius, Page)

Horsewomen of the Apocalypse: The White Horse

GOAT HALL PRODUCTIONS: San Francisco Cabaret Opera presents

Horsewomen of the Apocalypse

St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church
500 De Haro Street, @ Mariposa Street (Potrero Hill)
San Francisco, CA

The White Horse
8pm, Saturday, February 16, 2008
Inspirational, heroic, and iconic songs, reflecting the woman in us all!

Featuring:

Flying Out the Mouth
Music by Mark Alburger
From the monodrama by Harriet March Page
Contemporary Songs of Survival
With Native American Creation Myths
Performed by Harriet March Page, Sarah Hutchison, and Kat Cornelius

"We have stories as old as the great seas
breaking through the chest
flying out the mouth
noisy tongues that once were silenced
all the oceans we contain coming to light"

Mice Suite No. 2 and White Horse Suite
Music by Mark Alburger
After John Steinbeck, Mel Clay,
Tennessee Williams, and Harriet March Page
Visions of Curley's Wife, June Miller, Esmeralda, and Brunnhilde
Performed by Suzanna Mizell

Push
Composed Cynthia Weyuker
The Heroics of Healing
Performed by Cynthia Weyuker musical saw and degital delay/loop

Songs and Arias Reflecting the White Horse Through the Centuries

Single Tickets: $15 (students/seniors) $20 (general)
Cabaret Tables: $25 / person

For more information/tickets
Call: (415) 289-6877 or
Email: hartmpage@aol.com
www.goathall.org

Upcoming Programs in the Series:

The Red Horse
8pm, Saturday, April 19, 2008
War and all related effects...
political, economic, domestic

The Black Horse
8pm, Friday, May 9, 2008
Famine, plague or any disaster...
including traffic and the weather

Details:


Op. 103 FLYING OUT THE MOUTH
(after Harriet March Page)
(December 11, 2001)
Opera for Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
I. Hide and Seek
II. After the Movie
III. Yonder in the North
IV. When I Was Three
V. All the Dark Birds
VI. Prayer
VII. Flying Out the Mouth
VIII. LSD
IX. Here I Am
X. Mice Skins
XI. Wolf Song
XII. New Jerusalem School
XIII. Ringaround
XIV. The Woman From the Sky
XV. Wind Song I
XVI. Cross This Bridge
XVIIa. Wind Song II
XVIIb. Then We Find Out
XVIII. Wind Song III
XIX. Yoda

Recording:
MIDI, performed live on 2/16/08 by
Harriet March Page, Sarah Hutchison,
Kat Cornelius, and Mark Alburger

FLYING OUT THE MOUTH
(New Music, 2008)
I. Hide and Seek

II. After the Movie

III. Yonder in the North

IV. When I Was Three

V. All the Dark Birds

VI. Prayer

VII. Flying Out the Mouth

VIII. LSD

IX. Here I Am

X. Mice Skins

XI. Wolf Song

XII. New Jerusalem School

XIII. Ringaround

XIV. The Woman From the Sky

XV. Wind Song I

XVI. Cross This Bridge

XVIIa. Wind Song II

XVIIb. Then We Find Out

XVIII. Wind Song III

XIX. Yoda




Op. 53 MICE SUITE NO. 2
(after John Steinbeck)
(December 30, 1996)
Seven Vocables for Soprano and Instrument(s)
I. Breathsong
II. Tartsong I
III. Tartsong II
IV. Dancesong
V. Deathsong I
VI. Deathsong II
VII. Hartsong

Recording:
MIDI, performed live on 2/16/08 by
Suzanna Mizell and Mark Alburger

MICE SUITE NO. 2
(New Music, 2008)
I. Breathsong

II. Tartsong I

III. Tartsong II

IV. Dancesong

V. Deathsong I

VI. Deathsong II

VII. Hartsong



Op. 154 WHITE HORSE SUITE
(after Mel Clay, Tennessee Williams, and
Harriet March Page)
(February 10, 2008)
Three Visions for 2 Voices and Instrument(s)
I. June
II. Esmeralda
III. Brunnhilde

Recording:
MIDI, I KILL ME MUSIC,
and NEW MUSIC,
performed live on 2/16/08 by
Suzanna Mizell and Mark Alburger

WHITE HORSE SUITE
(I Kill Me Music, 2005;
New Music, 2007-2008)
I. June

II. Esmeralda

III. Brunnhilde

Dress Rehearsal and Production Shots:



The White Horse,



on a dark San Francisco night (what other kinds of night are there?)



at St. Gregory of Nyssa



with Harriet doing the curtain speech (even though, as with most places in which we've performed, there's no curtain -- but what dancing-saints mural in this case? ),


Suzanna doing Mice Suite No. 2 (first time in full [albeit faux] orchestration) and the syncretist White Horse Suite (nothing more than three excerpts respectively from Henry Miller in Brooklyn; Camino Real; and Cats, Dogs, and Divas),



and Harriet, Sarah, and Kat in the premiere of Flying Out the Mouth.



Also on the program, Cynthia Weyuker's voice-and-musical saw magic,



and Marilyn Pratt's high-flying Mozart.

Fresh Voices IV

Goat Hall Productions
San Francisco's Cabaret Opera Company
presents

Fresh Voices IV

A festival of new music theater
by Bay Area composers and librettists

July 25-27, 2003

Goat Hall
San Francisco, CA

Lisa Scola Prosek - Satiricon (Act I)
Mona Lyn Reese - Three Fat Women of Antibes
John Beeman - The Answering Machine
Steven Clark - Player: A Micropera in Three Acts
Mark Alburger - Animal Opera: An Orwellian Comedy