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9 Sep
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 20:00
REINFORCEMENT FROM RUSSIA
La Redoute
Bonn
Germany
Borodin Quartet - Quartet in Residence 2012-2014
Ruben Aharonian (Violin)
Sergey Lomovsky (Violin)
Igor Naidin (Viola)
Vladimir Balshin (Cello)
With German Galynin and Igor Raykhelson, the Borodin Quartet are presenting two Russian composers of the 20th and 21st century and thus continuing the development of this cycle. Galynin, who was taught at the Moscow Conservatory by Dmitri Shostakovich and Nikolai Miaskovski, left two string quartets, both of which were first performed and recorded by the Borodin Quartet. In his works, Igor Raykhelson, who was born in St Petersburg in 1961, combines Romantic references with jazz elements to create what he himself describes as ‘lyrical and melodious music’. The programme concludes with Beethoven’s final completed work.
Ludwig Van Beethoven : Quartet for two violins, viola and cello No. 11 in F minor op. 95 ("Quartetto serioso")
Igor Raykhelson : Quartet for two violins, viola and cello No. 1 in F minor
German Galynin : Quartet for two violins, viola and cello No. 2 in F minor
Ludwig Van Beethoven : Quartet for two violins, viola and cello No. 16 in F major op. 135
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12 Sep
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Friday, September 12, 2014 at 20:00
IN HONOUR OF PETER EÖTVÖS
Philharmonie Hall, Berlin
Germany
PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA violin
BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER
PETER EÖTVÖS conductor
When conductor Otto Klemperer suggested to Arnold Schönberg in 1937 he compose an orchestral version of Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto in G Minor Op. 25, he didn’t need to make the suggestion twice. As Schönberg later stated in telegram style: “1. I like the work. 2. It is only rarely played. 3. It is always badly played, because the better the pianist is the louder he plays, which means the strings can’t be heard.” Following the successful first performance of his orchestration of Brahms’ Piano Quartet Op. 25, Schönberg joked that he had made his contribution serving as a birth assistant for the “Fifth Symphony” by the composer he admired. He countered critical remarks from purists by stating: “My intentions: to strictly adhere to Brahms’ style and not to go further than he himself would have gone were he still alive.” Schönberg’s Brahms’ adaptation comes at the end of this concert with which Musikfest Berlin and the Berliner Philharmoniker congratulate composer and conductor Peter Eötvös on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The international music world is indebted to the Hungarian composer, conductor and tirelessly helpful mentor of young composers and interpreters for excellent works, concerts and initiatives. The programme kicks off with Wolfgang Rihm’s “In-Schrift II”, which he composed for the 50-year celebration of the Berliner Philharmonie and which reflects on the exceptional acoustics of Hans Scharoun’s concert hall from a compositional point of view. At the centre of the concert is Eötvös’ violin concert, “DoReMi”, conducted by the guest of honour himself. The composer personally selected Patricia Kopatchinskaja to interpret the solo part.
Also performance on 13th Sept (19:00)
Wolfgang Rihm : IN-SCHRIFT 2 for orchestra
Peter Eotvos : DoReMi Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 2
Johannes Brahms : Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor op. 25 [1861] Version for orchestra by Arnold Schönberg [1937]
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14 Sep
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Sunday, September 14, 2014 at 17:00
Mahler Chamber Orchestra / RIAS Kammerchor
Philharmonie Hall, Berlin
Germany
JOSÉ VICENTE CASTELLÓ horn (Brahms)
SEBASTIAN POSCH horn (Brahms)
GAËL GANDINO harp
LADIES OF THE RIAS KAMMERCHOR
FLORIAN HELGATH conductor
STEFAN DOHR horn (Rihm)
MAHLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
DANIEL HARDING conductor
The horn, the quintessential Romantic instrument, features in this concert programme as both soloist and accompanist. Johannes Brahms composed “Four Songs” for women’s chorus at the beginning of 1860 for the Hamburg Ladies’ Choir he conducted. The instrumentation of two horns and a harp is highly Romantic: the horn as an allegory of the mysterious forest and the sound of the harp as a symbol of aeolian winds. Even the choice of the texts poses a small cross-section through the Romantic period and its literary sources in folk art. 20th century composers such as Arnold Schönberg, Paul Hindemith, Carl Nielsen, György Ligeti and Jean Françaix have explored special instrumental formation of the brass quintet with its unusual modes of expression. In 2003, Wolfgang Rihm made a further enrapturing contribution to this genre with his wind quintet. Rihm at the time dedicated it to Ensemble Wien-Berlin. The recently composed concert for Horn and Orchestra by Wolfgang Rihm is dedicated to Stefan Dohr, the horn player in this ensemble and solo horn player of the Berliner Philharmoniker. The performance at Musikfest Berlin by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Daniel Harding and featuring Stefan Dohr as soloist will be the German premiere.
Johannes Brahms : 4 Songs for women’s chorus, two horns and harp op. 17
Wolfgang Rihm : Wind Quintet
Wolfgang Rihm : Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
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14 Sep
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15 Sep
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Monday, September 15, 2014 at 15:00
Gabrieli, Dowland, Britten, Harvey and Birtwistle
Lammermuir Festival
Elizabeth Hamilton Buildings, Poldrate, Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 4DA.
Scotland
0131 473 2000
http://www.lammermuirfestival.co.uk
Red Note Ensemble
The site of Prestongrange’s museum has a fascinating industrial history going back to the 16th Century including glass, pottery and brick manufacture as well as mining. The impressive, high-roofed Power House is perfect for this exciting programme of music for brass. The Red Note Ensemble contrast sonorous pieces from the Renaissance with the amazing, spatial effects of contemporary music by composers such as Harvey and Birtwistle. The overwhelming, surround-sound beauty of Jonathan Harvey’s Ricercare played by trumpet virtuoso Mark O’Keeffe makes a fitting climax to a very special event.
“O’Keeffe’s playing was undemonstratively sensational. A stupendous performance”
The Herald
various composers : Various
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15 Sep
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Monday, September 15, 2014 at 20:00
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Philharmonie Hall, Berlin
Germany
HORNROH MODERN ALPHORN QUARTET
SWR SINFONIEORCHESTER BADEN-BADEN UND FREIBURG
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER ROTH conductor
In many regards, this concert evening begins in an unusual way with the “concerto grosso Nr. 1”, which Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Hass wrote for four alphorns and orchestra. The alphorn is an instrument that has no keys, slides or valves and only produces the pitches in its overtone series. It is known for outdoor use in alpine regions. In his composition “concerto grosso”, Haas has combined the instrument with a large orchestra. The work’s title captures the relationship between alphorn quartet and orchestra, namely the alternation between solo and tutti that leads to confusing and beautiful sound constellations and the term “concertare” refers to the musical enthusiasm and enormous instrumental skills required of the musicians. As Haas states, the virtuosity of the four alphorn players as well as that of the orchestra lies not in their ability to race through scales but to perform microtonal intonation and thereby build a fascinating sound world.
The hornroh modern alphorn quartet and SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden and Freiburg under François-Xavier Roth generate these sound worlds together, giving a whole new perspective on the sound architecture of Anton Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony.
Georg Friedrich Haas : concerto grosso Nr. 1 for four alphorns and large orchestra
Anton Bruckner : Symphony No. 8 in C minor
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17 Sep
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 20:00
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Philharmonie Hall, Berlin
Germany
WDR SINFONIEORCHESTER KÖLN
JUKKA-PEKKA SARASTE conductor
“In art there is no beginning and no end, there is also nothing new and nothing old in an absolute sense. There is just the motion, the interchangeablity, both are nothing deliberate, violent, but natural occurrences of organic life that never stands still but constantly gives birth to new forms and proves its inner strength with precisely this perpetual drive.” (Paul Bekker 1924)
Wolfgang Rihm’s composition “Transitus” for orchestra already contains a reference to audibility in its title. “What matters, says Rihm, is which and how much energy is put into motion. Music is a transfer of energy. ” With “Transitus” he wanted to write a piece that materialized on its own, where one thing grew out of another, yet all events flow into an interminability that is the ambient noise of every music. “Transitus” as a passage or movement process is an image for human existence par excellence. In his most recent work, the Konzertstück für Klaviertrio und Orchester which will premiere on this evening, two different musical forms will be brought together: intimate chamber music and orchestral music. Both works, composed in 2012-2014, will be placed in context with the great C major symphony by Franz Schubert from 1825/26. This constellation is not only fed by the contrast between current and historical events. It is also not a nostalgic glance backwards, but rather an expression of a conception that regards the before and the after of historical construction as permeable and incomplete.
Wolfgang Rihm : Transitus for orchestra
Wolfgang Rihm : Concert Piece for piano trio and orchestra
Franz Schubert : Symphony No. 8 in C major D 944
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19 Sep
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Friday, September 19, 2014 at 20:00
FOUR MUSICIANS, THREE FOURTEENS
Beethoven-Haus
Bonn
Germany
Kuss Quartett
Bennewitz Quartet
Quatuor Zaïde
1814: Congress of Vienna. 1914: outbreak of the Great War. 2014: Reflexion? Retrospect? The periods which this concert covers in a great arc from Viennese Classicism to the present day take in a major slice of European cultural history: the re-drawing of the map of the continent and its political landscape in 1814, the awakening of the nations and the disaster of 1914, and the modern Europe of 2014. Musically, these changes are represented by Schubert’s mood of a new dawn, Suk’s nationalist Bohemian self-confidence, Arnold Schönberg’s fin-de-siècle sensibilities, and Oliver Schneller’s highly rarefied new musical language.
Franz Schubert : Allegro assai for string quartet in C minor D 703 ("Quartet Movement")
Josef Suk : Meditace na staročeský chorál "Svatý Václave" (Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale "St Wenceslas") for string quartet op. 35a
Oliver Schneller : "Introjections" for string quartet
Arnold Schonberg : "Verklärte Nacht" for two violins, two violas and two cellos
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25 Sep
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26 Sep
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27 Sep
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Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 7pm
Composers Concordance - 30th Anniversary Season Opener / Fundraiser -
Gallery MC
549 West 52 Street, 8 floor
United States
info@milicaparanosic.com
Tickets: $25
Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at 7pm
$25
Gallery MC
549 West 52nd St (between 10th & 11th Aves.) 8th floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 581-1966
http://www.gallerymc.org
"For the past 30 years, Composers Concordance has been a booster for local composers, through both its concerts across the city and a record label." -The Wall Street Journal. "Enterprising new music organization" -The New York Times.
Staying in rotation for thirty years in NYC is a rare feat. In the case of a new music presenting organization, it requires not only diligence and cognizance of achievements of the past, but also an ethic of keeping one's ear to the ground for emerging stylistic and technological developments, as well as talented new composers on the scene.
On September 27th at 7pm at Gallery MC, Composers Concordance presents its 30th Anniversary Season Opener and Fundraiser, with violinist Lara St. John, vocalist Loire Cotler, flutist Valerie Coleman, clarinetist Michiyo Suzuki, pianists Dimitri Dover and Eduard Laurel, and double bassist Troy Rinker, performing music of Gloria Coates, Valerie Coleman, Dan Cooper, Daniel Palkowski, Milica Paranosic, Gene Pritsker, Dave Soldier, and Randy Woolf, among others. The event will be augmented by games, speeches, food, drinks, and a performance by the prog-rock trio Erbium, with guest guitarist Peter Fabrizio. Directors and newly-appointed board members will outline the 'Anniversaires' season ahead, chock-full of commemorative concerts, established and emerging composers, aesthetic approaches, alternative venues, and related disciplines.
Composers Concordance strives to present contemporary music in innovative ways, with an emphasis on thematic programming. Gene Pritsker, Dan Cooper, and Milica Paranosic co-curate the programs, and lead CCE, the ensemble-in-residence at William Paterson University. Venues in recent seasons have included Bohemian National Hall, Chelsea Art Museum, Cutting Room, Dimenna Center, Drom NYC, Gallery MC, LPR, Miller Theater, the Museum of Natural History, and Weill Recital Hall, among many others. Composers Concordance was founded in 1984 by Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish, advised by Otto Luening. It has also created a new record label, Composers Concordance Records, with distribution by Naxos. Composers Concordance's overriding vision is to see contemporary music, composers, and new works as a rightful and respected part of society. Good music, performed and recorded well, pushing the boundaries of sound and composition.
PRESS: for more information, please contact:
Composers Concordance
(646) 522-9442
info@composersconcordance.com
http://www.composersconcordance.com
http://composersconcordance.wix.com/2013-14season#!concerts/cjg9
http://composersconcordance.wix.com/ccensemble
http://www.composersconcordancerecords.com
DIRECTIONS:
Gallery MC is located at 549 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019 (between 10th and 11th Avenues.)
By Subway: C or E trains to 50th Street (8th Avenue) or the 1 train to 50th Street (Broadway.)
By Bus: M11 to 52nd Street.
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28 Sep
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Sunday, September 28, 2014 at 7.30pm
Tavener: Flood of Beauty
Barbican Hall, London
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2
United Kingdom
020 7638 8891
http://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing
Britten Sinfonia
Martyn Brabbins conductor
Allison Bell soprano
Marcus Farnsworth baritone
Natalie Clein cello
Sheema Mukherjee sitar
Kuljit Bhamra tabla
Britten Sinfonia Voices
New London Chamber Choir
Eamonn Dougan Britten Sinfonia Voices Director
The Britten Sinfonia premieres Sir John Tavener’s last major concert work, Flood of Beauty (Saundarya Lahari).
Based on a Sanskrit poem by the 9th-century philosopher and poet Sankara, the piece is an attempt to show the rapture and bliss of the Divine Being through Hinduism – following Tavener's many revered musical journeys through Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
Flood of Beauty was devised by the late composer, who would have turned 70 this year, to be performed with the instruments of a normal symphony orchestra, but all spaced around the auditorium – with Indian classical instruments tabla and sitar completing the ensemble.
'The audience, so that they are, as it were, "surrounded" by bliss and beauty' Sir John Tavener
John Tavener : Flood of Beauty
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Sunday, October 5, 2014 at 3pm
Salastina Music Society: Celebrating 5 Years with 5 Young L.A. Composers
Thayer Hall at the Colburn School
200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States
http://salastinasocietycolburn.eventbrite.com
info@salastinasociety.com
Tickets: $28 advance online tickets/$35 at the door/$10 Students with valid ID
Salastina Music Society and Guest Artists
SALASTINA MUSIC SOCIETY CELEBRATES
FIVE YEARS WITH FIVE YOUNG L.A. COMPOSERS
In this season premiere event, Salastina Music Society will feature the music of five composers local to the Los Angeles area. Between them, they have won multiple Grammy awards, written music for film and TV, hold professorships at prestigious universities, and have numerous important commissions to their credit. Each composer will be interviewed on-stage before his composition is performed.
The composers whose works are featured in this program are: Jeremy Cavaterra (Salastina Music Society Composer in Residence), Andrew Norman (Rome Prize recipient, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Composer in Residence, and assistant professor at the USC Thornton School of Music), Adam Schoenberg (UCLA faculty, Charles Ives and Morton Gould prize winner, Kansas City Symphony Composer in Residence), Christopher Tin (two-time Grammy winner), and Philip White (film and television composer, currently for Ray Donovan and Supernatural).
About Salastina Music Society:
Currently entering its fifth season, the Salastina Music Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting world-class performances of chamber music. To date, dozens of Salastina performances have been broadcast nationally on American Public Media's Performance Today. With the goals of broad audience appeal and innovative programming, Founders/Artistic Directors Maia Jasper and Kevin Kumar purposefully design each concert to be slightly shorter than the average classical music concert. The "Masterpiece Discovery" sub-series, hosted by KUSC's Brian Lauritzen, offers audiences a "guided tour" through a pillar of the repertoire. Other hallmarks of the Society are: visual and aural variety in ensemble combinations and repertoire; “free applause zones”; thoughtfully chosen new music; tangible audience participation; and extra-musical enhancements to the concert experience.
www.salastinasociety.org
Andrew Norman : Gran Turismo
Adam Schoenberg : Luna y Mar
Jeremy Cavaterra : Sonata for Violin and Viola
Christopher Tin : Lacrymosa
Philip White : since feeling is first
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 20:00
ROMITELLI: AN INDEX OF METALS
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
South Bank, London SE1
United Kingdom
08700 606 096
http://www.rfh.org.uk
André de Ridder conductor
Hila Plitmann mezzo soprano
Sound Intermedia sound projection
Paolo Pachini video art
Leonardo Romoli video art
Tony Simpson lighting
London Sinfonietta
In the final months before his death at the age of just 41, Romitelli fulfilled a lifetime ambition: to create ‘an experience of total perception, plunging the spectator into a magma of sounds, shapes and colours’. Like the light shows of the 1960s or today’s rave-culture, Romitelli’s work thrusts you into a psychedelic new landscape where your every sense is heightened. Combining an ensemble and singer with electronic distortion, video screens, a light show and surround sound, this is opera as you’ve never known it.
“This is a multimedia opera with projections, three video screens and an orchestra that's amplified and processed, in many of the ways you would normally transform a rock guitar. But it's all done live, in the moment, and then spun around the room in surround sound.” Ian Dearden, London Sinfonietta Principal Player (electronics)
Being performed in London for the first time, with the original video art by Paolo Pachini and Leonardo Romoli, it promises 'a violent, abstract narrative denuded of all operatic artifice, providing an initiation rite of immersion and a trance of light and sound.'
Fausto Romitelli : An Index of Metals
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