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Ircam - Centre Pompidou A FESTIVAL OF NEW SOUNDS Ircam - CentreFOR ORCHESTRA Pompidou AND NEW TECHNOLOGY Ircam, the famous Paris-based research and performance centre for new music, collaborates with a British orchestra for the first time in this exciting week of and workshops exploring the astounding sound worlds opened up when the latest technology meets acoustic instruments. Jonathan Harvey, one of Europe’s leading composers, heads up a starry list of artists whose work will be featured by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and its dynamic Chief Conductor Ilan Volkov, along with the Scottish Ensemble and Quatuor Diotima from Paris in the superb acoustic of City Halls. And we honour one of the great musical figures of the last fifty years, the late , with performances of two of his pioneering electro-acoustic pieces.

Alongside the concerts, Ircam staff, in partnership with the BBC SSO’s learning programme, will be running their first Academy of New Music in the UK, working with young composers to develop new techniques using computer technology. WeIrcam are delighted that The- Friends Centre of the SSO are supporting Pompidou these workshops.

All BBC concerts are free!

Ircam - Centre Pompidou THURSDAY, 10 APRIL TITLE BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TIME 7.30PM PLACE GRAND HALL, CITY HALLS

Each of our two big concerts is divided into several sections, with intervals between them, so you can choose to attend one or more parts as you wish. French clarinettist Alain Billard kicks off the evening with a classic work by Ircam’s founder, . Then Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO play a piece for orchestra and electronics by a rising star of contemporary music, the Korean , and a recent work by Dutch-based English composer Richard Ayres. Jonathan Harvey’s epic Fourth String Quartet – a major piece with live electronics – is played by the acclaimed young Diotima Quartet from Paris, and the evening ends with the first of our tributes to the late, great Karlheinz Stockhausen. The will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

PRE-CONCERT TALK, 6.30PM (RECITAL ROOM) The Revolution – BBC SSO Composer in Association Jonathan Harvey Ircam - Centretalks about how technology Pompidou has introduced a radically new creative environment for today’s composers. Free to ticket holders (limited seating availability).

PROGRAMME 7.30pm Pierre Boulez, Dialogue de l’Ombre Double Alain Billard, clarinet Ircam design: Andrew Gerzso Ircam sound realisation: Gilbert Nouno, Jérémie Henrot

(Interval) 8.00pm Unsuk Chin, Xi Richard Ayres, 37b BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov (Interval) 9.00pm Jonathan Harvey, String Quartet No.4 Quatuor Diotima www.quatuordiotima.fr IrcamIrcam computer music design:- Gilbert Centre Nouno; sound engineer: Jérémie HenrotPompidou (Interval) 10.00pm Stockhausen,

TICKETS: FREE (all seating is unreserved) – limited to four tickets per application Box Office: 0141-353 8000 City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ

Ircam - Centre Pompidou FRIDAY, 11 APRIL TITLE SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA TIME 7.30PM PLACE GRAND HALL, CITY HALLS

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Stuart MacRae, Birches Haflidi Hallgrímsson, Cello Concerto Op.30 Strauss, Metamorphosen Truls Mørk, cello John Storgårds, conductor

Haflidi Hallgrímmsson – Icelandic-born but resident in Edinburgh for many years – writes music of rare eloquence. His cello concerto has been described as “a work of haunting beauty” (The Herald) and “a remarkable new addition to the cello repertoire...one of his finest works to date” (The Times). Performed here by the same team that gave the first Ircam - Centreperformance, this is not to Pompidoube missed. The concert also includes Strauss’s epiphanic Metamorphosen.

PRE-CONCERT TALK, 6.30PM Haflidi Hallgrímsson and Stuart MacRae talk about their works (free to ticket holders).

TICKETS Box Office: 0141-353 8000 or online www.glasgowconcerthalls.com £10.00 – £23.00 (and concessions)

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This concert is promoted by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra as part of its 2007/2008 Adventurer Series www.sco.org.uk

Ircam - Centre Pompidou SATURDAY, 12 APRIL TITLE BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TIME 7.30PM PLACE GRAND HALL, CITY HALLS

Listeners can choose which sections of the evening to try, but in truth everything is unmissable! After the incredibly evocative and moving Stockhausen tape masterpiece, Gesang der Jünglinge (Song of the Children), the Scottish Ensemble makes a guest appearance with two pieces by Xenakis who could create a unique sound-world using only acoustic instruments. Leading French trumpet virtuoso Laurent Bômont performs a piece with live electronics by Yan Maresz, and then one of the true originals of electro-acoustic music, Trevor Wishart, performs some of his extraordinary compositions. The excerpts from Jonathan Harvey’s recent opera Wagner Dream make a powerfully dramatic end to an extraordinary week. Presented by Roger Wright, Controller BBC Radio 3 and Director BBC Proms, together with Jonathan Harvey, the concert will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

PRE-CONCERT RECITAL, 5.45PM (RECITAL ROOM) Grégoire Lorieux (Ircam) introduces Alain Billard, playing Caprices by Luis Naón, Ircam - Centrefor bass clarinet and electronics, Pompidou and discusses Ircam’s latest creative work with interactive . With Jean Lochard, computer music designer and Jérôme Tuncer, sound engineer. Free to ticket holders (limited seating availability).

PROGRAMME 7.30pm Stockhausen, Gesang der Jünglinge (tape) Xenakis, Ittidra; Aroura Scottish Ensemble: guest director, Laurent Quenelle www.scottishensemble.co.uk 8.30pm Yan Maresz, Metallics Laurent Bômont, trumpet Ircam computer music design: Xavier Chabot Ircam sound realisation: Gilbert Nouno, Jérémie Henrot Electro-acoustic compositions by Trevor Wishart IrcamTrevor Wishart, electronics - Centre Pompidou 9.30pm Jonathan Harvey, Excerpts and 2 Interludes from Wagner Dream (UK Premiere) Claire Booth, soprano BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov Ircam computer music design: Gilbert Nouno; sound engineer: Jérémie Henrot

TICKETS: FREE (all seating is unreserved) – limited to four tickets per application Box Office: 0141-353 8000 City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ

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IRCAM ACADEMY WORKSHOPS A limited number of places are available for Computer Music Composition observers at the daily Computer Music (Studio 1, City Halls) Composition Workshop led by staff from Ircam. Monday to Friday, 7 – 11 April 9.30am to 12.30pm and 2.00pm to 5.00pm Observer Tickets: Event supported by The Friends of the SSO £20.00 per day or £80.00 per week (available at the door, Ircam - Centrefrom 7 April) Pompidou

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BBC Scotland’s Headquarters at Pacific Quay, Glasgow

Ircam - Centre Pompidou TUESDAY, 8 APRIL AND WEDNESDAY, 9 APRIL TITLE BBC SCOTLAND AND THE SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE PRESENT ...SOUNDSPACE/SOUNDSCAPE... TIME 10.00AM TO 4.00PM PLACE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM BBC SCOTLAND, PACIFIC QUAY

...transforming instruments using technology to make new music...

· are you aged between 8 and 80? · want to enter the fascinating world of transforming sounds using technology? · want to learn to listen deeply to sounds, both musical and environmental? · want to work with some of Scotland’s best musicians? · want to help make a piece of music from scratch and hear it performed?

Then why not join composers and sound artists Pippa Murphy and Pete Stollery and members of the Scottish Ensemble for one or both of these fascinating days, at BBC Ircam - CentreScotland’s new headquarters Pompidou at Pacific Quay on the banks of the River Clyde. The workshop sessions are free and open to people of all ages. No musical experience required – only a willingness to listen to and work with sound and have some fun...

For further information and applications for free tickets, please contact: Scottish Ensemble, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD or telephone: 0141-332 4747. Apply soon - the number of places is limited!

JONATHAN HARVEY This festival would not be possible without the vision of composer Jonathan Harvey. Composer in Association withIrcam the BBC Scottish Symphony - Centre Pompidou Orchestra since 2005, Harvey has a truly global reputation, particularly for his work in the field of electro-acoustic music. Commissioned by the BBC and Ircam on numerous occasions, he is one of the most skilled and imaginative composers of today.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The BBC SSO gratefully acknowledges the assistance of its many partners in the organisation and presentation of the UK’s first Ircam Academy of New Music.

The Diotima Quartet and The Scottish Ensemble appear in association with ecat. ecat acknowledges the support of the Scottish Arts Council and the Alma and Leslie Wolfson Charitable Trust. The Scottish Ensemble and ecat are supported by the Scottish Arts Council.

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