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Expanding Horizons: the International Avant-Garde, 1962-75
452 ROBYNN STILWELL Joplin, Janis. 'Me and Bobby McGee' (Columbia, 1971) i_ /Mercedes Benz' (Columbia, 1971) 17- Llttle Richard. 'Lucille' (Specialty, 1957) 'Tutti Frutti' (Specialty, 1955) Lynn, Loretta. 'The Pili' (MCA, 1975) Expanding horizons: the International 'You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man' (MCA, 1966) avant-garde, 1962-75 'Your Squaw Is On the Warpath' (Decca, 1969) The Marvelettes. 'Picase Mr. Postman' (Motown, 1961) RICHARD TOOP Matchbox Twenty. 'Damn' (Atlantic, 1996) Nelson, Ricky. 'Helio, Mary Lou' (Imperial, 1958) 'Traveling Man' (Imperial, 1959) Phair, Liz. 'Happy'(live, 1996) Darmstadt after Steinecke Pickett, Wilson. 'In the Midnight Hour' (Atlantic, 1965) Presley, Elvis. 'Hound Dog' (RCA, 1956) When Wolfgang Steinecke - the originator of the Darmstadt Ferienkurse - The Ravens. 'Rock All Night Long' (Mercury, 1948) died at the end of 1961, much of the increasingly fragüe spirit of collegial- Redding, Otis. 'Dock of the Bay' (Stax, 1968) ity within the Cologne/Darmstadt-centred avant-garde died with him. Boulez 'Mr. Pitiful' (Stax, 1964) and Stockhausen in particular were already fiercely competitive, and when in 'Respect'(Stax, 1965) 1960 Steinecke had assigned direction of the Darmstadt composition course Simón and Garfunkel. 'A Simple Desultory Philippic' (Columbia, 1967) to Boulez, Stockhausen had pointedly stayed away.1 Cage's work and sig- Sinatra, Frank. In the Wee SmallHoun (Capítol, 1954) Songsfor Swinging Lovers (Capítol, 1955) nificance was a constant source of acrimonious debate, and Nono's bitter Surfaris. 'Wipe Out' (Decca, 1963) opposition to himz was one reason for the Italian composer being marginal- The Temptations. 'Papa Was a Rolling Stone' (Motown, 1972) ized by the Cologne inner circle as a structuralist reactionary. -
Vi Saint Petersburg International New Music Festival Artistic Director: Mehdi Hosseini
VI SAINT PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: MEHDI HOSSEINI 21 — 25 MAY, 2019 facebook.com/remusik.org vk.com/remusikorg youtube.com/user/remusikorg twitter.com/remusikorg instagram.com/remusik_org SPONSORS & PARTNERS GENERAL PARTNERS 2019 INTERSECTIO A POIN OF POIN A The Organizing Committee would like to express its thanks and appreciation for the support and assistance provided by the following people: Eltje Aderhold, Karina Abramyan, Anna Arutyunova, Vladimir Begletsov, Alexander Beglov, Sylvie Bermann, Natalia Braginskaya, Denis Bystrov, Olga Chukova, Evgeniya Diamantidi, Valery Fokin, Valery Gergiev, Regina Glazunova, Andri Hardmeier, Alain Helou, Svetlana Ibatullina, Maria Karmanovskaya, Natalia Kopich, Roger Kull, Serguei Loukine, Anastasia Makarenko, Alice Meves, Jan Mierzwa, Tatiana Orlova, Ekaterina Puzankova, Yves Rossier, Tobias Roth Fhal, Olga Shevchuk, Yulia Starovoitova, Konstantin Sukhenko, Anton Tanonov, Hans Timbremont, Lyudmila Titova, Alexei Vasiliev, Alexander Voronko, Eva Zulkovska. 1 Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall 4 Masterskaya M. K. Anikushina FESTIVAL CALENDAR Dekabristov St., 37 Vyazemsky Ln., 8 mariinsky.ru vk.com/sculptorstudio 2 New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre 5 “Lumiere Hall” creative space TUESDAY / 21.05 19:00 Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall Fontanka River Embankment 49, Lit A Obvodnogo Kanala emb., 74А ensemble für neue musik zürich (Switzerland) alexandrinsky.ru lumierehall.ru 3 The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov 6 The Concert Hall “Jaani Kirik” Saint Petersburg State Conservatory Dekabristov St., 54A Glinka St., 2, Lit A jaanikirik.ru WEDNESDAY / 22.05 13:30 The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov conservatory.ru Saint Petersburg State Conservatory Composer meet-and-greet: Katharina Rosenberger (Switzerland) 16:00 Lumiere Hall Marcus Weiss, Saxophone (Switzerland) Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (Estonia) 20:00 New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre Around the Corner (Spain, Switzerland) 4 Vyazemsky Ln. -
AMRC Journal Volume 21
American Music Research Center Jo urnal Volume 21 • 2012 Thomas L. Riis, Editor-in-Chief American Music Research Center College of Music University of Colorado Boulder The American Music Research Center Thomas L. Riis, Director Laurie J. Sampsel, Curator Eric J. Harbeson, Archivist Sister Dominic Ray, O. P. (1913 –1994), Founder Karl Kroeger, Archivist Emeritus William Kearns, Senior Fellow Daniel Sher, Dean, College of Music Eric Hansen, Editorial Assistant Editorial Board C. F. Alan Cass Portia Maultsby Susan Cook Tom C. Owens Robert Fink Katherine Preston William Kearns Laurie Sampsel Karl Kroeger Ann Sears Paul Laird Jessica Sternfeld Victoria Lindsay Levine Joanne Swenson-Eldridge Kip Lornell Graham Wood The American Music Research Center Journal is published annually. Subscription rate is $25 per issue ($28 outside the U.S. and Canada) Please address all inquiries to Eric Hansen, AMRC, 288 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0288. Email: [email protected] The American Music Research Center website address is www.amrccolorado.org ISBN 1058-3572 © 2012 by Board of Regents of the University of Colorado Information for Authors The American Music Research Center Journal is dedicated to publishing arti - cles of general interest about American music, particularly in subject areas relevant to its collections. We welcome submission of articles and proposals from the scholarly community, ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 words (exclud - ing notes). All articles should be addressed to Thomas L. Riis, College of Music, Uni ver - sity of Colorado Boulder, 301 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0301. Each separate article should be submitted in two double-spaced, single-sided hard copies. -
Ferienkurse Für Internationale Neue Musik, 25.8.-29.9. 1946
Ferienkurse für internationale neue Musik, 25.8.-29.9. 1946 Seminare der Fachgruppen: Dirigieren Carl Mathieu Lange Komposition Wolfgang Fortner (Hauptkurs) Hermann Heiß (Zusatzkurs) Kammermusik Fritz Straub (Hauptkurs) Kurt Redel (Zusatzkurs) Klavier Georg Kuhlmann (auch Zusatzkurs Kammermusik) Gesang Elisabeth Delseit Henny Wolff (Zusatzkurs) Violine Günter Kehr Opernregie Bruno Heyn Walter Jockisch Musikkritik Fred Hamel Gemeinsame Veranstaltungen und Vorträge: Den zweiten Teil dieser Übersicht bilden die Veranstaltungen der „Internationalen zeitgenössischen Musiktage“ (22.9.-29.9.), die zum Abschluß der Ferienkurse von der Stadt Darmstadt in Verbindung mit dem Landestheater Darmstadt, der „Neuen Darmstädter Sezession“ und dem Süddeutschen Rundfunk, Radio Frankfurt, durchgeführt wurden. Datum Veranstaltungstitel und Programm Interpreten Ort u. Zeit So., 25.8. Erste Schloßhof-Serenade Kst., 11.00 Ansprache: Bürgermeister Julius Reiber Conrad Beck Serenade für Flöte, Klarinette und Streichorchester des Landes- Streichorchester (1935) theaters Darmstadt, Ltg.: Carl Wolfgang Fortner Konzert für Streichorchester Mathieu Lange (1933) Solisten: Kurt Redel (Fl.), Michael Mayer (Klar.) Kst., 16.00 Erstes Schloß-Konzert mit neuer Kammermusik Ansprachen: Kultusminister F. Schramm, Oberbürger- meister Ludwig Metzger Lehrkräfte der Ferienkurse: Paul Hindemith Sonate für Klavier vierhändig Heinz Schröter, Georg Kuhl- (1938) mann (Kl.) Datum Veranstaltungstitel und Programm Interpreten Ort u. Zeit Hermann Heiß Sonate für Flöte und Klavier Kurt Redel (Fl.), Hermann Heiß (1944-45) (Kl.) Heinz Schröter Altdeutsches Liederspiel , II. Teil, Elisabeth Delseit (Sopr.), Heinz op. 4 Nr. 4-6 (1936-37) Schröter (Kl.) Wolfgang Fortner Sonatina für Klavier (1934) Georg Kuhlmann (Kl.) Igor Strawinsky Duo concertant für Violine und Günter Kehr (Vl.), Heinz Schrö- Klavier (1931-32) ter (Kl.) Mo., 26.8. Komponisten-Selbstporträts I: Helmut Degen Kst., 16.00 Kst., 19.00 Einführung zum Klavierabend Georg Kuhlmann Di., 27.8. -
Chamber Music & Music for Piano Solo
VIVIERCHAMBER MUSIC & MUSIC FOR PIANO SOLO Alessandro Soccorsi piano Thies Roorda flute Joseph Puglia violin Sietse-Jan Weijenberg cello Niels Meliefste percussion Pepe Garcia percussion Claude Vivier 1948-1983 Immediately after his birth, Claude Vivier (Montreal, 14 April 1948 – Paris, 7 March Chamber Music & Music for Piano Solo 1983) was taken to an orphanage. His mother abandoned the young boy simply because at the time, in Roman Catholic Quebec, society would not accept illegitimate 1. Shiraz for piano solo (1977) 14’44 4. Pianoforte for piano solo children. When Armand and Jeanne Vivier visited the orphanage in December 1950, Salabert, Paris (1975) 8’03 they were initially in search of a girl. They decided to adopt the little Claude instead. 1985, Les Éditions YPPAN, These events would mark his further life and art. 2. Pulau Dewata Saint-Nicolas, Canada From his 13th birthday onwards, he attended a few schools with the aim of for variable ensemble (1977) 13’03 becoming a Catholic frère. Some five years later, the seminary advised him to Arr. for piano and percussion 5. Paramirabo for flute, violin, withdraw. “Community life with rules: he wasn’t cut out for that.” His search for by A. Soccorsi cello and piano (1978) 14’23 “life,” as he himself wrote, “in the most creative and universal sense of the term,” 1988, Les Éditions YPPAN, as well as his emerging homosexuality, may have been decisive reasons. His true 3. Pièce for cello and piano Saint-Nicolas, Canada vocation turned out to be music. He enrolled at the Conservatoire de musique in (1975) 6’52 Montreal in 1967. -
Christine Anderson: Franco Evangelisti »Ambasciatore Musicale« Tra Italia E Germania Schriftenreihe Analecta Musicologica
Christine Anderson: Franco Evangelisti »ambasciatore musicale« tra Italia e Germania Schriftenreihe Analecta musicologica. Veröffentlichungen der Musikgeschichtlichen Abteilung des Deutschen Historischen Instituts in Rom Band 45 (2011) Herausgegeben vom Deutschen Historischen Institut Rom Copyright Das Digitalisat wird Ihnen von perspectivia.net, der Online-Publikationsplattform der Max Weber Stiftung – Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland, zur Verfügung gestellt. Bitte beachten Sie, dass das Digitalisat der Creative- Commons-Lizenz Namensnennung-Keine kommerzielle Nutzung-Keine Bearbeitung (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) unterliegt. Erlaubt ist aber das Lesen, das Ausdrucken des Textes, das Herunterladen, das Speichern der Daten auf einem eigenen Datenträger soweit die vorgenannten Handlungen ausschließlich zu privaten und nicht-kommerziellen Zwecken erfolgen. Den Text der Lizenz erreichen Sie hier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Franco Evangelisti »ambasciatore musicale« tra Italia e Germania* Christine Anderson In der Tat, die Zeit ist reif, unsere Konzeption vom Klang zu revidieren. Weder die seriellen Werke noch die aleatorischen Kompositionen scheinen mir aber die Klangwelt hinreichend zu erneuern. Beide sind letzte Ausläufer der Tradition auf der Suche nach einem logischen Übergang in Neuland. In der Tradition bleiben wollen, bedeutet richtig verstanden nicht, dass man vergangene Ereignisse nochmals erneuert, sondern dass man die eigenen zeitgenössischen Ereignisse der Erinnerung übergibt. Deswegen bedeutet Erneuerung zugleich Verzicht auf Gewohntes und den wagemutigen Aufbruch ins völlig Ungewohnte.1 Franco Evangelisti parla in tedesco – un raro documento audio del compositore romano tratto da una conferenza dal titolo In der Kürze meiner Zeit (Nel breve arco del mio tempo). Si tratta di una registrazione della radio tedesca di Monaco di Baviera del 1963, che risale quindi al periodo in cui Evangelisti lavorava a Die Schachtel, l’opera di teatro musicale che sarebbe rimasta a lungo la sua ultima composizione. -
Saison 2019/2020
SAISON 2019 / 20 KONZERTZYKLUS NEUE MUSIK HAMBURG VOM „SCHWEIGEN DER SIRENEN“ BIS „LUDWIG VAN“ DIE MUSIK DER SAISON 2019/20 DIE MUSIK ist das Schweigen der Worte – ebenso wie Poesie das PORTRAIT UNSUK CHIN – Schweigen der Prosa ist. Die Musik, eine klingende Präsenz, COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE IN DER SAISON 2019/20 erfüllt das Schweigen, und dennoch ist die Musik selbst eine Art 28.11.2019 AKROSTICHON 06 des Schweigens. 29.11.2019 LE SILENCE DES SIRÈNES 06 14.02.2020 MANNEQUIN UND ZWEI KONZERTE 09 Die Musik, die selbst so lautes Geräusch macht, ist das Schweigen 20.03.2020 ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO: KAMMERMUSIK & FILM 12 aller anderen Geräusche – wenn sie nämlich die Stimme erhebt, 27.04.2020 ENSEMBLE MUSIKFABRIK: CANTATRIX SOPRANICA 13 möchte sie allein sein und den vibrierenden Raum für sich selbst KONZERTHINWEISE 15 einnehmen; die Welle der Melodie teilt niemals mit anderen einen Platz, den sie allein ausfüllen will. Dieses melodische Geräusch, … DIE WEITEREN KONZERTE: VIER ABENDE MIT NEUER MUSIK dieses in Takte unterteilte, verzauberte Geräusch, das man Musik VON NOVEMBER 2019 BIS JUNI 2020 nennt, muss man mit Schweigen umgeben. Die Musik bringt das 13.11.2019 POLY-STYLE: IVES & SCHNITTKE 19 Wortgemurmel, also das anstrengungsloseste und dynamischste 18.01.2020 ENSEMBLE MODERN: LUDWIG VAN 23 Geräusch, nämlich das der Schwätzereien, zum Innehalten … 23.05.2020 SOFIA GUBAIDULINA: SONNENGESANG 25 23.06.2020 TRIO ACCANTO: BLUMENWIESE 29 Ohne dass man sich haltloser Metaphern bedient, kann man sagen: Das Schweigen ist die Wüste, in der die Musik blüht, und die Musik, KARTEN UND VORVERKAUF 30 diese Wüstenblume, ist selbst eine Art geheimnisvollen Schweigens. -
The Musical Legacy of Karlhein Stockhausen
06_907-140_BkRevs_pp246-287 11/8/17 11:10 AM Page 281 Book Reviews 281 to the composer’s conception of the piece, intended final chapter (“Conclusion: since it is a “diachronic narrative” of Nativity Between Surrealism and Scripture”), which events (ibid.). Conversely, Messiaen’s Vingt is unfortunate because it would have been regards centers on the birth of the eternal highly welcome, given this book’s fascinat- God in time. His “regards” are synchronic in ing viewpoints. nature—a jubilant, “‘timeless’ succession of In spite of the high quality of its insights, stills” (ibid.)—rather than a linear unfold- this book contains unfortunate content and ing of Nativity events. To grasp the compo- copy-editing errors. For example, in his dis- sitional aesthetics of Vingt regards more cussion of Harawi (p. 182), Burton reverses thoroughly, Burton turns to the Catholic the medieval color symbolism that writer Columba Marmion, whose view of Messiaen associated with violet in a 1967 the Nativity is truly more Catholic than that conversation with Claude Samuel (Conver - of Toesca. But Burton notes how much sa tions with Olivier Messiaen, trans. Felix Messiaen added to Marmion’s reading of Aprahamian [London: Stainer and Bell, the Nativity in the latter’s Le Christ dans ses 1976], 20) by stating that reddish violet mystères, while retaining his essential visual (purple) suggests the “Truth of Love” and “gazes” (p. 95). Respecting Trois petites litur- bluish violet (hyacinth) the “Love of gies, Burton probes the depths of the inven- Truth.” Although Burton repeats an error tive collage citation technique characteriz- in the source he cites (Audrey Ekdahl ing its texts, as Messiaen juxtaposes Davidson, Olivier Messiaen and the Tristan different images and phrases from the Myth [Westport, CR: Greenwood, 2001], Bible—interspersed with his own images— 25), this state of affairs reflects the Burton’s to generate a metaphorical rainbow of tendency to depend too much on secondary Scriptural associations (p. -
CD Program Notes
CD Program Notes Contents tique du CEMAMu), the graphic mu- the final tape version was done at sic computer system developed by the Stichting Klankscap and the Xenakis and his team of engineers at Sweelinck Conservatory in Am- Part One: James Harley, Curator the Centre d’Etudes de Mathe´ma- sterdam. I would like to thank tique et Automatique Musicales (CE- Paul Berg and Floris van Manen for MAMu). The piece by Cort Lippe, their support in creating this work. completed in 1986, is mixed, for bass Sound material for the tape was Curator’s Note clarinet and sounds created on the limited to approximate the con- It probably would not be too far computer. My own piece, from 1987, fines one normally associates with wrong to state that most composers is also mixed, for flute and tape; in individual acoustic instruments in of the past 40 years have been influ- the excerpt presented here, the pre- order to create a somewhat equal enced in one way or another by the produced material, a mixture of re- relationship between the tape and music or ideas of Iannis Xenakis. corded flute and computer-generated the bass clarinet. Although con- The composers presented on this sounds, is heard without the live trasts and similarities between the disc have been touched more directly flute part. Richard Barrett’s piece tape and the instrument are evi- than most. It was my intention to was entirely produced on the UPIC. dent, musically a kind of intimacy gather a disparate collection of music The sound-world Xenakis created was sought, not unlike our to show the extent to which that in- in his music owes much to natural present-day ‘‘sense’’ of intimacy fluence has crossed styles. -
Programm Maerzmusik 2010
Festival für aktuelle Musik Berlin 19. – 28. 3. 2010 MaerzMusik MaerzMusik 19. – 28. 3. 2010 Festival für aktuelle Musik Berlin UTOPIE [VERLOREN] MUsIkThEaTER• ORchEsTERkONzerte• kammermusIk PERfORMaNcE• INTERMEdIa• sONIc Arts LOUNgE QUERkLaNg: schüLER kOMPONIEREN MaerzMusik 2010 Festival für aktuelle Musik Utopie: der Nicht-Ort und der gute Ort. die gegenwart scheint in hohem Maß von Mutlosigkeit geprägt. Reaktion dominiert über aktion, blanker Pragmatismus und krisenmanagement über Vision und Perspektive. Im Westen wird allenthalben das Ende der Ideolo- gien ausgerufen. das Reden über Utopie und Ideale wird fast zum Tabu. Und doch nährt umgekehrt der Verlust an Utopie die sehn- sucht nach Orientierung und Veränderung. kunst kann, indem sie uns mit uns selbst konfrontiert, ein Labor der überschreitung, des neuen denkens, der kreation jenseits des Bekannten sein. kunst er- möglicht die Erfahrung des Erhabenen, der ahnung des anderen, des Noch Nicht, des Nicht Mehr, des Unfassbaren. Vor allem Musik mit ihrem anspruch auf autonomie und abstraktion hat das Poten- tial, den keim der Utopie zu wahren und aufgehen zu lassen. Unter dem dialektischen Motto Utopie [VERLOREN] untersucht die neunte ausgabe von MaerzMusik mit exemplarischen Werken, zahlreichen Uraufführungen und Neuproduktionen Musik als Ort utopischen denkens und utopischer Praxis, von Erinnerung und hoffnung, aber auch als Ort der Reflektion über Verlust und schei- tern, Resignation und Verfall, Tod und Jenseits. MaerzMusik eröffnet mit Luci mie traditrici von salvatore sciarrino in der Inszenierung und ausstattung von Rebecca horn. die Oper schildert die katastrophe der unerfüllten Liebe, erinnernd an den adligen komponisten gesualdo, der seine frau und ihren geliebten ermorden ließ. der komponist Beat furrer dirigiert das klangforum Wien nicht nur in dieser aufführung, sondern auch gegen Ende des festivals bei seinem neuen Musiktheater Wüstenbuch in der sze- nischen Einrichtung von christoph Marthaler – eine annäherung an die Erotik des fremden, an Tod, Leere und Jenseits, mit Texten u. -
Welcome! We Are Honored to Share with You the Unique Musical World of French Composer Olivier Messiaen, One of the Twentieth Century’S Most Visionary Musical Artists
Welcome! We are honored to share with you the unique musical world of French composer Olivier Messiaen, one of the twentieth century’s most visionary musical artists. During this immersive weekend, works of Messiaen’s are paired with those of other composers who share with the French master a common goal of reconnecting listeners with the sounds and splendors of the natural world. We are fortunate to be able to combine an illustrious group of guests with local talent, featuring students in the doctoral keyboard studies program of the Department of Music. Ithaca is a natural jewel, and as we celebrate Cornell’s Sesquicentennial year, it is a particular joy to be able to perform across campus in settings that honor a spirituality of place. Environs Messiaen also highlights a joint page in the histories of the Lab of Ornithology and the Department of Music: Messiaen made extensive use of recordings from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and he and his wife, pianist Yvonne Loriod, visited Cornell in 1973, sponsored by the music department. On page 4 you can read the review of their performance published by the Cornell Daily Sun. We are indebted to many people who have helped us prepare this festival, most of all Damien Mahiet, program KWWZLQVI\WZWN \PM?M[\ÅMTL+MV\MZNWZ0Q[\WZQKIT3MaJWIZL;\]LQM[IVQLMITXIZ\VMZQV\PMXI[\NM_UWV\P[I[_MTT I[W]ZNZQMVL[3QSW6WJ][I_II\\PM+WZVMTT+WVKMZ\;MZQM[IVLVM]ZWJQWTWOaXZWNM[[WZ:WV0WaU][QKTW^MZIVL fount of birdly wisdom. We thank the Cornell Plantations, the Lab of O, the Johnson Museum, and other programs and departments around campus, but most of all, our musicians and lecturers. -
Rebecca Saunders Awarded Roche Commission to Write New Piano Concerto for Nicolas Hodges
Rebecca Saunders awarded Roche Commission to write new piano concerto for Nicolas Hodges 30 October, Wigmore Hall 12 January, Glasgow City Halls Lutyens, Clarke, ThomallaWORLD PREMIERES Steen-Andersen Piano ConcertoUK PREMIERE 24 November, Lucerne Festival 2 March, Barbican Tsukamoto, Ciurlo, HilliWORLD PREMIERES Ligeti Piano Concerto 29 August 2020, Lucerne Festival Rebecca Saunders Piano ConcertoWORLD PREMIERE On 29 August 2020, the prolific contemporary pianist Nicolas Hodges will inaugurate the world premiere performance of Rebecca Saunders’ Piano Concerto at the Lucerne Festival. Roche, in collaboration with the Lucerne Festival and the Lucerne Festival Academy, has awarded Rebecca Saunders their prestigious Roche Commission to enable her to compose a piano concerto for Hodges, who breaks new ground in 2018-19 with a series of world and UK premieres, including three premieres at the Wigmore Hall on 30 October and the UK premiere of Simon Steen-Andersen’s Piano Concerto on 12 January. The biannual Roche Commissions have previously been awarded to several high-profile composers, including Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Sir George Benjamin. Rather than commissioning works that will cater to mainstream fashions, Roche Commissions enables musical works to venture beyond the conventional and provide intellectual stimulation. Saunders will interact with leading scientists over the following two years and in 2020 the newly-developed commission will be premiered at the Lucerne Summer Festival. With piano soloist Hodges, the work will be performed by the Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy conducted by previous Roche Commissions award-winner Matthias Pintscher. Nicolas Hodges is an ideal collaborator for Saunders’ commission. Never shying away from challenging new writing, Hodges continues to push the boundaries of modern piano music with bold and incisive performances.