2008 www.music.mcgill.ca/musimars Memory of La Mémoire Ages Quenched: des âges: (The Book of Days) (Le Livre des jours)

Lundi 3 mars au vendredi 7 mars 2008 Monday, March 3 to Friday, March 7, 2008 Edition th édition / 4 e 4 Ensembles Cappella Antica, Valerie Kinslow, directrice Cappella McGill , Peter Schubert, directeur Chanteurs d’Orphée, Peter Schubert, directeur Corno di Caccia Ensemble, Denys Derome, répétiteur McGill CME (Contemporary Music Ensemble), Denys Bouliane, directeur McGill DCS (Digital Composition Studio), Sean Ferguson, directeur McGill Percussion Ensemble, Aiyun Huang, Fabrice Marandola, directeurs McGill Wind Symphony, Alain Cazes, directeur Schulich String Quartet, André Roy, répétiteur Uccello, Matt Haimovitz, répétiteur

Collaboration spéciale Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, Walter Boudreau, directeur artistique

Solistes Mira Benjamin, violon Rogers Covey-Crumb, ténor (Hilliard Ensemble, Londres) Denys Derome, cor (Orchestre symphonique de Montréal) Dom Richard Gagné, chantre (directeur du Chœur de l’Abbaye de St-Benoît du Lac et ancien directeur du Chœur de l'Abbaye de Solesmes) Matt Haimovitz, Chloé Dominguez, violoncelles Kyoko Hashimoto, Sara Laimon, Julia den Boer, pianos Aiyun Huang, Fabrice Marandola, percussion Hank Knox, clavecin Shawn Mativetsky, tabla - Julie Lebel, harmonium Ingrid Schmithüsen, Iris Luypaers, sopranos Erika Donald, t-Stick soprano - Fernando Rocha, t-Stick ténor - Xenia Pestova, rulers Jacinthe Riverin, piano (soliste SMCQ) - Alain Trudel, trombone (soliste SMCQ)

Composers, Lecturers, Round-table participants Jean Lesage, composer (McGill Schulich School of Music) Hank Knox, harpsichord (McGill Schulich School of Music) Dom Richard Gagné, Gregorian specialist (choir director, Abbaye de St-Benoît du Lac and former choir director, Abbaye de Solesmes) Peter Schubert, choral conductor (McGill Schulich School of Music) Sean Ferguson, composer (McGill Schulich School of Music) Polo Vallejo, composer, ethnomusicologist (Madrid) Fabrice Marandola, percussion (McGill Schulich School of Music) Shawn Mativetsky, percussion (McGill Schulich School of Music) Martin Matalon, composer (Paris) Julie Cumming, musicologist (McGill Schulich School of Music) Julian Anderson, composer (Harvard University - Royal College of Music, London) Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor (Hilliard Ensemble, London) John Rea, composer (McGill Schulich School of Music) Denys Bouliane, composer (McGill Schulich School of Music) Jonathan Wild, composer (McGill Schulich School of Music) Stephen McAdams, director CIRMMT (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media and Technology) 2008 www.music.mcgill.ca/musimars

Memory of La Mémoire Ages Quenched: des âges : (The Book of Days) (Le Livre des jours) Featured Artists Julian Anderson Mira Benjamin Lundi 3 mars au vendredi 7 mars 2008 Walter Boudreau Denys Bouliane Monday, March 3 to Friday, March 7, 2008 Alain Cazes Rogers Covey-Crump Denys Bouliane, Directeur artistique / Artistic Director Julie Cumming Ecole de musique Schulich de l’Université McGill, Producteur Julia den Boer , Producer Denys Derome Schulich School of Music, McGill University Chloé Dominguez Don Mclean, Doyen / Dean Erika Donald Sean Ferguson en partenariat avec / in partnership with: Girolamo Frescobaldi live@CIRMMT; Sean Ferguson, Stephen McAdams; Johann Jakob Froberger Directeurs / Directors Andrea Gabrieli Dom Richard Gagné Matt Haimovitz Collaboration spéciale / Special collaboration: Kyoko Hashimoto Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ); Heather Hindman Walter Boudreau, Director / Directeur Aiyun Huang Valerie Kinslow Collaboration spéciale / Special collaboration (details tba): Hank Knox CBC / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Kelly Rice, Sara Laimon Réalisateurs / Producers Alain Lalonde David Jaeger Julie Lebel Jean Lesage mmmmmmmm György Ligeti Nicole Lizée La musique nouvelle au travers du prisme de la Iris Luypaers tradition: Perspectives, références et intertextualité Fabrice Marandola De nouvelles oeuvres liées de multiples façons à d’anciennes Martin Matalon traditions musicales seront présentées dans le contexte des Shawn Mativetsky pièces auxquelles elles se réfèrent. Chaque concert de Ron Nelson MusiMars suggère ces liens établis au travers des siècles et Matheus de Perusio

Xenia Pestova des cultures dans une alternance de solistes, de formations et Edition John Rea d’ensembles les plus divers. th Jacinthe Riverin Fernando Rocha New Music in the Light of Tradition: Perspectives, André Roy References and Intertextuality Ingrid Schmithüsen New works having a link to specific (older) music traditions will Peter Schubert Robert Schumann be performed in the context of the pieces they refer to. Each MusiMarch concert will feature several alternating soloists, Jacob Senleches groups and/or ensembles, reflecting the musical links suggest-

D. Andrew Stewart ed by the program spanning over many centuries and cultures. édition / 4

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Alain Trudel 4 Polo Vallejo [...] Wine which Music is, Music and wine are one, [...] Haste to cure the old Heitor Villa-Lobos despair, Reason in Nature's lotus drenched, The memory of ages quenched; Claude Vivier Give them again to shine; [...] Jon Wild - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) in Bacchus4 Horaire/Schedule Lundi 3mars

Concerts et rencontres/Concerts and Encounters

JOUR 1

10:30-12:00 “The New Stilo Fantastico” Conférence/Lecture Jean Lesage / Hank Knox Tanna Schulich Hall

15:00-17:00 “Performing Gregorian Today" Conférence/Lecture Dom Richard Gagné / Cappella Antica Tanna Schulich Hall

103h91 Robert SCHUMANN String Quartet op.41 no.3 CONCERT 1 Schulich String Quartet Redpath Hall STILO FANTASTICO / Froberger, Frescobaldi Hank Knox, Solo Cembalo

Jean LESAGE / La mémoire équivoque Mira Benjamin, violin + Julia den Boer, piano

Denys BOULIANE / Rumore sui Schulich String Quartet Horaire/Schedule Mardi 4mars

Concerts et rencontres/Concerts and Encounters

JOUR 2

10:30-12:00 “The Final Frontier: Space in Music” Conférence/Lecture Sean Ferguson Tanna Schulich Hall

15:00-17:00 "African Roots Perspectives in Contemporary Music" Conférence/Lecture Polo Vallejo / Fabrice Marandola 2Tanna Schulich Hall 19h30 MUSIC from TANZANIA (Wagogo) (Montreal Premiere) CONCERT 2 Fabrice Marandola + McGill Percussion Ensemble Pollack Hall Polo VALLEJO / Tactus (Montreal Premiere) Fabrice Marandola, solo percussion (6 congas)

TRADITIONAL TABLA MUSIC Shawn Mativetsky, tabla Julie Lebel, harmonium CIRMMT/DCS

Nicole LIZÉE / Metal Jacket Shawn Mativetsky, tabla Julie Lebel, harmonium CIRMMT/DCS

Claude VIVIER / Pulau Dewata (World Premiere: new version) Cappella McGill + McGill Percussion Ensemble (Peter Schubert + Fabrice Marandola, conductors) *In collaboration with MNM Série Hommage à Claude Vivier

Intermission

Denys BOULIANE/ NEW WORK (World Premiere) (excerpt from Opera Gamache) I. Schmithüsen, soprano + electronics CIRMMT/DCS * Digital Orchestra Project (FQRSC)

Andrea GABRIELI / Antiphonal Music Magnificat (C83) / O Quam Gloriosa (C81) Cappella McGill + Chanteurs d'Orphée (Peter Schubert, conductor) + 2 organs + spatialized electronics CIRMMT/DCS

Sean FERGUSON / Ex Asperis* (World Premiere) Chloé Dominguez, solo cello + CME 12 players and electronics CIRMMT/DCS (D. Bouliane, conductor) * Digital Orchestra Project (FQRSC) and NSERC/CCA New Media Initiative project: "Compositional Applications of Auditory Scene Synthesis in Concert Spaces Via Gestural Control" Horaire/Schedule Mercredi 5mars

Concerts et rencontres/Concerts and Encounters

JOUR 3 10:30-12:00 Composition Masterclass Masterclass Martin Matalon Tanna Schulich Hall

15:00-16:15 “” Conférence/Lecture Julie Cumming Tanna Schulich Hall 316:30-18:00 “The Book of Hours; Links to Ars subtilior” Conférence/Lecture Julian Anderson Tanna Schulich Hall

03h91 Ron NELSON / Passacaglia on Bach CONCERT 3 McGill Wind Symphony (Alain Cazes, conductor) Pollack Hall GREGORIAN CHANTING Cappella Antica + Dom Richard Gagné

Claude VIVIER / Trois Airs pour un opéra imaginaire CME 13 players + I. Schmithüsen, soprano (D. Bouliane, conductor) *In collaboration with MNM Série Hommage à Claude Vivier

Intermission

Heather HINDMAN / The Long And The Short Of It* (World Premiere) Cello + 2 electronic controllers CIRMMT

Andrew STEWART / sounds between our minds* (World Premiere) 3 electronic controllers CIRMMT/DCS

* Digital Orchestra Projects (FQRSC) [ Both composition students Andrew Stewart and Heather Hindmann were recipients of the CIRMMT Director's Interdisciplinary Excellence Prize, which contributed to their activity leading to these works.]

CORNO di CACCIA / St-Hubert Mass 1 - Introït 2 - Marche d'Entrée 3 - Introduction 4 - Kyrie 10 - Allegro Fanfare - Lento - Allegro Fanfare 18 - Sortie 4 Natural Horns

György LIGETI / Hamburg Concerto Denys Derome, solo horn + 4 obligati natural horns + CME 19 players (Denys Bouliane, conductor) Horaire/Schedule Jeudi 6 mars

Concerts et rencontres/Concerts and Encounters

JOUR 4

10:30-12:00 Conférence/Lecture “Just Intonation Singing” Tanna Schulich Hall Rogers Covey-Crump + Cappella McGill + Peter Schubert

15:00-17:00 "The Music of Claude Vivier / Links to Ritual Chanting" Conférence/Lecture Jean Lesage Tanna Schulich Hall

4 Heitor VILLA-LOBOS / Bachiana brasileira No.5 19h30 CONCERT 4 Iris Luypaers, soprano + UCCELLO 8 celli Pollack Hall Gilles TREMBLAY / Cèdres en voile Matt Hamovitz, solo cello

Martin MATALON / La Makina (world premiere) S. Laimon, K. Hashimoto, piano A. Huang, F. Marandola, percussion + electronics CIRMMT/DCS * Daniel Langlois Foundation Visiting Professorship and Expanded Musical Practice Project (SSHRC)

Intermission

ARS SUBTILIOR Selections Baude CORDIER / Belle bonne sage Baude CORDIER / Tout par compas Matheus de PERUSIO / Le greygnour bien SOLAGE / Fumeux fume SOLAGE / Tres gentil cuer Jacob SENLECHES / La harpe de la melodie Rogers Covey-Crump, soloist + Cappella McGill (Peter Schubert, conductor)

Julian ANDERSON / Book of Hours (Montreal Premiere) CME 19 players + CIRMMT/DCS (D. Bouliane, conductor) Horaire/Schedule Vendredi 7mars

Concerts et rencontres/Concerts and Encounters

JOUR 5

10:30-12:00 Composition Masterclass Masterclass Julian Anderson Tanna Schulich Hall

13:30-15:00 "Composing La Makina" Conférence/Lecture Martin Matalon Tanna Schulich Hall 515:00-17:00 Round Table / Table Ronde Conférence/Lecture "MEMORY OF AGES QUENCHED / LA MÉMOIRE DES ÂGES: Tanna Schulich Hall New Music in the Light of Tradition: Perspectives, References and Intertextuality La musique nouvelle au travers du prisme de la tradition: Perspectives, références et intertextualité" Julian Anderson, Martin Matalon, Polo Vallejo, Jean Lesage, Sean Ferguson, John Rea, Denys Bouliane, Hank Knox, Rogers Covey-Crump, Dom Richard Gagné, Julie Cumming, Fabrice Marandola, Jon Wild, Shawn Mativetsky, Stephen McAdams

20h00 SMCQ Concert (Walter Boudreau conductor) CONCERT 5 As part of MNM Série Hommage à Claude Vivier Pollack Hall Claude VIVIER / Zipangu 13 strings

Claude VIVIER / Shiraz Jacinthe Riverin, solo piano

Alain LALONDE / Expirespoirespire (World Premiere) Alain Trudel, solo trombone and ensemble

Claude VIVIER / Learning 4 violins + 4 percussions