MELOS-ETHOS'95 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL of CONTEMPORARY MUSIC November 7-17,1995 Bratislava
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MELOS-ETHOS'95 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC November 7-17,1995 Bratislava Member of the European Conference of Promoters of New Music 3rd INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL of CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Member of the European Conference of Promoters of New Music 7-17 November 1995 Bratislava ...;, : The festival is supported by PRO SLOVAKIA fund of the Slovak Ministry of Culture and by KALEISDOSCOPE programme of the. Commission of the European Communities | : : - • The organizers express their warmest gratitude towards all institutions and companies for their support and assistance. f .!: '!'-::ir" MAIN ORGANIZER Slovak Music Union COLLABORATION Association of Slovak Composers Slovak Philharmonic Slovak Radio Music Fund Slovak Television WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PRO HELVETIA • Schweizerische Kulturstiftung Kulturaustausch OST/WEST Institut Franpais, Bratislava Association Francais d'Action Artistique AFAA Austrian Embassy, Bratislava The British Council, Bratislava United States Information Service, Bratislava Gaudeamus Foundation, Amsterdam Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Netherlands The Czech Centre, Bratislava Hungarian Cultural Centre, Bratislava The Polish Institute, Bratislava Experimental Studio of Slovak Radio, Bratislava Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Bratislava Municipality of the Capital of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava The Slovak Sinfonietta, Zilina Municipal Culture Centre - Zichy Palace Radio Ragtime .'•*:, . '•:• FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Vladimir Bokes (chairman) 4 Nad'a Hrckova IvanMarton ,,:• ' Robert Rudolf Peter Vafaff Peter Zagar EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Jana Drobova BozenaHorvathova Marta Sulekova PRESS AND INFORMATION CENTRE .:.:: v. ;•;::;::::;•;:: ... :• ,- Slovenska hudobna unia Michalska 10 : 815 36 Bratislava ; :''" 3rd floor No. 332 ,, Tel. +427/333716 FESTIVAL OFFICE : Slovenska hudobna unia Michalska 10 815 36 Bratislava :el. +427/335291 Fax +427/330188 CONCERT CALENDAR Tuesday • 7 November . 4.30 p.m p. 13 Moyzes Hall F.-M. UITTI cello Harvey, Cage, Barrett, Scelsi, Andriessen, Kurtdg, Xenakis, Uitti Tuesday: 7November 7.30p.m p. 23 Moyzes Hall MOSCOW CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE ALEXEI VINOGRADOV conductor Boulez, Gubaidulina, Kopelmt, Denisov, Schnittke Wednesday 8 November 4.30 p.m p. 35 Moyzes Hall MOSCOW CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE ALEXEI VINOGRADOV conductor VALERY POPOV bassoon Vustin, Kapyrin, Shchetinski, Karayev, Ekimovski, Kasparov Wednesday 8 November 17.30 p.m p. 45 Moyzes Hall ENSEMBLE ACCROCHE NOTE Mache, Zeljenka Thursday>9 November 4.30 p.m p. 53 Moyzes Hall SONATA A TRE DAMADAMA Zouhar, Kosut, Parsch, Dlouhy, Simandl, Szeghy, Kollert Concert Calendar Thursday 9 November 7.30 p.m p. 63 Slovak Radio - Studio 2 VLNKO GL0B0KAR - XAVIER CHABOT CORO ZEROCENTO Globokar, Saariaho, Fedele. Campion Friday 10 November 4.30 p.m p. 73 Reduta - Theatre Studio L'ARTPOURL'ART Kagel, Zimmerlin, Wuthrich-Mathez, Huber, Demierre Friday 10 November 7.30 p.m p. 81 Moyzes Hall ARDITTI STRING QUARTET Nancarrow, Scelsi, Xenakis. Ligeti Saturday * 11 November » 10.30 a.m p. 91 •: > sg ~» Mirror Hall of the Primatial Palace IDA CERNECKA piano STANISLAV ZAMB0RSKY. piano DANIEL BURANOVSKY piano Parik, Berger, Sokes Saturday m 11 November i 4.30 p.m p. 99 Slovak Radio - Studio 5 CONCERT OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC PETER MACHAJDlK toy trumpet a, M. Burlas, Bum, Rudolf, Mihalic, Machajdik Concert Calendar Saturday* 11 Novembers 7.30 p.m p. 107 Slovak Radio - Studio 1 CZECH STATE PHILHARMONIC BRNO PHILHARMONIC CHOIR BRNO RICHARD BERNAS conductor IVETA MATYASOVA soprano MARTABENACKOVAalto IGOR PASEK tenor FRANTlSEKDURIACbass Ives, Benes Sunday • 12 November m 10.30 a.m p. 119 Mirror Hall of the Primatial Palace JURAJ ClZMAROVlC violin TOMASSVITEK trumpet VALERIA KELLY piano BRATISLAVA WIND OCTET SLOVAK PHILHARMONIC TRIO BACHELORS' WIND TRIO P. Malovec, Piacek, Pospml Bagin, Sokes Sunday 12 November • 4.30 p.m p. 125 Moyzes Hall MOYZES QUARTET ALBERT HRUBOVCAK trombone JOZEFLUPTACIK Jr. clarinet JOZEFLUPTAK cello VLADIMIR GODAR piano Gorecki Concert Calendar Sunday 12 November 7.30 p.m p. 131 St. Martin's Cathedral SLOVAK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ECHO Youth Choir TECHNIKSTU Youth Choir SLOVAK RADIO CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CHOIR TEMPUS Academic Choir ANDREI BOREYKO conductor PETER MIKUliS bass Gorecki Monday 13 November 4.30 p.m p. 137 Moyzes Hall DANIELARUSQ piano ELEONORA SKUTOVA-SLANICKOVA piano Volans, Ligett, Messiaen Monday ; 13 November 7.30 p.m p. 147 Slovak Radio -Studio 2 COMPONENSEMBLE Serei, Jeney, Vidovszky Sari, Kurtdg, Szollosy Tuesday 14 November 4.30 p.m p. 153 Moyzes Hall VENI ensemble ANTON POPOVlC conductor % Matej. Cameron, M. Burlas, Piacek, Graham Concert Calendar Tuesday 14 November 7.30 p.m p. 161 Great Protestant Church HILLIARD ENSEMBLE Tormis. Moody, Liddle, Part, Casken, Matej, Szeghy, Bryars, Feldman, Guy Wednesday 15 November < 4.30 p.m p. 173 Moyzes Hall MOYZES STRING QUARTET Zagar, Kancheli, Simai, Irshai Tavener Wednesday 15 November 7.30 p.m p. 181 Moyzes Hall ENSEMBLE WIENER COLLAGE D. Martincek, Hrusovsky, Szymanski, Ligeti, Staar, Wysocki, Urbanner Thursday 16 November 4.30 p.m p. 193 Slovak Radio - Studio 1 CHRISTOPH MARIA M00SMANN organ Holliger; Reudenbach, Flammer, Xenakis Thursday 16 November 7.30 p.m p. 201 Moyzes Hall SLOVAK SINFONIETTA ZlLINA LEOS SVAROVSKY conductor JURAJ ClZMAROVlC violin jANGALLAbass Takemitsu, ]. Malovec, Goddr, Part, Schnittke Concert Calendar Friday 17 November 4.30 p.m p. 205 Moyzes Hall NA0HIGAN0 soprano PETER VRBINClK viola JAN SlAVIK cello DANIELARUSO piano NEW SLOVAK WIND QUINTET ADRIANA KOHUTKOVA soprano VOJTECH SAMEC flute JANBUDZAKhorn ALEXANDER JABLOKOV violin RADOSLAV SASINA double bass MARIAN LAPSANSKY piano Kosut, Krdk, Bdzlik, Hatrik Friday 17 November i 7.30 p.m p. 213 Slovak Philharmonic Concert Hall SLOVAK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PETER KEUSCHNIG conductor KURT NIKKANEN violin Kolman, Adams, Lutostawski FRINGE EVENT THE OLD WITHIN THE NEW 8-10 November 1995 International Musicological Symposium Zichy Palace, Ventiirska 9, Bratislava 13 TUESDAY 7 NOVEMBER Moyzes Hall 4.30 p.m. FRANCES-MARIE UITTI cello : ;*:: ,-_:,; F •. • i. '•";• V The concert is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Netherlands and the Gaudeamus Foundation, Amsterdam 14 JONATHAN HARVEY Curve with Plateaux (1982) JOHN CAGE Etudes Boreales I & II (1978-79) RICHARD BARRETT Ne songeplus dfuir (1985-86) GIACINTO SCELSI Ygghur INTERVAL LOUIS ANDRIESSEN La Voce (1981) GYORGY KURTAG Hommage to John Cage (1987/1991) Pilinszky Jdnos: Gerard de Nerval op. 5b Ligatura-Message to Prances-Marie op. 31b IANNIS XENAHS Kottos (1977) FRANCES-MARIE Uini Ricercar 1995 :; M 1 I • 15 JONATHAN HARVEY (1939, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire) studied composition with Erwin Stein and Hans Keller in Cambridge and later philosophy at the University of Glasgow (PhD in 1964) and with Milton Babbitt at Princeton University. In 1972 he completed his MusD in music at the Cambridge University, in 1990 he was awarded doctor honoris causa at the University of Southampton. Between 1964- 1977 he was a fellow of the University of Southampton and between 1977-1980 a reader at the Sussex University in Brighton. Since 1989 he is a fellow of Academia Europaea. In the works of his early twenties his music reflected Bartok, Tippett, Faure and most of all Britten, later also Messiaen and Schoenberg. Gradually he arrived, in the early seventies, at his personal method of dealing with pitch organization as the central integrating factor. Persephone Dream (1972) was, when it first appeared, perhaps the most sophisticated score produced by an English composer of Harvey's generation. Works (selection): Dialogue for cello and piano (1965), Variations for violin and piano (1965), Symphony (1966), Laus Deo for organ (1969), Benedictus (1970), Cantata VI for small choir and small string orchestra (1970), Piano Trio (1971), Peresphone Dream for orchestra 1972), Angel Eros for high voice and string quartet (1973), The Dove Descending for choir (1975), Inner Light III (1975), String Quartet (1977), Album, 1 miniatures for different chamber ensembles (1978), Hymn for choir and orchestra (1979), Tbccata for organ and tape (1980), Mortuos plango for tape (1980), Whom Ye Adore for orchestra (1981), Passion and Resurrection, church opera (1981), Curve with Plateaux for cello (1982), Ricercare una melodia for diverse instruments and tape (1985), the Path of Devotion forchoir and small orchestra 0985), String Quartet No. 2 (1988), Gong- Ring for chamber ensemble and electronics (1984), Madonna of Winter and Spring for orchestra synthesizer, electronics (1986), Timepieces for orchestra and 2 conductors (1987), From Silence for soprano, chamber ensemble, 3 syntesizers, tape with 3 technicians (1988), Cello Concerto 1990), Ritual Melodies for tape 0990). "The form of Curve with Plateaux is a simple curve from bottom to top and down again, with passages which linger in one area or another on the way. I had in mind a sort of model of human personality. The low region represents the physical, muscular level, strenuously confronting the world of matter. The next region represents the emotional, passionate level. As this rises the emotions and thoughts become increasingly refined and delicate. Near the top they touch on the spiritual and at the very top, with an almost breath-like c (the highest note on the piano), the transcendental. The way down traces the same path, except that a coda is added in the style of a death march. Thus the work could be both in the form of a life and an examination of the many layered