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Roche Commissions 2004 Sir Harrison Birtwistle Roche commissions Sir Harrison Birtwistle Roche commissions Impressum Herausgeber Carnegie Hall, New York The Cleveland Orchestra LUCERNE Festival Roche Roche commissions projektleitung Katja Prowald Sir Harrison Birtwistle Redaktion Basil Rogger Fotos Betty Freeman, Los Angeles Roche Photolibrary Manuskripte Paul Sacher Stiftung, Basel Übersetzungen Suzanne Leu, Basel Christa Zeller, Zürich Lektorat Editionsbureau Kurt Werder (deutsch) Pat Campbell (englisch) Konzept Corporate Design MetaDesign Suisse AG, Zürich Umschlaggestaltung Maria Inès Klose, Basel GestaLTUNG Kunz Schranz, Luzern Satz Denise Fankhauser Druck Sticher Printing AG, Luzern Bindearbeiten Buchbinderei Grollimund AG, Reinach BL © 2004 by roche Inhaltverzeichnis Table of contents 6 Editorial 7 Editorial Paul Driver Paul Driver 10 Sir Harrison Birtwistle – Ein Portrait 11 Sir harrison Birtwistle – A Portrait Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez 26 «Eine Musik, die man sich verdienen muss» 27 “music that must be earned” Jürg Stenzl Jürg Stenzl 28 Eine «geheimere Welt» 29 A “more secret world” Sir Peter Hall Sir Peter Hall 38 Der Mann und seine Musik 39 The man and his music Klaus Jacobs / Ara Guzelimian Klaus Jacobs / Ara Guzelimian 40 Komponisten in der Carnegie Hall – eine lebendige Tradition 41 composers at carnegie hall – A Living Tradition Gary Hanson Gary Hanson 50 Sir Harrison Birtwistle und das Cleveland Orchestra 51 Sir harrison Birtwistle and the cleveland orchestra Betty Freeman Betty Freeman 54 Wo Worte enden … 55 Where Words finish … Patrick Wright Patrick Wright 68 Über die Melancholie und die Wesensart der Nacht 69 On melancholy and the humour of the night Sir Harrison Birtwistle Sir Harrison Birtwistle 90 Von «The Shadow of Night» zu «Night’s Black Bird» 91 From “The shadow of night” To “night’s Black Bird” Robert Piencikowski Robert Piencikowski 94 «War es in Basel?» 95 “Was it in Basle?” Sir Harrison Birtwistle / Klaus Lindpaintner Sir Harrison Birtwistle / Klaus Lindpaintner 98 Invention und Innovation in Kunst und Wissenschaft 99 invention and innovation in art and science Daniel Barenboim Daniel Barenboim 142 Der Mut zur Eigenständigkeit 143 the courage to be original Jonathan Cross Jonathan Cross 146 Biographie und Werkverzeichnis 147 Timeline: Life and Works 173 Diskographie 173 Discography Editorial editorial Roche Commissions – ⌦ein einzigartiges Kulturprojekt Roche commissions – mit vier Partnern a Unique cultural Project with Four Partners Im Jahr 2003 haben Roche, LUCERNE FESTIVAL und Carnegie Hall In 2003, Roche, LUceRne FesTiVAL, and Carnegie Hall agreed on a novel unter dem Titel Roche Commissions ein neuartiges und richtungsweisendes and pioneering model of co-operation in the field of cultural sponsoring. Modell der Zusammenarbeit im Bereich Kultursponsoring vereinbart: Das in This quite unique concept provides that, once a year, Roche shall commis- dieser Art einmalige Konzept sieht vor, dass Roche jährlich einen Kompositi- sion a work from a contemporary composer. For 2004 and 2006, the renowned onsauftrag an eine/n zeitgenössische/n Komponistin/en erteilt. Für die Jahre Cleveland Orchestra with its Chief Conductor Franz Welser-Möst could be 2004 bis 2006 konnte das renommierte Cleveland Orchestra unter seinem won to perform these works for the first time. The composer was selected Chefdirigenten Franz Welser-Möst für die Uraufführung dieser Werke gewon- upon the proposal submitted by the Artistic Directors of LUCERNE FESTiVAL, nen werden. Die Wahl des Komponisten erfolgt auf Vorschlag der künstleri- Carnegie Hall, and the Cleveland Orchestra. The first performance of the schen Leiter von LUCERNE FESTIVAL, Carnegie Hall und Cleveland commissioned work is to take place within the scope of LUCERNE FESTiVAL, Orchestra. Die Uraufführung des Auftragswerkes findet jeweils im Rahmen sommeR; in the subsequent season, Carnegie Hall will present the work at von LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER statt; in der darauffolgenden Saison an American first night. For the first works thus commissioned, composers der Carnegie Hall wird das Werk dann als amerikanische Premiere vorgestellt. Sir Harrison Birtwistle (2004) and Chen Yi (2005) were chosen. The com- Für die ersten Auftragswerke wurden die Komponisten Sir Harrison Birtwistle poser for 2006 will be announced in the summer of 2005. (2004) und Chen Yi (2005) ausgewählt. Die Bekanntgabe des Komponisten Roche Commissions combines a commission to compose a new work für das Jahr 2006 erfolgt im Sommer 2005. given to an outstanding composer of our times with a performance of the Roche Commissions verbindet einen Kompositionsauftrag an einen her- work by one of the best orchestras of the world, a first performance at one vorragenden Komponisten der Gegenwart mit der Aufführung des Werkes of the most prestigious European festivals of classical music and the Amer- durch einen der weltbesten Klangkörper, der Uraufführung an einem der ican first performance at one of the oldest and most renowned houses of bedeutendsten europäischen Klassik-Festival und der amerikanischen Erst- the United States. This unique combination is a stroke of luck for all part- aufführung in einem der ältesten und renommiertesten Häuser der Vereinigten ners involved. All persons involved have long been partners, but to date Staaten. Diese einzigartige Kombination ist für alle beteiligten Partner ein only bilaterally. Roche Commissions now offer a unique opportunity to Glücksfall. Alle Beteiligten sind bereits seit langer Zeit miteinander partner- realize all their demands on quality in a truly ideal manner: compositional schaftlich verbunden, bisher aber lediglich bilateral. Mit Roche Commissions and performance-related top quality, an innovative and international ergibt sich die einmalige Chance, sämtliche Qualitätsansprüche in idealer approach, two of the very best concert halls on two continents and one of Weise realisieren zu können: kompositorische und aufführungs technische the best orchestras of the world, bound by the long tradition of Roche’s Spitzenqualität, Innovation und Internationalität, zwei der besten Konzertsäle dedication to culture. 6 7 auf zwei Kontinenten und einer der besten Klangkörper der Welt, verbunden Sir Harrison Birtwistle, the first composer of this Roche Commissions durch die lange Tradition des kulturellen Engagements von Roche. series, was born in England in 1934 and belongs among the best and most Sir Harrison Birtwistle, der erste Komponist von Roche Commissions, original composers of the world. Following several periods as a Visiting wurde 1934 in England geboren und gehört zu den besten und originellsten Professor in the U.s., he became the Music Director of the National Theatre Komponisten weltweit. Nach mehreren Gastprofessuren in den USA war er and later on headed the Composition and Contemporary Music Faculty at Musikdirektor des National Theatre und später Leiter der Kompositionsab- the Royal Academy of Music, London. In 1988, he was knighted by Her teilung an der Royal Academy of Music, London. 1988 wurde er von der eng- Majesty, the Queen. The most important works by Birtwistle include his lischen Königin zum Ritter geschlagen. Zu den wichtigsten Werken Birtwistles two operas, Punch and Judy and The Last Supper, the orchestra work Earth zählen die beiden Opern Punch and Judy und The Last Supper, das Orchester- Dances as well as Pulse Shadows, a lieder cycle based on poems by Paul Celan. werk Earth Dances sowie der Liederzyklus Pulse Shadows nach Gedichten von For the 2004 Roche Commissions, he composed Night’s Black Bird, a con- Paul Celan. Für Roche Commissions 2004 komponierte er das Stück Night’s tinuance of The Shadow of Night, an orchestra work he completed in 2001. Black Bird, eine Weiterführung des 2001 vollendeten Orchesterstücks The This publication is dedicated to Sir Harrison Birtwistle. We wish him long Shadow of Night. Sir Harrison Birtwistle ist diese Publikation gewidmet. Wir years of stimulating and creative work and you, dear readers, an informa- wünschen ihm noch viele Jahre angeregten und kreativen Schaffens und tive and enjoyable reading. Ihnen, verehrte Leserinnen und Leser, eine informative und aufschlussreiche Lektüre. Franz B Humer, Roche Michael Haefliger, LUCERNE FESTiVAL Franz B. Humer, Roche Klaus Jacobs, Carnegie Hall Michael Haefliger, LUCERNE FESTIVAL Gary Hanson, The Cleveland Orchestra Klaus Jacobs, Carnegie Hall Gary Hanson, The Cleveland Orchestra 8 9 Paul Driver Paul Driver Sir Harrison Birtwistle – sir harrison Birtwistle – Ein Portrait A Portrait Sir Harrison Birtwistle hat es sich offenbar zum Ziel gesetzt, die Musiksprache Sir Harrison Birtwistle seems to have to set out to reinvent the language of von Grund auf neu zu erfinden. Weil er instinktiv fühlte, dass die konventio- music from scratch. Finding conventional harmony-and-counterpoint teach- nelle Harmonie- und Kontrapunktlehre den «zielgerichteten» formalen Struk- ing inimical, and instinctively averse to the “goal-oriented” formal structures turen, auf denen das Studium der Komposition beruhte, abträglich war, liess on which composition studies were based, his response as a student at the er als Student am Royal Manchester College of Music in den frühen 1950er Royal Manchester College of Music in the early 1950s was to refrain from Jahren das Komponieren gänzlich bleiben. Er konzentrierte sich darauf, Klari- composing altogether. He concentrated on playing the clarinet. It was not nette zu spielen. Erst als seine talentierten Zeitgenossen Alexander Goehr until he played with his illustrious contemporaries
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