Final Concert (2nd round):
Out of 72 entries five string quartets are to be performed at the SCHÖMER-HAUS in Klosterneuburg near Vienna; these are the finalists:
Martin Iddon (*1975) • Mohl ip [2009-10]
Roberto David Rusconi (*1976) • De Arte Respirandi [2010]
Juan Cruz-Guevara (*1972) • Transmutación de la Sombra Streichquartett [2010]
Ansgar Beste (*1981) • Pèlerinage Fantastique for prepared string quartet [2010]
Nicolas Tzortzis (*1978) • Intuition - processus [2010]
Performing Ensemble: Kairos Quartet (Berlin)
Musikfabrik Niederösterreich in cooperation with the Essl Collection
Jury
Gerd Kühr – artistic director
2011: composer, conductor, University of Graz (A)
Joanna Lewis – Koehne Quartett (A)
Klaus Lang – composer (A)
Christoph Cech – University of Linz (A), composer, musical
director of ensembles
Claudius von Wrochem – Kairos
Quartett (Berlin, GER)
Awards
1st prize € 6.000
2nd prize € 4.000
3rd prize € 2.000
2 appreciation prizes: € 1.000 each
1 audience award
Mercedes Echerer reads texts by Thomas Bernhard and Tanizaki Jun'ichiro)
concept improvisation by Claudius von Wrochem (cello, Jap-fiddle)
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • In iij. Noct. - String Quartet No. 3 [2001] <British Premiere>
Hans-Joachim Hespos • prestunissimo for trio basso
Orm Finnendahl (*1963) • Fälschung (Fake) for string quartet, ghettoblasters, laptop player (optional) and live elektronics [2003]
Bernd Thewes • Wait for the richochet III [2000/02]
with Matthias Bauer (double bass)
Julio Estrada / Yuunohui‘ensemble [1983-90] Version A
Wolfram Schurig / blick: verzaubert für Klavier und Streichquartett [2005-7]
Iannis Xenakis / st/4 – 1,080262 [1955-62]
Alvin Lucier / Navigations for strings [1991]
Julio Estrada / Yuunohui‘ensemble [1983-90] Version B
Heather O'Donnell (Klavier)
1) Ensemble Kaleidoskop
2) Adapter
3) Alpha Trio
4) Kairos Quartett (22.30 Uhr) Sampo Haapamäki - Connection (ca. 22.50)
Deutsche Erstaufführung
5) Percussion Trio
Nordic Music Days 2010 - Dritter Tag
Kari Beate Tandberg (*1958) – Dwindle (DK Premiere)
Simon Christensen (*1971) – Towards Nothingness
Sveinn Lúðvík Björnsson (*1962) – ..og I augunum blik minninga... (DK Premiere)
Sampo Haapamäki (*1979) – Connection (DK Premiere)
16:30 /// Begrüßung
17:00 /// Vortrag /// Prof. Dr. Thomas Schipperges
18:00 /// Vortrag /// Georg Friedrich Haas
19:00 /// Konzert /// Kairos Quartett
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • In iij. Noct. – String Quartet No. 3 [2001]
in vollständiger Dunkelheit zu spielen / to be performed in complete darkness
Ansprachen anlässlich des Klangwechsels, umrahmt von drei Improvisationen über den momentanen Klang des Cage-Orgelstücks in der benachbarten St. Buchardi-Kirche.
Simone Heilgendorff, Viola
Simon Steen-Andersen • Study for String Instrument #2 für Violine, Cello und Whammy-Pedal [2009]
Frédéric Pattar (*1969) • Sur le fil für Viola und Cello [2002]
Wolfgang Bender, Violine und Viola
Claudius von Wrochem, Cello
Simon Steen-Andersen, Whammy-Pedal
Knut Müller (*1963) • Zeug (stuff) [1999]
Agostino di Scipio (*1962) • Drei stille Stücke (Three quiet pieces) [2005-09] WP
Giorgio Netti (*1963) • tête for cello with pre-recorded voice (from: ciclo dell' assedio) [2008/09]
Toshio Hosokawa (1955) • Landscape I (1992)
Dieter Schnebel (*1930) • Erinnern, Wiederholen, Durcharbeiten (Remembering, Repeating, Working through) [2006/7]
Concert Broadcast (MDR Figaro) at 8 pm, May 7, 2010.
Karlheinz Essl (*1960) • Sequitur IV for cello and live-electronics [2008]
Sergej Newski (*1972) • Stufen (steps) for cello solo [2007] First Austrian performance
Julio Estrada (*1943) • Yuunohui‘yei [1983]
Claudius von Wrochem (*1965) • Mise-en-scene improvisation for a rotating Jap-Fiddle
Giorgio Netti (*1963) • tête for cello with pre-recorded voice (from: ciclo dell' assedio) [2008/09] First Austrian performance
Claudius von Wrochem, Cello und Jap-Fiddle (a monochordal string instrument with a horn)
Toshio Hosokawa (*1955) • Landscape I [1992]
Wolfgang Rihm (*1952) • String Quartet No. 8 [1988]
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Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • In iij. Noct. – String Quartet No. 3 [2001] First Dutch performance
(The second half of the programme will last app. 50-60 minutes and takes places in total darkness)
Knut Müller (*1963) • Ragnarök – Third String Quartet [2009] WP
Jean-Luc Hervé (*1960) • N.N. for solo violin, string trio and piano [2005/10] WP
Christoph Staude (*1965) • All' aperto – 18 shards for a string quartet [1992]
Phillippe Schoeller (*1957) • Tree to soul for string quartet [2008/09] WP of the complete version
Prélude. Adagio, luminoso ma instabile
Scherzo. Presto vivace, sostenuto e intensivo, ma poco capriccioso e molto ostinato
Kairos Quartet, Heather O'Donnell (piano)
This concert is funded by INM Berlin, German–French Fonds and Wolfgang Gribb.
Programme:
Uroš Rojko (*1954) Krog II for spatially placed string quartet [2005]
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) String Quartet No. 2 [1998]
Giorgio Netti (*1963) )place( [2001]
Uroš Rojko
String Quartet No. 1 [1984]
Krog II - for spatially placed string quartet [2005]
Dilondra - for violin, viola, cello, and piano [2008/09]
Cum Grano Salis - mezzo soprano, flute, guitar, percussion [2004]
Kairos Quartett
Barbara Jemejcic, mezzo soprano
Klara Tomljanovic, guitar
Isao Nakamura, percussion
Elmar Schrammel, piano
Renate Greiss-Armin, flute
Enno Poppe
»Tier« for string quartet [2002]
Sergej Newski
»Und dass der Tod nicht fern bleibt«
for speaker and string quartet on
texts by Michael Lentz [2005]
Giorgio Netti
»Tête« for prepared cello solo with pre-recorded tape [2008/09]
Commissionened by musica viva, world premiere
Josef Anton Riedl
»c.e. oder conclamatum est«
for speaker and four pianos
on a text by Hans Henny Jahnn
idea by Herbert Kapfer [2008–09]
In cooperation with editorial office "Hörspiel und Medienkunst" of the Bavarian Radio, world premiere
piano: Jan Philip Schulze, Ruschana Pamirova u.a.
speaker: Michael Lentz
direction: Rüdiger Bohn
Kairos Quartett
ticket sales starting on September 29, 2009
Programme:
Claude Debussy: String Quartet
Julio Estrada (1943): Canto mnémico Fugue en 4 dimensions
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001): st/4 – 1,080262 [1955-62]
Giorgio Netti (1963): )place( [2001]
Pre-concert talk at 19.00 with the composer Vasja Progar
Programme:
Edgard Varèse: Hyperprism [1922-23]
Ferruccio Busoni (arr. Erwin Stein): Berceuse, élègiaque. Des Mannes Wiegenlied am Sarg seiner Mutter, op. 42
Carl Ruggles: Angels for four trumpets and three trombones
Vasja Progar: New Work for wind quintet
Edgard Varèse: Intégrales [1925]
Edgard Varèse: Ionisation [1929-31] for 13 percussionists
Slowind Wind Quintet
KAIROS Quartet
SToP – Slovenian Percussion Project
TASF – Slovenian Philharmonic Brass Ensemble
conductor Robert Aitken
Programme:
Edgard Varèse (1883-1965): Octandre [1923]
Edgard Varèse: Density 21.5 [1936, rev. 1946] for flute solo, Bis Edition 1936
Pogovor z Chou Wen-chungom
The One All Alone – A film by Franka Schefferja [2008]
Slowind Wind Quintet
KAIROS Quartet
SToP – Slovenian Percussion Project
TASF – Slovenian Philharmonic Brass Ensemble
conductor Robert Aitken
Pre-concert talk at 19.00 with the composer Petra Strahovnik
Programme:
Edgard Varèse (1883-1965): Offrandes
Albert Roussel: Deux Poemes de Ronsard, op. 26 for soprano and flute
Chou Wen-chung: Twilight Colors
Albert Roussel: Divertissement, op. 6 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
Carlos Salzedo: Concerto for harp and seven wind instruments
Petra Strahovnik: Indigo for wind quintet, two percussionists and tape
Claude Debussy (arr. Benno Sachs): Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune
Slowind Wind Quintet
Kairos Quartet
SToP – Slovenian Percussion Project
TASF – Slovenian Philharmonic Brass Ensemble
conductor Robert Aitken
11. Slowind Festival 2009
International Workshop for musicians, composers, musicologists, students of music and musicology and any other professionals (in English)
Lecturer:
Prof Chou Wen-chung - Composer, Professor Emeritus at Columbia Universiy, New York, Varèse's last assistant and editor
Programme:
Edgard Varèse: Insights on the man and his music
an event series by the VGH-Stiftung - Theme: "The Night"
The Moon – musical reading
Texts by Goethe, Armstrong, Arnim, R. Walser, etc.
String Quartets by Debussy, Scelsi as well as conceptual improvisations
with Martina Gedeck
Ljubljana Festival
moderated concert
Alma and Gustav Mahler Songs
Gustav Mahler • piano quartet [1876]
Arnold Schoenberg/Johann Strauss (son) • Emperor Waltz [1889/1921], arr. for chamber ensemble
with
Bass-Baritone: Ulf Bästlein (Graz)
piano (songs): Axel Bauni (Berlin)
piano (instrumental pieces): Ya-ou Xie (Berlin)
Harmonium: Tomaz Sevsek Sramel
Moderation: Students of the study programmes in Applied Musicology at Klagenfurt University
Campus Musick
moderated concert
Alma and Gustav Mahler Songs
Gustav Mahler • piano quartet [1876]
Arnold Schoenberg/Johann Strauss (son) • Emperor Waltz (1889/1921), arr. for chamber ensemble
with
Bass-Baritone: Ulf Bästlein (Graz)
piano (songs): Axel Bauni (Berlin)
piano (instrumental pieces): Ya-ou Xie (Berlin)
Harmonium: Tomaz Sevsek Sramel
Moderation: Students of the study programmes in Applied Musicology at Klagenfurt University
public rehearsals
Gustav Mahler • Piano Quartet (1876)
Arnold Schoenberg/Johann Strauss (Son) • Emperor Waltz (1889/1921), arr. for chamber ensemble with Ya-ou Xie (Berlin) piano
In cooperation of the Department of Musicology at Klagenfurt University with the Carinthian State Conservatory
Dimitri Kourliandski • Night-turn (2004)
Karlheinz Essl • Sequitur IV f. Cello and Live-Electronics (2008)
Liza Lim • Hell (1991/92)
Concert with Talk and a Vote of the Audience
Giacinto Maria Scelsi (1905-1988) • String Quartet No. 3 [1963]
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Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • In iij. Noct. – String quartet No. 3 [2001]
MaerzMusik
Morton Feldman (1926-1987) • Structures [1951] 6'
Erhard Grosskopf (*1934) • String Trio [1983]
Ben Johnston (*1926) • String Quartet No. 5 [1979]
Dimitri Kourliandski (*1976) • Night-turn [2004] (WP)
Awet Terterjan (1929-1994) • String Quartet No. 2 [1991]
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) • Quartettsatz [1820]
György Kurtág (*1926) • Quartetto per archi [1959]
Phillippe Schoeller (*1957) • Tree to soul, for String Quartet [2008] WP
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) • String Quartet No. 2