T h i r t y - S e c o n d S e a s o n 2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 0 Celebrating Lukas Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Free admission Alea III celebrates the life and work of Lukas Foss, a great master, with an evening devoted exclusively to his music. ALEA III Echoi For Toru Elegy for Anne Frank For Aaron Plus Theodore Antoniou, Eighteen Epigrams Music Director a new work written by Lukas Foss’s students: Apostolos Paraskevas, Panos Liaropoulos, Michalis Economou, Jakov Jakoulov, Contemporary Music Ensemble Mark Berger, John H. Wallace, Ronald G. Vigue, Julian Wachner, Jeremy Van Buskirk, in residence at Mauricio Pauly, Matt Van Brink, Ivana Lisak, Ramon Castillo, Pedro Malpica, Boston University Paul Vash, Po-Chun Wang, Margaret McAllister, Sunggone Hwang. Theodore Antoniou, conductor Saxes and Horns Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Free admission Works of unusual instrumentation, featuring 18 saxophones Generations and 9 French horns. Pierre Boulez Dialogue de l’ombre double Theodore Antoniou Music for Nine Gunther Schuller Perpetuum Mobile TSAI Performance Center Sofia Gubaidulina Duo Georgia Spiropoulos Rotations November 16, 2009, 7:30 pm Eric Hewitt la grenouille Eric Ruske, horn, Tsuyoshi Honjo, Eric Hewitt and Jared Sims, saxophones Special guest: Radnofsky Saxophone Ensemble Eric Hewitt, conductor Sponsored by Boston University. BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD OF ADVISORS President OUR NEXT ALEA EVENTS George Demeter Mario Davidovsky Hans Werner Henze A Young Composers’ Workshop Chairman Milko Kelemen André de Quadros Oliver Knussen Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Krzystof Penderecki Treasurer Gunther Schuller Free admission Samuel Headrick Roman Totenberg New works by talented young composers specially written for ALEA III. Electra Cardona Constantinos Orphanides Graham Dixon Consul General of Greece Aaron Krerowicz Catherine Economou - Demeter Lina Tonia Vice Consul of Greece Eun Young Lee Wilbur Fullbright Antonis Anestis Konstantinos Kapetanakis Sunggone Hwang Marilyn Kapetanakis Mohammed Fairouz Marjorie Merryman Panos Voukydis Miles Bergsma Iakovos Konitopoulos, conductor PRODUCTION ALEA III STAFF Alexandros Kalogeras Sunggone Hwang, Office Manager The Greek word alea taken from Homer, means "to wander." 10 Country Lane David Janssen, Concert Coordinator Sharon, MA 02067 Andrew Smith, Librarian In Latin, it refers to (781) 793-8902 "a die or dice used for playing at games of chance." [email protected] The term aleatoric music indicates music OFFICE based upon the principles of indeterminacy as evidenced by certain random 855 Commonwealth Avenue and/or statistical procedures of composition. Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-3340 In regard to the ensemble, aleatoric is concerned with the expression of a multiplicity www.aleaiii.com of musical directions, historical styles, and performance practices. This season is funded by Boston University, the Greek Ministry of Culture, - - Theodore Antoniou the George Demeter Realty and individual contributions. I would like to support ALEA III. ALEA III Although our 2009-2010 season Please find enclosed my contribution of $ _________ Theodore Antoniou, Music Director has started, the need payable to ALEA III for meeting our budget is critical. Despite the o $25 ❏ $50 ❏ $100 ❏ $250 ❏ $500 ❏ $1000 Generations ❏ generosity of our various ❏ other Monday, November 16, 2009, 7:30 p.m. sponsors, ALEA III still Tsai Performance Center, Boston needs the support of its audience. At this point we are short several thousand dollars ❏ I would like to volunteer my time for ALEA III in: for the 32nd season. Please consider becoming a __ publicity PROGRAM Friend of ALEA III by completing the form to the __ fundraising right and sending it to: Whimsies John Heiss __ poster distribution I. Clustered ALEA III II. Diatonic-canonic Boston University __ mailing III. Enharmonic School for the Arts IV. Octatonic 855 Commonwealth Ave. __ other _________________________ V. Lyric Boston, MA 02215 VI. Stuck VII. Free VIII. Homeward Bound (Fantasy on Pierrot) Fenwick Smith, flute Should you have any time Yukiko Shimazaki, piano to donate to ALEA III, it _________________________________________ would be most welcome. your name We need assistance with publicity, fundraising, _________________________________________ Kengir, 5 Sumerian Love Songs François-Bernard Mâche poster distribution, address II. Enlil mailing, etc. V. Dumuzi ___________________ _________ ___________ Elissa Alvarez, mezzo soprano city state zip We hope you enjoyed ___________________ Impetus George Dousis tonight’s program and we telephone I. Impetus look forward seeing you II. Dormancy in our future events. III. Reintegration Contributions to ALEA III are deductible for federal Yuko Yoshikawa, marimba income tax to the extent provided by law. Yukiko Shimazaki, piano Thank you for your consideration. Hebrew Melodies Robert DiDomenica ALEA III I. My Soul is Dark Alea III is the contemporary music ensemble in residence at Boston University, a group II. I Saw Thee Weep devoted to promoting, playing, and teaching music of the twentieth and twenty-first III. If That High World centuries. Founded in 1978, Alea III is the third such group organized by Music Director IV. A Spirit Passed Before Me Theodore Antoniou. The ensemble is consistent with the music it embraces--flexible in size, Karyl Ryczek, soprano open to experimentation and exploration. Over the years, Alea III has offered world-première Krista Buckland Reisner, violin opportunities for dozens of contemporary composers, often under the composer's direction, Yukiko Shimazaki, piano and with extended program notes or comments. The group has performed 1,233 works by 713 composers---most of them living. Frequent international touring has enhanced the relationships of American performers with their colleagues and composers from other parts - - - Intermission - - - of the world. With its inspiration, several other contemporary groups have been formed, offering growing opportunity to young composers and musicians to play and comprehend contemporary music. Inter Nos Davide Ianni -Theodore Antoniou, Music Director Philipp A. Stäudlin, saxophone Gazing at the Inaccessible Altin Volaj Theodore Antoniou, Music Director Krista Buckland Reisner, violin Theodore Antoniou, one of the most eminent and prolific contemporary artists, leads a Yukiko Shimazaki, piano distinguished career as composer, conductor, and professor of composition. He studied violin, voice, and composition at the National Conservatory and the Hellenic Conservatory Poems of Louis Zukofsky Elliott Carter in Athens, with further studies in conducting and composition at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, and the International Music Center in Darmstadt. After holding teaching positions I. Tall and Singularly Dark at Stanford University, the University of Utah, and the Philadelphia Musical Academy, he II. Alba (1952) became professor of composition at Boston University in 1978. III. Finally a Valentine IV. O Sleep As a conductor, Professor Antoniou has been engaged by several major orchestras and V. The Rains ensembles, such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, the Radio Orchestras VI. Rune of Berlin and Paris, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra (Zurich), the VII. Strange National Opera of Greece, and the Berkshire Music Center Orchestra. In 1974 he became VIII. Daisy assistant director of contemporary activities at Tanglewood, a position he held until 1985. IX. You Who Were Made for This Music An ardent proponent of new music, Professor Antoniou has founded various contemporary Karyl Ryczek, soprano music ensembles, including ALEA II at Stanford University; ALEA III, in residence at Boston Katherine Matasy, clarinet University; the Philadelphia New Music Group; and the Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music. He is also director of the ALEA III International Composition Competition, president Korea for Kwartludium Lawrence Moss of the Greek Composers' Union since 1989 and director of the Experimental Stage of National Opera of Greece. Katherine Matasy, clarinet Krista Buckland Reisner, violin Many of Professor Antoniou's compositions were commissioned by major orchestras around Thomas Schmidt, percussion the world, and around three hundred of his works have been published by Bärenreiter Verlag Yukiko Shimazaki, piano (Germany), G. Schirmer (USA) and Philippos Nakas (Greece). He has received many awards and prizes, including the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship grants and the Richard Strauss Prize, as well as commissions from the Fromm, Guggenheim, and Koussevitzky Foundations, and from the city of Munich for the 1972 Olympic Games. He has been recognized with ASCAP Awards for several years, and in 1991 he was awarded the Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching by Boston University. In December 1997 he was presented with the Music Award from the Greek Academy of Arts and Letters, one of the most prestigious awards and the highest academic distinction in music; and in January 2000, the Tonight’s Program Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation awarded him the Dimitri Mitropoulos Award for his lifelong contribution to music. In 2004 the University of Vienna and the Alfred Töpfer Foundation of Hamburg, Germany, awarded him the prestigious Herder Prize, in recognition John Heiss is an active composer, conductor, flutist, and teacher. He is the Director of the of his contribution to mutual cultural understanding and peace among the countries of Contemporary Ensemble at New England Conservatory, where he teaches