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11 Oct
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12 Oct
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Sunday, October 12, 2014 at 02:00pm
BMOP Launches Season with Music for Orchestra and Electronics
Jordan Hall, Boston
30 Gainsborough Street
United States
617-585-1260
http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu
Tickets: $20 and Up
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the nation’s premier orchestra dedicated exclusively to commissioning, performing, and recording new orchestral music, bridges the electro-acoustic divide in its season-opening concert. Spotlighting composers known for their virtuosic writing and electronic transformation of acoustic instruments, BMOP presents the world premiere of Anthony Paul De Ritis’s Riflessioni, featuring bassoonist Patrick De Ritis, and the Boston premieres of Ronald Bruce Smith’s Constellation and David Felder’s Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux, featuring soprano Laura Aikin and bass Ethan Herschenfeld.
Anthony Paul De Ritis : Riflessioni
Ronald Bruce Smith : Constellation
David Felder : Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux
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12 Oct
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Sunday, October 12, 2014 at 20:00
Katër i Radës (Il Naufragio) world premiere
Venice Biennale
Venice
Italy
Simona Gubello soprano
Marzia Marzo mezzosoprano
Stefano Luigi Mangia tenor
Alessia Tondo popular singer
Emanuela Pisicchio actress
Anna Chiara Ingrosso actress
Fabio Zullino actor
Admir Shkurtaj accordion and analogue oscillators
Marco Ignoti bass clarinet and clarinet in B flat
Giorgio Distante trumpet in B flat and live electronics
Jacopo Conoci cello
Vanessa Sotgiu piano
Pino Basile cupa cupe and percussion
in collaboration with Cantieri Teatrali Koreja, Lecce
followed by
VIOLINAT & LAPARDHASE poliphonic choir
traditional songs from Albania
with Nazo Çelaj, Nikolin Likaj, Meleq Çelaj, Sali Brahimaj, Valter Hodaj
Admir Shkurtaj : Katër i Radës (Il Naufragio)
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19 Oct
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Sunday, October 19, 2014 at 20:00
UP-CLOSE
Musica Electronica
National Forum Of Music ul. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego 19, 50-044 Wrocław
Poland
+ 48 71/ 342 24 59
http://en.musicaelectronicanova.pl
http://www.filharmonia.wroclaw.pl/reservation
Kaori Yamagami – cello
Jadwiga Kotnowska – flute
Krzysztof Knittel – electronics
Sławomir Kupczak – electronics
AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of Tychy
Marek Moś – conductor
One cannot speak about the newest Dutch music without mentioning the work of Michel van der Aa.
Forty-three years old, van der Aa is one of the most prominent composers in his country, yet should not be seen as a model example of a contemporary musician from the Netherlands. This is mainly due to his rather weak links with the so-called “Hague school”, whose style in the present Netherlands plays almost a national role. Music of this school, centered around the figure of Louis Andriessen, exposes diatonic harmonies, a motoric, irregular rhythm, harsh articulation, brass instruments, keyboards and drums – and sounds that are dry and caustic, like contemporary Stravinsky. As almost every convention does, to begin with Neoclassicism, "the Hague Convention" resulted in the creation of works of great stature and a long series of epigonic imitations; it also secured the Netherlands in a strong position in the musical world, yet at the same time plunging the country into a certain composing depression.
None of the features of the Hague style dominates the music of Michel van der Aa, which is neither diatonic, motoric, caustic or dry – everything but Andriessenesque. For lack of a better term and for the sake of brevity, it may be best to describe his peculiar sound as a "dissonant euphony." Just as original seem to be the composer's experiments, in which he combines music with the visual layer. None of the two spheres is self-sufficient, and their close relationship comes together in an unknown form of Gesamtkunstwerk, or how one might be tempted to say, a "strict counterpoint" between the image and sound. An example of such a relationship (and of the said " dissonant euphony") is Up-close for soloist cello, string orchestra and film.
Krzysztof Knittel : Partita II (Inuit) for flute, string orchestra and electronic media (2013)
Sławomir Kupczak : Krawędzie for string orchestra, percussion and electronics (2013)
Michael van der Aa : Up-close for cello, string orchestra and film (2010)
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19 Oct
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Sunday, October 19, 2014 at 11.00
ONE-RE-EDITION
Musica Electronica
National Forum Of Music ul. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego 19, 50-044 Wrocław
Poland
+ 48 71/ 342 24 59
http://en.musicaelectronicanova.pl
http://www.filharmonia.wroclaw.pl/reservation
Michel van De Aa
One, a piece composed in 2002 and premiered on January 12, 2003 by Barbara Hannigan in Frascati Theatre in Amsterdam. Spectacles in the Netherlands were a success and since then the production has been readily exhibited abroad; it enjoyed both critical and audience acclaim in eleven countries and on numerous festivals, i.e. Berliner Festspiele, Festival de Paris L'Automne, Oslo Ultima Festival, the Warsaw Autumn Festival and the Venice Biennale.For this work, van der Aa received the Dutch Matthijs Vermeulen Award in 2004.
Michael van der Aa : One
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23 Oct
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Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 7:30pm
Piano Project 2014 with Dylan Christopher
Swinburne Hall
Swinburne Hall, Colchester Institute, Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3LL
United Kingdom
(01206) 712999
creativeartslive@colchester.ac.uk
Tickets: £5
Dylan Christopher (piano)
An evening exploring contemporary piano music for aspirant pianists. Dylan Christopher will perform new works, by composers from Colchester and beyond, which are designed to give learners an exciting and accessible introduction to today's music for the piano. Presented in association with the Colchester New Music composers' co-operative.
Dylan Christopher completed his undergraduate music studies with honours at Colchester Institute, where he studied piano with Australian pianist Lesley Young, and composition with Dr Mark Bellis. In 2009, Dylan won the prize at Colchester Institute's Canon Jack Award for Solo Piano adjudicated by Andrew Ball. He was awarded 2nd place in The Roy Teed Cup for Composition in 2010 adjudicated by Vincent Lindsay-Clarke. An avid musician, Dylan has played in master classes with pianists Victor Sangiorgio and Lin Lin Tao, and showcased compositions to Philip Cashian, Ian Clarke and Jeffery Wilson.
Colin Blundell : Dylan Number One
Alexander Blustin : Snowflakes
Liam Carey : Nothing new
Sarah Cattley : Lament of the cactus
Sarah Cattley : Fives and Fifths
Sam Cave : By Fumbling, Found
Louis Johnson : Chant: The Pillar of Angels
Elspeth Manders : Andalusian Dance
Tony Matthews : Distant Visions (from Minitures suite)
Tony Matthews : Edgy Displacement (from Minitures suite)
Janet Oates : Landlisches Lied
Jenni Pinnock : Rains
Gareth Price : Seventh Heaven
Gary Randall : The Lincolnshire Hills
Ed Scolding : …open above me…
Juan Maria Solare : Dodeca-Mambo
Tim Torry : A Rustic Dance
Julia Usher : Computer Keyboard (from Computer Suite)
Julia Usher : Ghost in the Machine (from Computer Suite)
Julia Usher : Solitaire (from Computer Suite)
Bob Ward : Sonata (Movement II)
Barnabas Yianni : Air Suite
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2 Nov
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Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 7.30pm
Sally Beamish Equal Voices
Barbican Hall, London
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2
United Kingdom
020 7638 8891
http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Nelson Freire piano
Shuna Sendall soprano
Marcus Farnsworth baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Simon Halsey chorus director
London Symphony Orchestra
One of the season’s highlights features a new choral work by Sally Beamish based on poetry by Andrew Motion, commissioned by the LSO to commemorate the centenary of World War I.
Gianandrea Noseda directs an Elgar rarity first performed in London in January 1915 to demonstrate sympathy with Belgian suffering during World War I. Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire first performed Beethoven’s 'Emperor' Concerto at the age of 12, and it has remained a centrepiece of his repertoire.
Edward Elgar : Carillon
Ludwig Van Beethoven : Piano Concerto No 5 (‘Emperor’)
Sally Beamish : Equal Voices
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3 Nov
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Monday, November 3, 2014 at 8pm
Interference Patterns
Kings Place
Kings Cross, London
United Kingdom
Tickets: £11.50, online savers £9.50
Ensemble Matisse
New Dots presents the world premieres of four audio-visual collaborations, combining film and live music performed by the acclaimed Ensemble Matisse. Created by 4 pairs of composers and film-makers, this specially commissioned program is a bold exploration of the creative interplay between music and film, showing artistic diversity from abstract animation to the exploration of natural visual effects and everyday sounds. Our creative pairs have wrestled with imposing boundaries for themselves in order to have the freedom to create something truly collaborative, that could not have come about any other way. We’re thrilled to also present the latest work by Jan Vriend that explores this idea: freedom cannot exist without boundaries. Jan has written Degrees of Freedom for Ensemble Matisse; it seeks to test the boundaries to breaking point
Jan Vriend : Degrees of Freedom
Daniel Kidane : New work
Ewan Campbell : New work
Lisa Illean : Passage
Liam Taylor-West : of Joy
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3 Nov
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Monday, November 3, 2014 at
Philip Glass : The Trial
Various Venues
http://composersconcordance.com/festival.php
United States
(646) 522-9442
http://composersconcordance.com/festival.php
composersconcordancerecords@gmail.com
Music Theatre Wales
The meeting of two extraordinary minds – Philip Glass and Franz Kafka.
Kafka’s nightmarish tale of a man arrested and prosecuted for an unknown crime by a relentless and inaccessible authority has lost none of its chilling potency down the years. Now, Philip Glass brings his signature music and dramatic force to this literary classic. Working with Christopher Hampton as librettist, this new opera, sung in English, faithfully follows Kafka’s original story, relishing the author’s notorious paranoia and bizarre sense of humour.
Philip Glass and Music Theatre Wales have developed a striking creative relationship over the years, and Glass has long cherished the idea of turning The Trial into an opera. Join them in experiencing this creative partnership’s unique reimagining of Kafka’s prophetic tale.
The Trial is a co-commission and co-production between Music Theatre Wales, the Royal Opera House, Theater Magdeburg and Scottish Opera. It is in two acts with one interval and will last approximately 2 hours 20 minutes.
Oxford Playhouse
Mon 3 November | 7.30pm
oxfordplayhouse.com
01865 305305
The Anvil
Basingstoke
Tue 4 November | 7.45pm
anvilarts.org.uk
01256 844244
Theatr y Sherman Theatre
Cardiff
Fri 7 November | 7.30pm
shermancymru.co.uk
029 2064 6900
Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Mold
Sun 9 November | 7.30pm
clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk
0845 330 3565
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Mon 10 November | 7.30pm
birmingham-rep.co.uk
0121 236 4455
Philip Glass : The Trial
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6 Nov
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Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7.30pm
John Adams: Absolute Jest at City Halls
City Halls
Glasgow
Scotland
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Doric String Quartet
Markus Stenz
conductor
Comedy is a serious business. Beethoven knew that when his exuberant Second Symphony cheerfully booted the classical rule-book out of the window; and John Adams certainly knew it when he leafed through the scherzos of Beethoven’s late string quartets and transformed them into Absolute Jest: a one-off concerto for string quartet that takes Beethoven seriously enough to laugh along with him. As soloists, the Doric String Quartet definitely get it: and guest conductor Markus Stenz gets it too, pairing Beethoven and Adams with two riotously inventive French Baroque showpieces that prove that the best jokes never get old.
Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room
Markus Stenz in conversation.
Post-Concert Coda (approximately 10 minutes after the main concert)
Why not stay on in the auditorium as the Doric String Quartet play Janáček’s String Quartet No.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ (1923).
The main concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, presented by Andrew McGregor.
Jean-Philippe Rameau : Suite No.1 from Les Indes Galantes
John Adams : Absolute Jest for string quartet and orchestra
Jean-Féry Rebel : Chaos (from Les Élémens)
Ludwig Van Beethoven : Symphony No. 2 in D major
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7 Nov
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Friday, November 7, 2014 at 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Contemporary British Piano Music - a living tradition
St John's, Smith Square
London, SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7222 1061
http://sjss.org.uk
info@sjss.org.uk
Tickets: £20, £15, £10 (£18, £13.50, £9)
Mark Bebbington, piano
The piano lies at the heart of contemporary British music; yet its discreet presence is often taken for granted - or even ignored. In this exploratory recital, Mark Bebbington, a leading British pianist with an international reputation for his recordings and performances of British music, reveals these contrasting contemporary works and amply demonstrates the vitality and enduring presence of the piano into the 21st century.
Franz Liszt : La Lugubre Gondola
John McCabe : Tenebrae
Robert Matthew-Walker : Fantasy Sonata: Hamlet (Piano Sonata No.3) Op.34
Richard Causton : Non mi comporto male
Ian Venables : Caprice, Op.35
David Briggs : Piano Sonata
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8 Nov
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 7.30pm
Birtwistle at 80
King's College Chapel
Cambridge
United Kingdom
BCMG
Oliver Knussen
Harrison Birtwistle is one of the major musical figures internationally and this concert sees BCMG and Oliver Knussen showcase works from across his career in his 80th birthday year – the fourth such concert of 2014 following performances in Birmingham, London, and at the BBC Proms.
Silbury Air (1977, revised 2003), a Birtwistle classic, brings to the fore the composer’s continuing fascination in the medieval and the mythic, taking its inspiration from the prehistoric mound of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire. Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum (The Perpetual Song of Mechanical Arcady – 1977) is much more clockwork and pulse dominated then the melody focused Silbury Air. The main inspiration for the piece coming from artist Paul Klee, whose influence on Birtwistle has been paramount. Fantasia on all the notes (2012), employs two groups of instruments, winds and strings, which are linked and fused by means of a third force, a harp.
Completing the programme will be: the UK premiere of Goehr’s chamber symphony … between the Lines, which was premiered in May 2014 in Berlin; a repeat performance of Richard Causton’s Chamber Symphony, a piece dominated by bristling brass, winds, and percussion; and a new work by student composer Patrick Brennan.
Secret Theatres: the Music of Harrison Birtwistle brings some of the world’s finest performers to Cambridge for a celebration of one of Britain’s leading composers in his 80th year.
Harrison Birtwistle : Carmen arcadiae mechanicae perpetuum
Harrison Birtwistle : Fantasia on all the notes
Alexander Goehr : … between the Lines
Patrick Brennan : Polly Roe
Richard Causton : Chamber Symphony
Harrison Birtwistle : Silbury Air
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9 Nov
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Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 3 pm
Still in this world
St James, Piccadilly
Piccadilly, London
United Kingdom
Tickets: £10
Jan Goodkin, soprano
Vincent Lawlor, baritone
Laurel Pardue, violin
Catherine Herriott, piano
Music for Remembrance Sunday by Ravel, Britten, Arvo Part, Oliver Knussen and "Still in this world", a new piece by Miriam Mackie, reflecting on life in Britain during the last war.
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