Mercury Soul

Mercury Soul returns to San Francisco with a show at Ruby Skye, one of the Bay Area's premiere clubs.

Led by composer/DJ Mason Bates (aka DJ Masonic), Mercury Soul is a hybrid music event featuring classical and DJ sets merged together with engaging electro-acoustic interludes. Using the innovations of modern lighting and club production, Mercury Soul re-imagines the classical music experience for a broad audience in extraordinary spaces, from clubs to warehouses to concert halls.

Featuring:
DJ Masonic (Mason Bates)
DJ Justin Reed
DJs Miguel Solari, Tyrel Williams & Mike Bee from Housepitality/Vinyl Dreams
Del Sol String Quartet
members of Elevate Ensemble
Thalea String Quartet
Conducted by Maestro Christian Baldini

Program*:
-Mendelssohn - String Quartet, Op 80 (Finale)
-Poulenc – Sextet (Finale)
-Stravinsky - Concertino for 12 Instruments
-Bach - Violin Sonata No. 3 – 4th movement
-Gabriela Lena Frank - Leyendas
-Mason Bates - Bagatelles for String Quartet & Electronica
-Mason Bates - The Rise of Exotic Computing for sinfonietta & electronica

*DJ Masonic and DJ Justin Reed will spin and perform live electronica between classical sets.


Visit https://www.mercurysoul.org for more info.

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“What happens when you take the experience of a rock concert, a night out at the symphony,and a fuse them together with electronic music? Simple: you get Mercury Soul.” - Soundfuse

“The Mercury Soul series is an interesting merging of worlds:
club culture and electronica sharing space and time with
classical music in a fluid and collaborative way.” - Pin Drop Acoustics