Special requirements of the performer, perception of time, meter, and tempo/rhythm, notation (result or action)
Pitch
Timbre (incl. Estrada), Articulation, Pizzicato, Vibrato
Extended techniques and auxiliary tools
with members of the Kairos Quartet
Intro and Welcome
Purposes and Issues of Notation in New Music
Spectral Intonation
Lines of Tradition and New Complexity
Materia Prima, eine Veranstaltung im Rahmen des "Monats der zeitgenössischen Musik" der Initiative für Neue Musik in Berlin (D)
Giorgio Netti (*1963) • ) place ( (aus: ciclo dell' assedio) [2001]
Martin Daske (*1962) • Foliant 15 für Streichquartett [1989]
• Foliant für Blockflötenquartett [2018] (UA)
Markus Wettstein (*1963) • tinwood constructions für Blockflötentrio und gestrichene Metallobjekte [1917/18]
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Kairos Quartett
Wolfgang Bender und
Stefan Häussler – alternierende Violinen
Simone Heilgendorff – Viola
Claudius von Wrochem – Violoncello
Miako Klein – Blockflöte
Karolina Bäter – Blockflöte
Julia Andres – Blockflöte
Sebastian Elikowski-Winkler
- Und: nicht vergessen! –für Viola und Violoncello UA
Margarete Huber
Rituals in Outer Spacefür Viola und Zuspiel 2014
Rainer Rubbert
Idyllenfür Viola und Violoncello 1987
1. Calmo
2. Inquieto
3. Adagio
4. Aggressivo
5. Molto lento
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Frédéric Pattar
Sur le filfür Viola und Violoncello 2002 DEA
Julio Estrada
Yuunohui’yei op.E.18c für Violoncello solo 1983
Max E. Keller
Inselnfür Viola und Violoncello 2002
Mike Flemming – Viola /// Claudius von Wrochem – Violoncello
John Cage (1912-1992) • Thirty Pieces for String Quartet [1983]
Morton Feldman (1926-1987) • Structures [1951]
Terry Fox (1943-2008) • Berlino realized by Arnold Dreyblatt
Julio Estrada (*1943) • Yuunohui'ensemble op. E.18n [1983-1990]
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • String Quartet No. 2 [1998]
Wieland Hoban (b. 1978): Rules of Engagement II: Al-Shifa (2014) for string quartet and fixed media
Simon Steen-Andersen (b. 1976): Study for string instruments #2 (2009) for string trio and whammy pedal
Conrado del Rosario (b. 1958): Rondeaux: On Floating Bridges (1992) for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violins, viola, violoncello and double bass
Lorenzo Troiani (b. 1989): Sanguinante. In nomine (2017) for string quartet
Salvatore Sciarrino (b. 1947): …da un Divertimento (1968–1970) for wind quintet, string quartet and double bass
Kairos Quartett
Stefan Häussler – violin (alternating)
Wolfgang Bender – violin (alternating)
Simone Heilgendorff – viola
Claudius von Wrochem – violoncello
Slowind
Aleš Kacjan – flöte
Matej Šarc – oboe
Jurij Jenko – klarinette
Jože Rošer – horn
Paolo Calligaris – fagott
Guest
Miha Firšt – kontrabass
Metod Tomac – Dirigent
Intérieur
Aurel G. Stroe (1932–2008): Quintandre (Hommage à Varèse) (1984) for wind quintet
Xiaoyong Chen (b. 1955): String Quartet No. 3 (2011)
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Georg Friedrich Haas (b. 1953): String Quartet No. 5 (2007)
Sebastian Stier (b. 1970): Intérieur (1993) for flute, oboe, clarinet, violins, viola, violoncello and double bass
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007): Treffpunkt (Aus den sieben Tagen) [1968]
Kairos Quartett
Stefan Häussler – violin
Wolfgang Bender – violin
Simone Heilgendorff – viola
Claudius von Wrochem – violoncello
Slowind
Aleš Kacjan – flute
Matej Šarc – oboe
Jurij Jenko – clarinet
Metod Tomac – horn, conductor
Paolo Calligaris – bassoon
Guest
Miha Firšt – double bass
Intérieur [de la musique] combines spatial compositions by composers of international standing for wind quintet (Birtwistle) and for string quartet (Haas) with the East Asian sonar beauty of Xiaoyong Chen's 3rd String Quartet and the darker microtonal harmonies of Intérieur by Stier.
Christian Ofenbauer (*1961) • Bruchstück IX. Vierter Streichquartettsatz [2010]
Song Ah Park (*1983) • Vier Bäume [2017]
Song Yang (*1985) • Der Sprung ins kalte Wasser [2017]
Claudius von Wrochem (*1965) • Gans Nackt für eine(n) Improvisationsmusiker(in) und summende Streicher [2018] UA
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Wieland Hoban (*1978) • Hora'ot Pticha Be'esh [2013-14]
Lorenzo Troiani (*1989) • Sanguinante. In nomine [2017]
Wieland Hoban (*1978) • Rules of Engagement II: Al-Shifa for string quartet & fixed media [2014] UA
Kairos Quartett Johannes v. Wrochem, E-Gitarre
Wolfgang Bender • Violinen
Stefan Häussler • (alternierend)
Simone Heilgendorff • Viola
Claudius v. Wrochem • Violoncello
Nov. 13, 2017 Reception at the German Embassy
The Kairos Quartet performs Strawinsky and Schubert
Nov. 14, 2017 Opening of the El-Lissitzky Exhibition at Tretjakow Galleries
Sergej Newski (*1972) Fotografie und Berührung - SQ No.1 [2000] <Moscow Premiere>
Morton Feldman (1926-1987) Structures [1951]
Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971) Three Pieces for String Quartet [1918]
Premieres of Open Call Returns and Kairos Quartet repertoire as well as sonifications from the new music scene e.g. topographic data of the Berlin Wall, cello vibrations, GPS data
Iannis Xenakis (1922‐2001), st/4 – 1,080262 (1955‐62)
for String Quartet
Lula Romero „Dérive“ 2017, (Premier)
for String Quartet and Live Electronics in “Dérive” with GPS‐Data of the composer as flâneuse in public space
Luc Döbereiner, „Resolution“, 2017, (Premier)
for Cello, Transducer and Live‐Electronics
Knut Müller „Thorn“, 1996
for String Quartet
Martin Iddon „Mohl ip“, 2010
for String Quartet
/ / / BREAK / / /
Terry Fox, “Berlin Wall Scored for Sound”, (1980‐88)
interpreted and realized as an instrumental version for String Quartet by Arnold Dreyblatt, 2017
ZKM‐Selection: Marcus Schmickler „The Bonn Paternization“, 200
Kairos Quartet Recital
with senior high school students from the music gymnasium C. Ph. E. Bach, Berlin, tutor: Dr. Jens Renger
Larisa Vrhunc (*1967) • Vertical. Concerto grosso for string quartet and various performers [2015] <German Premiere of the Concerto Grosso version>
Marina Khorkova (*1981) • String Quartet No. 2 with Toy Piano–tape [2016] <WP>
Giorgio Netti (*1963) • tête for Cello and recorded voice (ciclo dell' assedio) [2008/09]
Simon Steen-Andersen (*1976) • Study #2 für Streichinstrumente und Whammy-Pedal [2011]
Giacinto Maria Scelsi (1905-1988) • 3rd String Quartet [1963]
ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT are twin programmes; ZOOM OUT took already place on May 25 as part of the cultural programme accompanying the Deutsche Evangelische Kirchentag 2017.
ZOOM IN entices the listener to delve into the private and intimate aspects of sound. We will begin our recital with the Concerto Grosso Version of Vertical written for the Kairos Quartet by the Slovenian composer Larisa Vrhunc, supported by performers of the music gymnasium. Thus the quartet sound is being magnified. On goes the audio guide through aleatoric and every-day sounds compiled for this rendition at the start of the concert by the quartet members, leads over to Netti's unique Cello–Rap accompanying Alberto Giacometti's pre-recorded voice. Steen-Andersen's Quartet zooms very close to bow-hair and stick at work, characterized by specially prepared bows. Finally, we go to timeless and magical Scelsi. As most of Scelsi's work, his third string quartet is based on improvisations on the ondiola, an early electronic keyed instrument, recorded on tapes and edited, then realized for string quartet by Vieri Tosatti.
Thanks to the Berlin Marathon you can reach our venue only as a pedestrian, by bike, or by public transport.
Supported by the initiative neue musik berlin e.V. as part of the Month of Contemporary Music.
Kairos Quartet Recital with the Winners of the 2017 Vareler Composition Award
György Kurtág • Quartetto per archi op. 1 [1959]
Song Ah Park • Vier Bäume [Four Trees] <WP> - 1st Prize
Lorenzo Troiani • Sanguinante. In nomine [The Bloodthirsty One. In the name of] <UA> - 2nd Prize
Song Yang • Der Sprung ins kalte Wasser [The Jump Into the Deep End] <UA> - 3rd Prize
Franz Schubert • Quartettsatz in c minor D 703 ph [1820]
Georg Friedrich Haas • String Quartet No. 2 [1998]
2:00-3:30 Workshop for participants of the Kirchentag who are interested to join the Kairos Quartet for the first piece in their recital (see below) using their voices, their own instruments, or instruments made available by the Kairos Quartet for those who don't feel like vocalizing; no charge, no reading of sheet music, no particular music skills required. Stockhausen's concept piece is just a few lines of text. All we expect from our participants is openness and interest in a common experience.
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) • Aus den sieben Tagen: Richtige Dauern [1968] Workshop participants with members of the Kairos Quartet
Julio Estrada (*1943) • Canto mnémico. Fugue in 4 Dimensions [1973/83] 5'30''
John Cage (1912-1992) • Twenty [Thirty] Pieces for String Quartet [1983] 20’
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • String Quartet No. 5 [2007] 22' German Premiere
Knut Müller (*1963) • Thorn [1996] 9'
Supported by the initiative neue musik Berlin e.V.
18:00 Church service with the Kairos Quartet
György Kurtág (*1926) • from Quartetto per archi op.1
Julio Estrada (*1943) • Canto mnémico. Fugue in 4 Dimensions [1973/83]
The idea of this programme is to direct the focus of the audience to the over-all shape of the music presented and to compress all these many details as if one were viewing a map from a distance. So we looked for compositions with distinct "topographies": some were characterized by significant pauses or cuts (Haas, Müller), by a kind of tectonic construction (Cage, sporting three material levels, all in constant and independent motion), or by stressing the individual voice rather than the collective (Cage, Estrada). The audience will experience the concert from within as the musicians are positioned around the audience in all but the last piece of the programme. In combination with the workshop we aim to give everyone the feeling of being an active and integral part of the event as opposed to being a mere listener.
When we finally sit together as one would expect from a string quartet we will perform a piece which is inspired by a story by Lars Gustafson. It consists of one chord, often camouflages or performed in part, sometimes vanished. Whith glissandos constantly in flow one looses one's firm ground – until one recognizes it in the flow itself: omnis fluit / παντα ρει
Haas' string quartet No. 2 is the most-performed piece in the repertory of the Kairos Quartet approaching its 40th performance resp. production. Originally written for the Austrian Hagen Quartet who have since adopted the term "Haas intonation" for anything spectral it quickly became a staple composition for the Kairos Quartet who had already performed the much more demanding First String Quartet of 1997; incidentally, both works have been released with critical acclaim on CD (Edition zeitklang).
Haas on his Second: "My 2nd string quartet combines tonal, seemingly historicizing sound elements with microtonal shifts, the expansion and compression of time, and partly virtuoso, scintillating sounds. Time and again tradition shines through its fabric – but it is perceived as lost, distant, and dimmed...
ARGE Studio, Ulrike-Gschwandtner-Straße 5, 5020 Salzburg
BruchStück IX for string quartet
BruchStück VI (1995) for piano
BruchStück X (2015) for piano und string quartet
Kairos Quartet (Berlin)
Jan Gerdes piano
Moderation Simone Heilgendorff
This is an event in cooperation with ARGEkultur, kindly supported by "Campus Musick"
Christian Ofenbauer (born in Carinthia in 1961, composer and organist) has served as a professor of harmony and counterpoint at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg since 2001.
Reservation/Ticketing: ingeborg [dot] schrems [at] sbg [dot] ac [dot] at / +43 662 8044 2380
Informationen: W&K Forum Uni Salzburg, vermittlung-zeitgenoessischer-musik / facebook
Marina Khorkova (*1981) • Streichquartett Nr. 2 mit Toy Piano–Zuspiel [2016] UA / WP
Sampo Haapamäki (*1979) • Connection [2007] 12' EA / Swiss Premiere
Giorgio Netti (*1963) • ) place ( (ciclo dell' assedio) [2001] 27'
for prepared strings
Kairos Quartett Berlin
Begrüßung
Enno Poppe (*1969) • Zwölf [2014]
Laudatio
György Ligeti (1923-2006) • Sonate für Violoncello solo [1948-53]
Schlußwort
Claudius von Wrochem, Cello
Rrrrrrrrrrchrrrshrrrrrrrrffckrrrrrrrsmmmmmkfzkfzrahhhhhhhhhnggggg!
Astrid Rieger – Visual Artist
Simone Heilgendorff – Viola
Claudius von Wrochem – Cello
Organized by trans-Art in cooperation with ConTempOhr this
performance is financially supported by CampusMusick
You can watch the whole performance here.
This is our official debut gig. We perform on electric guitar (8string), cello and vocals. We, that is:
Johannes and Claudius von Wrochem
#vWro2 takes a guitar with too many strings attached, a cello that can’t keep its mouth shut,
and a number of small things to distract YOU and make us happy. We will certainly be surprised, you may be, too:
Music is a vast place, and we have been at a fair number of interesting spots in the past
www.facebook.com/MadameClaudeBerlin
Lübbener Str. 19 - 10997 Berlin
U-Bahn: Schlesisches To
György Ligeti (Hungary) Ten Pieces for wind quintet
Federico Gardella (Italy) Nebbiæ for fl (alto fl), cl (bass cl), vn, vla, vcl
Tošio Hosokava (Japan) Singing Garden for fl, ob, hf, pno, vn in vcl
György Kurtág (Hungary) Quartetto per archi
Larisa Vrhunc (Slovenia) Vertical (2015) Concerto grosso for string quartet and various performers
New windquintets of young slovenian composers ... and
Sergej Newski (*1972) • Fotografie und Berührung. String Quartet No. 1 [2000] slovenian premiere
Isamu Kanai (Japonska) Evento plastico (2015) for wind quintet
Sampo Haapamäki (Finska) Connection (2007) for string quartet
David Veber (Slovenija) NAJBOLJ PRIMERNA SKLADBA OD SLOVENCEV for wind quintet
Marina Khorkova (Rusija) String Quartet (2010) for string quartet
Diego Ramos Rodriguez (Španija) Inventio (2015) for wind quintet
Werke von Kompositionsstudierenden des Mozarteums für Streichquartett und Klavier
Compositions of Mozarteum students for string quartet and piano
Kairos Quartett und Jan Gerdes (Klavier), Berlin
Administrative Leitung: Prof. Christian Ofenbauer
Werke von Kompositionsstudierenden des Mozarteums für Streichquartett und Klavier
Compositions of Mozarteum students for string quartet and piano
Programm und Zeiten werden kurzfristig angekündigt. Freier Eintritt.
Schedule to be announced on short notice. Free access.
Kairos Quartett und Jan Gerdes (Klavier), Berlin
Administrative Leitung: Prof. Christian Ofenbauer
Werke von Kompositionsstudierenden des Mozarteums für Streichquartett und Klavier
Compositions of Mozarteum students for string quartet and piano
Programm und Zeiten werden kurzfristig angekündigt. Freier Eintritt.
Schedule to be announced on short notice. Free access.
Kairos Quartett und Jan Gerdes (Klavier), Berlin
Administrative Leitung: Prof. Christian Ofenbauer
Sergej Newski (*1972) • Fotografie und Berührung. Streichquartett Nr. 2 [2000]
Larisa Vrhunc (*1967) • N.N. [2015] Uraufführung / World Premiere
Marina Khorkova (*1981) • string quartet [2010]
Sampo Haapamäki (*1979) • Connection [2007]
Marina Khorkova (*1981) • string quartet [2010]
Larisa Vrhunc (*1967) • Vertical / Navpično [2015] WP (including Concerto Grosso Nuovo music mediation project)
Marina Khorkova (*1981) • string quartet [2010]
Sergej Newski (*1972) • Fotografie und Berührung (Photography and Touch, SQ No.1) [2000] Austrian Premiere
Sampo Haapamäki (*1979) • Connection [2007]
with the participation of Mozarteum students
WRONG DATE POSTED PREVIOUSLY: WE DO PERFORM ON OCT 21 !
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • In iij. Noct. – String Quartet No. 3 [2001]
The Kairos Quartet gave the world premiere of In iij. Noct. at the Klangspuren 2002 and championed this remarkable work ever since, resulting in 20 more performances throughout Europe and in Mexico.
Two of them also coached student string quartets for performances at the Hochschule Lucerne; three of Haas' string quartets including In iij. Noct. were performed at the Weingarten Days of New Music 2006.
In iij. Noct. is performed in Hanover for the first time. It needs the complete absence of light while the string quartet is positionened in the four corners around the audience playing 45 – 60 minutes from memory. It also needs a very quiet and supporting audience, and it needs a hall with acoustical properties that make it possible to always tell from which corner a sound travelled.
Luciano Berio (1925-2003) • Notturno (Quartetto III) für Streichquartett [1986/93]
Luigi Nono (1924-1990) • Fragmente - Stille, An Diotima [1979/80]
John Zorn (*1953) • The Dead Man 13 specimen for string quartet [1990]
Morton Feldman (1926–1987) • Structures [1951]
Oğuz Büyükberber (*1970) • Don’t Faint with video [2015] URAUFFÜHRUNG*
Orm Finnendahl (*1963) • Fälschung (Fake) für Streichquartett, Ghettoblaster und Live-Elektronik [2003]
Giacinto Maria Scelsi (1905–1988) • 3. Streichquartett [1963]
Kairos Quartett
Markus Bongartz – Elektronik/Technik
Die Uraufführung wurde ermöglicht von der ausKlang KG (Wolfgang Gribb)
1. Part – Presentation and discussion of general and ubiquitous problems of Notation for strings accompanied by concrete examples
2. Part – Participants' questions and practical try-outs
Free Admission for passive participants
THE BLOCK
Paintings, Video Art and Music Performance
– Concept by Andrea Conrad
Paintings – Gunnar Conrad
Musical Concept and Performance – Claudius von
Wrochem
Since 2013 THE BLOCK confronts Kollwitz’ emotions and nightmares which – placed at the crossroads of two world wars – speak to us in surreal imagery of her artistic development up to her larger–than–life sculpture "Trauerndes Elternpaar" (Grieving Parents) which is located in Vladslo / Belgium. In 1914 Kollwitz' son parted from her for the Belgian front to die a little later in Flanders.
THE BLOCK consists of nine cycles, each starting from her diaries ... and including workshops with teenagers from the State of Brandenburg.
This performance at the Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin is the 4th cycle in preparation of a staged multimedia performance to come.
Andrea Conrad works at places steeped in German and European history. She curates the European project PHYSIS for interdisciplinary art, process oriented and conceptual work in Greece and Italy.
"ConTempOhr. Mediating Contemporary Music – Vermittlung zeitgenösssicher Musik", einer der neuen Programmbereiche am Schwerpunkt Wissenschaft und Kunst (Kooperation der Uni Salzburg/PLUS und des Mozarteum/MOZ) stellt sich mit den beiden Partnerbereichen (Polemische Kunst, Cultural Porduction) vor. Er wird geleitet von Simone Heilgendorff (PLUS), Martin Losert (MOZ) und Katarzyna Grebosz-Haring (PLUS).
Feierliche Eröffnung mit
Xiaoyong Chen (*1955) • Streichtrio [1987/88]
Julio Estrada (*1943) • Yuunohui'ensemble [1983-90]
Empfang
Offenes Haus
mit Mitgliedern des Kairos Quartetts, Martin Losert (Sax), Jörg Schweinbenz (Klav.)
Die Junge Deutsche Philharmonie feiert und hat ihre ehemaligen Mitglieder, zu denen auch die Bratschistin des Kairos Quartetts Simone Heilgendorff gehört, eingeladen, mit ihren Ensembles zum Fest beizutragen.
Unser Auftritt mit dem Sechsten Streichquartett von Georg Friedrich Haas musste kurzfristig ausfallen.
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The German Student Orchestra is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a house full of music and has invited its former members and their ensembles to join. Our violist, Simone Heilgendorff who served in the orchestra during her studies brings the Kairos Quartet along for Georg Friedrich Haas' String Quartet No. 6.
Our performance was cancelled. Sorry for the short notice!
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • In iij. Noct. – String Quartet No. 3 [2001]
This concert takes place in total darkness.
Music Circus A House full of Music
The Kairos Quartet will contribute:
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • String Quartet No. 2 [1998]
John Cage (1912-1992) • Thirty Pieces for String Quartet [1983]
John Cage : Ryoanji
Manuel Zurria (Fl) and Richard O’Donnell (Perc)
Eliane Radigue : Occam * WP
Carol Robinson (Bass clarinet)
Intermission
Alvin Lucier : Navigation for strings
Kairos Quartet
Alvin Lucier : 13 degrees of darkness – EU premiere
Manuel Zurria (Fl with tape)
Alvin Lucier : I am sitting in a room.
Alvin Lucier
Kairos Quartet Irish Debut
Dieter Schnebel (*1930) • Erinnern, Wiederholen, Durcharbeiten (Remembering, Repeating, Working through) [2006/7] Austrian Premiere
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) • Quartettsatz [1820]
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • In iij. Noct. – String Quartet No. 3 [2001]
The second part of the recital will take place in total darkness.
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • In iij. Noct. – String Quartet No. 3 [2001]
This performance will take place in total darkness.
Sampo Haapamäki (*1979) • Connection for string quartet [2007]
Reading Silent Film As A Score: Films by Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp
musical concepts by the Kairos Quartet
Konzert in totaler Dunkelheit / Recital in Total Darkness
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • In iij. Noct. – Streichquartett Nr. 3 [2001]
Umzug vom / procession from Lausitzer Platz to Markthalle
Dort spielen u.a. / Upon arrival (among others):
Simone Heilgendorff, Viola
Claudius von Wrochem, Jap-Fiddle, Cello
Claudius von Wrochem (*1965) • Rotationsszene für Jap-Fiddle und stationäres Publikum [2010] 8'
Rotating Performer on the Jap-Fiddle surrounded by stationary audience
John Cage (1912-1992) • Atlas eclipticales [1961] Stimmen / parts Cello 2 und Viola 6
International Concert Project on Identity, Technology, and Tradition
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • String Quartet No. 4 w/ Live Electronics [2003] First German Performance
Marco Stroppa (*1959) • Spirali per quartetto d’archi “proiettato” nello spazio [1987-88]
Roberto David Rusconi (*1976) • De Imago (Materia) Sonora. Fourth String Quartet [2012] First German Performance
Experimental Studio of the SWR
Thomas Hummel and Simon Spillner (sound projection)
Carlo Laurenzi (Electronic Gestures of Spirali)
International Concert Project on Identity, Technology, and Tradition (II)
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • String Quartet No. 4 w/ Live Electronics [2003]
Marco Stroppa (*1959) • Spirali per quartetto d’archi “proiettato” nello spazio [1987-88]
Roberto David Rusconi (*1976) • De Imago (Materia) Sonora [2012] WP
Experimental Studio of the SWR
Thomas Hummel and Simon Spillner (sound projection)
Carlo Laurenzi (Electronics of Spirali)
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • In iij. Noct. – String Quartet No. 3 [2001]