c urns Winter 2006 Season 127th Annual Season Event Program Book General Information Wednesday, February 15 through Thursday, February 23, 2006 On-site ticket offices at performance venues open 90 minutes before each performance and remain open through intermission of most events. Louis Andriessen in Concert Children of all ages are welcome at UM5 Family and Youth Performances. Wednesday, February 15 Children under the age of three will Burton Memorial Tower, 7:30pm not be admitted to regular, full-length Power Center, 8:00pm UMS performances. All children should be able to sit quietly in their own seats throughout any UMS performance. Soweto Gospel Choir 17 Children unable to do so, along with Sunday, February 19, 4:00 pm the adult accompanying them, will be asked by an usher to leave the auditori­ Hill Auditorium um. Please use discretion in choosing to bring a child. Takacs Quartet with James Dunham 23 Remember, everyone must have a Wednesday, February 22, 8:00 prn ticket, regardless of age. Rackham Auditorium While in the Auditorium Pappa Tarahumara 29 Starting Time Every attempt is made Ship In A View to begin concerts on time. Latecomers are asked to wait in the lobby until Thursday, February 23, 8:00 pm seated by ushers at a predetermined Power Center time in the program. Cameras and recording equipment are prohibited in the auditorium. If you have a question, ask your usher. They are here to help. Please turn off your cellular phones and other digital devices so that every­ one may enjoy this UMS event distur­ bance-free. In case of emergency, advise your paging service of auditori­ um and seat location in Ann Arbor venues, and ask them to call University Security at 734.763.1131. In the interests of saving both dollars and the environment, please either retain this program book and return with it when you attend other UMS performances included in this edition or return it to your usher when leaving the venue. UMS 05/06 University Musical Society Dear UMS Patron, Connecting UMS audiences with extraordinary rium. Immediately after their 2005 concert, UMS and "uncommon" performing arts experiences is wanted them to return...and the choir wanted to at the core of our 127-year-old mission. Success­ come immediately back to Michigan. At a time ful connections are ultimately formed through a when our 05/06 season was already settled, much complicated circuitry of relationships between "creative" last-minute schedule adjusting was audience members, staff, artists and their man­ undertaken to ensure their concert here this agers, board leadership, U-M faculty, volunteers, month. Happily, we worked together to find a funders, and philanthropists. Each presentation in solution! this edition of the UMS Program Book offers an UMS rarely makes annual commitments to example of the deep connections necessary to artists or ensembles, but when it gets as good as bring you unique UMS experiences: the Takacs Quartet a string quartet truly at the The concert of works by Louis Andriessen height of its artistic powers and seated at the top represents hours of collaborative meetings of the chamber-music mountain how can we between UMS, the Center for European Studies at not? Listening to them every season since 2000 the International Institute, the Institute for the has been an extreme joy for many and working Humanities, Mirjam Zegers in Amsterdam, Michael with them to plan programs, including this year's Daugherty and Michael Haithcock at the School Mozart-focused repertory, has been an equal of Music, and local electronic music artists on the pleasure. We welcome their new violist Geraldine Ghostly International label. It is a fine example of Walther and special guest violist James Dunham the powerful and multifaceted experiences that for another Mozart masterwork. we can create by working together at the U-M. Learning about the theatrical arts of Japan is a When the Soweto Gospel Choir appeared truly exciting process; one aided by friends in the for the first time in Michigan last February, we field, Kyoko Yoshida at Arts Midwest, and Jerry were overwhelmed by the power of their collec­ Yoshitomi of Los Angeles. Our recent program­ tive voice. The Choir was likewise overwhelmed matic past has included works of Akira Kasai, The by the joy of singing for audiences in Hill Audito­ Setagaya Public Theater (The Elephant Vanishes), Dairakudakan (The Sea-Dappled Horse) and now, Hiroshi Koike's Pappa Tarahumara (Ship In A View). "Pappa I," as they are affectionately called, is a company of artists from across per­ formance disciplines, which creates an intra-arts theater beyond easy description. The visual beau­ ty of their work is accomplished through a mov­ ing stage-picture which audiences won't soon forget. Is it dance? ...Is it theater? ...Is it moving visual art? Yes...all of the above. We are grateful for the connections that allow us to bring you these works, and hope you find a personal connection within this performance. Sincerely, Michael Kondziolka UMS Director of Programming UMS 05/06 University Musical Society UMS Educational Events through Thursday, February 23, 2006 All UMS educational activities are free, open to the public, and take place in Ann Arbor unless otherwise noted. For complete details and updates, please visit www.ums.org or contact the UMS education department at 734.647.6712 or [email protected]. Louis Andriessen in Concert Pappa Tarahumara U-M School of Music Concert: Works by Meet the Artist: Louis Andriessen Q&A with Pappa Tarahumara Friday, February 17, 8 pm, U-M School of Music, Thursday, February 23, post-performance, Britton Recital Hall, 7 700 Baits Drive Power Center Stage Faculty and students from the University of Join us for a brief post-performance audience Michigan School of Music perform works by Q&A with members of Pappa Tarahumara. Dutch composer Louis Andriessen. Pieces include A collaboration with the U-M Center for Trois Pieces, Beatles Songs, and Passeggiata in Japanese Studies. tram in America e ritorno. For more information, please contact Marysia Ostafin at 734.764.0351 or [email protected]. A collaboration with the U-M Center for European Studies, U-M Insti­ tute for the Humanities, U-M School of Music, U-M Institute for the Humanities, U-M Office of the Provost, and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. 127th urns season Q5 Q6 "The ruthless honesty of Word Becomes Flesh makes it feel like part of your own soul when it's over." (Washington Post) Marc BamuthTDose Word Becomes Flesh Provocative hip-hip theater about a man's unplanned journey into fatherhood _ ^ FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 8PM Power Center Media Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, Metro Times, and Michigan Chronicle/Front Page. 734.764.2538 www.ums.org outside the 734 area code, call toll-free 800.221.1229 urns Mozart 250 Louis Andriessen in Concert Michael Haithcock, Conductor . ^ U-M Symphony Band /. Cristina Zavalloni, Vocals ... Monica Germino, Violin Steven Ball, Carillonneur Aarnio, Live Soundscape , t Twine, Taped Composition and Visuals Program Wednesday Evening, February 15, 2006 Burton Memorial Tower at 7:30, Power Center at 8:00, Ann Arbor Arrival of Willibrord performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at Burton Memorial Tower Mr. Ball La Passione Ms. Germino, Ms. Zavalloni INTERMISSION Film by Peter Greenaway M is for Man, Music, Mozart Ms. Zavalloni 34th Performance of the Media partnership for this performance provided by WGTE 91.3 FM and Metro Times. 127th Annual Season The Steinway pianos used in this evening's performance are made possible by Hammell Music, Inc., Livonia, Michigan. 43rd Annual Special thanks to the U-M Center for European Studies, U-M Institute for the Chamber Arts Series Humanities, U-M School of Music, U-M International Institute, U-M Office of the Provost, and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences for their partic­ The photographing or ipation in this residency. sound recording of this Special thanks to residency coordinator Marysia Ostafin. concert or possession of Special thanks to Jeff Owens and Sam Valenti IV of Ghostly International for any device for such pho­ their contributions to this residency. tographing or sound recording is prohibited. Large print programs are available upon request. UMS 05/06 Louis Andriessen in Concert n old adage states that architecture is tante violin part of "trembling violin with electric frozen music. In many quarters, the strings" and a brass ensemble. I found the com­ A architecture of a classical music concert bination of Cristina's voice and the violin sound has become similarly fixed. Not tonight! This so rich that I decided to compose La Passione evening, music flows like a river through multi­ based on the next of Campana's Canti Orfid, as ple spaces and "soundscapes" as we pay tribute a double concerto for her and Monica Germino, to the genius of Louis Andriessen. Andriessen's the violinist who had played in Passeggiata. creativity is astounding. With constantly twisting Dino Campana published his Canti Orfid in and turning ingenuity, Andriessen provides the 1914. Throughout his life, his existence was listener an exciting ride through sound worlds all dominated by a troubled spiritual condition. familiar but always startling in their fluid design. After a five-week stay in a psychiatric hospital in As you read these words, the momentum of this Imola, his father sent him to recuperate in event is already in motion. Hang on and enjoy Argentina. However, on his wartime journey the ride! back to Italy, the poet was arrested at the Bel­ gian-French border and taken to a psychiatric Michael Haithcock hospital in Tournai, Flanders.