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Roche Commissions Roche Commissions Impressum Herausgeber Carnegie Hall, New York The Cleveland Orchestra LUCERNE Festival Roche Roche Commissions projektleitung Katja Prowald Chen Yi Redaktion Basil Rogger Mark Sattler Fotos Emanuel Ammon, Luzern Roche Corporate Photolibrary Manuskripte Paul Sacher Stiftung, Basel Übersetzungen J. Bradford Robinson, Landsberg am Lech Christa Zeller, Zürich Lektorat Editionsbureau Kurt Werder Konzept Corporate Design MetaDesign Suisse AG, Zürich Umschlaggestaltung Maria Inès Klose, Basel GestaLTUNG Kunz Schranz, Luzern Satz Denise Mattich Druck Sticher Printing AG, Luzern Bindearbeiten Buchbinderei Grollimund AG, Reinach BL © 2005 by Roche Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Shirley Fleming Shirley Fleming 6 Das Prinzip roche Commissions 7 The roche commissions Principle Heinz-Dieter Reese Heinz-Dieter Reese 12 Chen Yi – Ein Portrait 13 Chen Yi – A portrait Chen Yi Chen Yi 32 «Si Ji» (Vier Jahreszeiten) für Orchester, 2005 33 “Si Ji” (Four Seasons) for full orchestra, 2005 42 Partiturabbildungen 42 Reproductions of the Score Franz Welser-Möst Franz Welser-Möst 50 Chen Yi 51 Chen Yi Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer 54 Chinese Concert Music – Die Komponistin Chen Yi vor dem 55 Chinese Concert Music – Hintergrund chinesischer Musikkultur Chen Yi and the Music of China Joel Sachs Joel Sachs 88 Chinesische Komponisten in den Vereinigten Staaten 89 Chinese composers in the United States Dennis Russell Davies Dennis Russell Davies 98 Chen Yi – Die Weltbürgerin 99 Chen Yi – The Cosmopolite Christoph Hahn Christoph Hahn 102 400 Jahre Rezeption westlicher Musik in China 103 400 Years of Western Music in China Ernst Peter Fischer Ernst Peter Fischer 114 Die Geburt der modernen Wissenschaft – 115 The Birth of Modern Science – Der Gedanke der Innovation im Westen und im Osten Innovation in East and West 130 chen yi zu besuch in der schweiz 130 chen yi during her visit in switzerland Chen Yi / Rae Yuan Chen Yi / Rae Yuan 140 Wissenschaft und Musik – ein ost-westlicher Dialog 141 Science and Music – An East-Western Dialogue 176 Biographie und Werkverzeichnis 177 Timeline: Life and Works 196 AuswahlDiskographie 196 selected Discography Shirley Fleming Shirley Fleming Das Prinzip The roche commissions Roche Commissions Principle Es ist erstaunlich originell, aber auch aussergewöhnlich stimmig: ein inter- It is surprisingly original and at the same time exceptionally right: an inter- nationales Projekt zur Vergabe von Kompositionsaufträgen, das einen wich- national commissioning project that unites an important sponsor with tigen Sponsor mit drei ebenso bedeutenden Organisationen der Musikwelt three equally important musical organizations. zusammenbringt. The players in this new institutional quartet, the first of its kind, are Die Mitwirkenden in diesem neuartigen Quartett von Institutionen, dem Switzerland’s Roche health company, the Carnegie Hall in New York, the ersten seiner Art, sind das schweizerische Gesundheitsunternehmen Roche, Lucerne Festival, and The Cleveland Orchestra. Initial plans call for die Carnegie Hall in New York, LUCERNE FESTIVAL und das Cleveland Orchestra. works regularly commissioned by Roche, and to be introduced by The Innerhalb dieser Partnerschaft gibt Roche regelmässig eine Komposition in Cleveland Orchestra. Each work will be given its world premiere at the Auftrag, die im Rahmen von LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER vom Cleveland Lucerne summer festival, followed by U.S. performances in Cleveland and Orchestra uraufgeführt wird. Weitere Konzerte finden danach jeweils in Cleve- at Carnegie Hall. land und in der Carnegie Hall in New York statt. The first recipient of the Roche Commissions is Britain’s Sir Harrison Birt- Erster Empfänger der Roche Commissions war der Brite Sir Harrison Birt- wistle, whose Night’s Black Bird was premiered last summer in Lucerne and wistle. Sein Werk Night’s Black Bird wurde letzten Sommer in Luzern urauf- received its U.S. first performance in February 2005 at Carnegie Hall; the sec- geführt und erlebte im Februar 2005 in der Carnegie Hall seine US-amerika- ond is the Chinese composer Chen Yi, whose Si Ji (“Four Seasons”) receives its nische Premiere. Als Zweite wurde die chinesische Komponistin Chen Yi premiere this August in Lucerne and arrives at Carnegie Hall in October 2005. 6 7 Shirley Fleming: Roche Commissions Shirley Fleming: Roche Commissions beauftragt, deren Werk Si Ji («Vier Jahreszeiten») am diesjährigen LUCERNE At first glance, the participation of a medical research company in a FESTIVAL, SOMMER Weltpremiere hat und im Oktober 2005 in der Carnegie musical undertaking of this kind might appear to be a stretch, but closer Hall seine US-amerikanische Erstaufführung erleben wird. acquaintance with this pharmaceutical company shows the move to be Auf den ersten Blick mag die Beteiligung eines in der medizinischen For- entirely characteristic. In fact, Roche, which was founded in Basel in 1896, schung tätigen Unternehmens an einem Projekt dieser Art weit her geholt has been sponsoring artistic endeavors for much of its history. And the erscheinen, kennt man das Unternehmen aber etwas besser, erweist sich die many commissions of the late Paul Sacher, a family member and influential Aktion als durchaus typisch. Denn die 1896 in Basel gegründete Firma hat figure on the Roche board, were responsible for the creation of an impres- künstlerisches Schaffen schon immer gefördert. Und den zahlreichen Kom- sive number of important scores. As Roche CEO and chairman Franz B. positionsaufträgen, die Paul Sacher, Familienmitglied und wichtige Figur im Humer has said: “There is a close, intrinsic link between innovation in art Verwaltungsrat von Roche, vergeben hat, sind eine ganze Reihe bedeutender and innovation in a research-oriented company such as Roche. Inspiration, Partituren zu verdanken. Nach den Worten von Franz B. Humer, Verwal- innovation, and the pursuit of quality are our common bonds.” tungsratspräsident und CEO von Roche, «stehen Innovation in der Kunst und The idea of the commissioning series originated between Roche and Innovation in einem forschungsorientierten Unternehmen wie Roche in Michael Haefliger, who, as artistic director of the Lucerne Festival, einem engen inneren Zusammenhang. Beiden gemeinsam sind der Mut zu was already well acquainted with Roche’s philanthropy. “It’s kind of an ide- Neuem und das Streben nach unkonventionellen Lösungen, aber auch nach al collaboration,” he says of his Festival’s cooperation with Carnegie Hall Qualität und Höchstleistung.» and The Cleveland Orchestra. “Our artistic interests are parallel. All of us Die Idee zu dieser Serie von Kompositionsaufträgen stammt von Roche were in complete agreement, and also felt strongly about composers und Michael Haefliger. Der Intendant von lucerne festival, dem die mäze- Birtwistle and Chen Yi. It was very easy to reach a mutual decision.” natische Tradition von Roche längst ein Begriff war, bezeichnet die Zusam- For his part, Cleveland Orchestra music director Franz Welser-Möst menarbeit mit der Carnegie Hall und dem Cleveland Orchestra «als eine notes that the project fits naturally into his orchestra’s artistic philosophy. ideale Partnerschaft»: Alle verfolgten dieselben künstlerischen Interessen, “If you look at the programs of The Cleveland Orchestra,” the conductor die Übereinstimmung bezüglich der Wahl von Birtwistle und Chen Yi sei voll- says, “you will see that today we probably play more contemporary music kommen und die gemeinsame Entscheidungsfindung einfach gewesen. than any other orchestra in America. We really commit ourselves to living Franz Welser-Möst, musikalischer Leiter des Cleveland Orchestra, in the present. Michael Haefliger knew that Roche wanted to commission bemerkt seinerseits, dass sich das Projekt sehr natürlich in die künstlerische new pieces, and we said, ‘Hey, we’re in!’ We all believe in performing new Philosophie seines Orchesters einordne. «Wenn Sie die Programme des Cleve- music, and we found each other.” land Orchestra anschauen,» so der Dirigent, «werden Sie feststellen, dass wir Carnegie Hall’s Klaus Jacobs, vice chairman of the board of trustees, heute vermutlich mehr zeitgenössische Musik zur Aufführung bringen als agrees: “The project was proposed to me by Michael Haefliger in 2001, sonst ein Orchester in Amerika. Wir leben voll und ganz in der Gegenwart. when I was also serving as acting director,” he recalls, “and it seemed a 8 9 Shirley Fleming: Roche Commissions Shirley Fleming: Roche Commissions Michael Haefliger wusste, dass Roche neue Stücke in Auftrag geben wollte, wonderful match between his institution and ours, both presenting organ- und wir sagten sogleich: ‹Wir sind dabei!› Wir alle glauben an die Neue Musik izations sharing long histories in new music, and having similar artistic und haben einander gefunden.» ideals.” Jacobs, too, has found the selection process remarkably unharried. Klaus Jacobs, Vice Chairman des Board of Trustees der Carnegie Hall “The collaborative decision making is a novel arrangement, and it has gone pflichtet bei: «Der Vorschlag wurde mir 2001 von Michael Haefliger unter- very smoothly.” breitet, als ich ebenfalls künstlerischer Leiter war, und seine und unsere Chen Yi, born in Guangzhou, China, in 1953, has lived in the United Institution schienen wundervoll zusammenzupassen, da beide über eine States since 1986. Today she is a professor of composition at the University langjährige Tradition in Neuer Musik verfügen und ähnliche künstlerische of Missouri in Kansas City. “In my music,
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