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]

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.

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.

16:00 start of the recital

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

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

Begrüßung
Enno Poppe (*1969)  •  Zwölf [2014]
Laudatio
György Ligeti (1923-2006)  •  Sonate für Violoncello solo [1948-53]
Schlußwort

Claudius von Wrochem, Cello

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.

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

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

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]

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 !

Links to the Concert resp. Workshop

Luciano Berio (1925-2003)  •  Notturno (Quartetto III) für Streichquartett [1986/93]
Luigi Nono (1924-1990)  •  Fragmente - Stille, An Diotima [1979/80]

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

"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.)

Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953)  •  In iij. Noct. – String Quartet No. 3 [2001]

This concert takes place in total darkness.

Sounds in Space

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

Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953)  •  In iij. Noct. – String Quartet No. 3 [2001]

This performance will take place in total darkness.

Konzert in totaler Dunkelheit / Recital in Total Darkness

Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953)  •  In iij. Noct. – Streichquartett Nr. 3 [2001]

John Cage  •  MusiCircus

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 (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)

Suono Sacro Assisi

18 Uhr: Admission to the Gallery (Galerie der Gegenwart)
18.30 Uhr: Reception with Sparkling Wine

19 Uhr: Public address by Dr. Stefan Brandt, Director of the Hamburg Kunsthalle
Introduction to the music by Prof. Dr. Simone Heilgendorff

Recital in the Exhibition Giacometti. Die Spielfelder

Xiaoyong Chen (*1955)  •  String Trio [1987/88]
 – brief art history intro by Dr. Annabelle Görgen-Lammers
Franco Donatoni (1927-2000)  •  Argot for Violin solo [1978/79]
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1919-1994)  •  Multiple I for two Strings [1970]
Giorgio Netti (*1963)  •  tête for Cello and recorded Voice  (ciclo dell' assedio) [2008/09]
 – Talk with Prof. Dr. Simone Heilgendorff, Dr. Brandt, Dr. Annabelle Görgen-Lammers
Julio Estrada (*1943)  •  Yuunohui'ensemble for Violin, Viola and Cello [1983-90]

21 Uhr: Dinner

Dido – für Sopran und Streichquartett  UA
Dido – for Soprano and String Quartet  WP

      mit/with Sarah Wegener, sopran/o

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