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ECCO Programme 2016 Final ECCO featuring the Sturm und Klang Ensemble Brussels, 16 February 2016 PROGRAMME The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. THE EUROPEAN CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA (ECCO) ECCO is an ECSA project dedicated to performing and promoting contemporary art music and to reaching new audiences. It operates as a network of active ensembles, orchestras and young professionals, supporting creative dialogue between composers and performers and offering young professionals the opportunity to develop their skills with ensembles experienced in performing contemporary music on an international level. In 2015, ECCO presented two very successful concerts given by Sturm und Klang and the BBC Singers. At tonight’s concert, Sturm und Klang conducted by Thomas Van Haeperen will perform six pieces by different European composers selected by the ECCO Artistic Committee. Pieces are received via a call to all ECSA member societies and are carefully selected to reflect the cultural and aesthetical diversity of the European art musicin the 21st century. The ECCO concert, and other cultural projects organized by ECSA, are aimed at increasing the visibility of ECSA and all the issues connected to the status of contemporary musiccreators. Sturm und Klang, conducted by Thomas Van Haeperen, will tonight perform works by six composers: Michael Berkeley, Moritz Eggert, Olli Virtaperko, JulianGrant, Peter Helmut Lang, and Philippe Leroux. 1 THE EUROPEAN COMPOSER AND SONGWRITER ALLIANCE (ECSA) The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) represents over 30,000 professional composers and songwriters in 24 European countries. With 45 member organisations across Europe, the Alliance speaks for the interests of music creators of contemporary art and classical music, film and audio-visual music, as well as popular music. The main objective of the Alliance is to defend and promote the rights of authors of music at national, European and international levels by any legal means. ECSA advocates for equitable commercial conditions for composers and songwriters and strives to improve the social and economic development of musiccreation in Europe. ECSA was initiated in Vienna in 2006 as part of the Mozartjahr festival. It was established as an alliance in Madrid on 7 March 2007 with the purpose of becoming the central body representing the interests of all music creators in Europe, giving every composer and songwriter a European voice. 2 PROGRAMME 1. MICHAEL BERKELEY Musical Chairs 2. MORITZ EGGERT Pong 3. OLLI VIRTAPERKO Serenade 4. JULIAN GRANT Strike Opponent’s Ears with Both Fists 5. PETER HELMUT LANG Dominoeffekt 6. PHILIPPE LEROUX AAA FEATURING THE STURM UND KLANG ENSEMBLE Conducted by Thomas Van Haeperen 3 THE COMPOSERS MICHAEL BERKELEY Musical Chairs Michael Berkeley was born in 1948, the eldest son of the composer Sir Lennox Berkeley and a godson of Benjamin Britten. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music and later with Richard Rodney Bennett. Berkeley has held Associate Composer roles with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and later with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, during which he composed notable works such as Or Shall We Die?, Organ Concerto and Concerto for Orchestra. Berkeley currently presents Radio 3's Private Passions and was Chairman of the Governors of The Royal Balletfrom 2003 to 2012. Recent compositions include Magna Carta Te Deum, commissioned by Lincoln Cathedral to mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, and The Tale of Andrew; an anthem that sets text by Bishop Thomas Ken relating the life of St Andrew. Berkeley was appointed a CBE for services to music in 2012 and has been made an independent peer in the House of Lords. Musical Chairs Forpiano, windsoloists and stringtrio (2010) Musical Chairs was written as a 70th birthday tribute to the founder and Artistic Director of the ensemble, Amelia Freedman. The work opens with a brief expressive melody heard on the viola, but quickly juxtaposed with accentuated rhythmic bursts, which become prolonged and texturally denser as the piece progresses. This contrast occurs throughout the Credit: short, up-beat piece, with the rhythmic bursts becoming http://www.michaelberkel denser in texture each time round. ey.co.uk. The piece was first premiered at a birthday concert by the Nash Ensemble on 21 November 2010 at Wigmore Hall in London. 4 MORITZ EGGERT Pong Moritz Eggert was born 1965 in Heidelberg. As a composer he is comfortably shifting between many musical genres, which confuses or delights the avant-garde or classical audience. His works have often gathered media attention withworks like the soccer oratorio “Die Tiefe des Raumes” (written for the Ruhrtriennale as part of the cultural program of the Football Championship 2006) or his opera “Freax” based on the infamous and long banned film by Tod Browning. For Eggert contemporary music should not be aimed at an insider or expert audience but it should also not cater to the lowest common denominator. There is a way in between which is part of his personal theory of “atopical” (or “placeless”) music. A large part of his body of work is for musical theatre. He wrote 12 operas as well as several ballets and dance theatre pieces. He is also interested in chamber music – sometimes performative and experimental like his piano cycle “Haemmerklavier” or intimate and intense like his song cycle “Neue Dichter Lieben”, but also has written extensively for orchestras and large ensembles. At the moment he works on new operas for Bonn and Amsterdam, a large work for voice and orchestra called “Muzak” for musica viva in Munich, and a double bass solo for the International ARD-competition. As a pianist, singer, conductor and performer he has championed both modern and classical repertoire and is a sought accompanist and chamber music partner. For the Neue Musikzeitung he has created the “Bad Blog of Musick” which is the most read contemporary music blog in Germany, but also writes extensively for various print mediums. He was part of the recent ARTE- documentation about the history of music (“Epochen der Musikgeschichte”). Eggert lives in Munich together with his wife, the author Andrea Heuser, and his son Milo and daughter Siri. Credit: http:w.ww.moritzegge rt.de. 5 Pong (for septet) Forflute, clarinet, stringquartet and piano (2002) Pong was the first ever computer game, and still has a kind of legendary reputation as the game that spawned the billion dollar computer game industry. Although on the surface there seems to be a development in graphics and presentation, the basis of all these games is found in “pong”: objects in motion that hit or miss each other. One could argue that the same could be saidabout life itself. “Hocket” would be the musical equivalent to “pong”. My piece “pong” is a kind of musical game using an imaginary “racquet” that hits and misses notes, sends them to other players, stops them dead, etc. For this technique at least two players are needed – “hocket” doesn’t work when you’re on your own. When we look at motion itself, it seems to be the most elementary element of music – without motion of some sort there is no sound. Without sound there is no communication. Without the will to communicate something there is no need for any musical composition. This is why in this piece I embrace the principle of “pong” – as I embrace life itself. The piece was first performed at Conservatoire national superieur de musique et de danse de Paris on 29 August 2002. Having completed this course, a turning point in his career, embarked on an intensive course of private study and attended the composition laboratories held by the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and the University of Turku in 1994, 1996 and 1998. He has been a full-time composer since 2001. 6 OLLI VIRTAPERKO Serenade Olli Virtaperko is a Finnish composer (b 1973), who entered the world of musicat the age of 8 when he began learning the cello. He was trained as a composer at Edinburgh University and at Sibelius Academy in Finland, where he received his Master of Music degree in 2005. Virtaperko’s compositions are characterized by their structural sensitivity, idiomatic use of instruments and imaginative orchestration. His musical language reflects and draws on aesthetic and stylistic influences from many sources, such as spectralism, renaissance instrumental polyphony and progressive rock. Virtaperko's versatile approach to music has been on display in his Ensemble Ambrosius, a group that plays contemporary music with baroque instruments and is known for its performances and recordings of Frank Zappa’s music and Virtaperko’s own work. Virtaperko is the vice chairman of the FinnishSociety of Composers and he served as the artistic director of Tampere Biennale festival from 2010 to 2014. He is also a cultural commentator and has hosted radio programs on classical music for the FinnishBroadcasting Company YLE since 2007. Serenade For chamber orchestra (flute, clarinet, bassoon, two violins, viola, cello and double bass) (2008) The short and subtle Serenade focuses on the concepts of cantabile and lightness – the two characteristic features of serenades. The piece’s use of natural string harmonics creates the feeling of transparency in the music, while the melodic focus is on the woodwinds. Photo: Jaakko Lehtinen The piece was premiered on 29 November 2008 in Helsinki. 7 JULIAN GRANT Strike Opponents’s Fists with Both Hands Julian Grant is a composer, writer, educator, music journalist, and broadcaster. He was born in London in 1960, and has resided in Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo. Since 2010 he has divided his time between the US and the UK.
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