Newsletter 04/10 • Autumnthema 2010 Contents News the Gustav Mahler Blog: New Interviews — 4

Newsletter 04/10 • Autumnthema 2010 Contents News the Gustav Mahler Blog: New Interviews — 4

13 Wolfgang Rihm Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale goes to Wolfgang Rihm 36 Alban Berg / E. Kloke World Première of the new 3-act Lulu at the Copenhagen Opera 19 Luciano Berio / Pierre Boulez An impressive presentation at the musikfest berlin 29 Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht La Fura dels Baus stages Mahagonny at the Teatro Real in Madrid Arvo Pärt 75th Birthday on 11 September 1 newsletter 04/10 • autumnthema 2010 Contents news The Gustav Mahler Blog: new interviews — 4 composers Pärt — 7 Staud — 9 Haas — 11 Rihm — 13 Halffter — 15 Cerha — 15 Sotelo — 16 Baltakas — 17 Borisova-Ollas — 17 Boulez — 19 Berio — 20 Schwartz — 21 Sawer — 21 Lentz — 21 Haubenstock-Ramati — 22 Birtwistle — 22 Stockhausen — 23 Feldman — 25 Einem — 26 Kagel — 26 Wellesz — 27 Weill / Brecht — 29 Braunfels — 29 Martin — 30 Marx — 30 Bartók — 31 Kodály — 31 Liebermann — 32 Denisov — 32 Martin� — 33 Szymanowski — 33 Schreker — 34 Schmidt — 34 = World Première 2 contents 04/2010 Dear Readers, Zemlinsky — 35 Krása — 35 “I must offer your firm (or its man- Berg — 36 agement) my sincere compliments. Schönberg — 37 What a shame my other works Mahler — 38 were not published by you. With Janá�ek — 39 warm thanks, I am, in haste, your most obedient servant Mahler.” These lines written by Gustav anniversaries — 40 - 41 Mahler in February 1910 to Emil Hertzka, who had taken over the world premières — 42 - 43 helm of Universal Edition in 1907, show the publisher’s early com- new releases — 44 - 45 mitment to Mahler’s work – long before it became profitable. new on cd — 46 - 47 Even Theodor W. Adorno believed that only Symphony No. 2 would acknowledgemenTs — 48 enjoy lasting success. Today we know how Mahler was judged by (musical) history. At the time, how- ever, the publishing of Mahler's works presented an incalculable risk. The philosophy of UE has not changed at all since then. We find the best composers of the day, in- vest in them, promote them – and hope! The editorial Team 3 universal ediTion New interviews on our UE Mahler Blog There are three more new interviews on our gustav mahler Blog: valery gergiev, sakari oramo and manfred Honeck. For all interviews please go to www.universaledition.com/mahler valery gergiev: “I feel much more manity was to open the human soul. protected when I take all my ex- And that’s why so many people can perience with Shostakovich and adapt themselves to Mahler’s mu- look at Mahler’s symphonies. I hear sic, can feel the power of the con- things which maybe people do not trasts, of the simplicity and beauty find immediately. It’s the intensity on one part and of the complex- and the way the music tries to ex- ity and even the chaotic nature of press what is in your heart or mind. some other parts of his music.” Mahler was a man who was so far ahead of his time that some musicians, especially in New York, simply didn’t understand him. Be- Oramo ing a gigantic musician, there’s no doubt he knew everything about instruments and orchestration. He Sakari had trouble just being understood … which maybe strongly influenced his early death.” manfred Honeck: “I would ask him to compose more music for solo- ists. I would like to have a violin concerto by Mahler or a cello or piano concerto. Or, even more, an Gergiev opera. Personally, I would ask him what he thinks about the meaning Valery of life, about death. That would be a very interesting conversation.” sakari oramo: “It’s like a foreign language for us Finns. It’s not as natural and it takes more time for Honeck us to find this natural pulse of the music. It’s not like for people of Central European origin. (…) The Manfred greatest thing that he gave to hu- 4 news Mauricio Kagel Kompositionswettbewerb 2010 – Gesucht wurden Stücke für Klavier, die sich Reflections • Clay McMillan an Kinder und Jugendliche wenden und sich daher einer Beschränkung des technischen Schwierigkeitsgrades unterwerfen, die aber andererseits in künstlerischen Ansprüchen Clay McMillan wurde 1976 im Norden Kaliforniens geboren. Nach Studien im Fach Bauingenieurwesen an keine Kompromisse eingehen und in einer zeitgemäßen Tonsprache den der Texas A&M University und an der Florida Atlantic Lernenden Anregungen, Erkenntnisse, neue Erfahrungen anbieten: University kam er 2000 nach Europa, wo er für kurze Erfahrungen über sich selbst und die Welt, in der sie leben. – Mauricio Zeit Physik bei Henrik Farkas in Budapest studierte, bevor er an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kagel Composition Competition 2010 – We are looking for piano Kunst Wien sein Kompositionsstudium begann. Zur Zeit pieces written for children and young adults which, although (2010) bereitet er sich als Schüler von Michael Jarrell auf limited in their technical difficulty, remain uncompromising seine abschließende Diplomprüfung vor. in their artistic aim; pieces written with a contemporary Reading a Poem • Jason Freeman compositional technique which offer the young student K 2 0 1 0 stimulus, insight and new experiences: experiences about Jason Freemans Werke wurden vom American Compo- sers Orchestra, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Speculum Mu- oneself and the world in which we live. – Mauricio Kagel sicae, So Percussion Group, Nieuw Ensemble, Le Nouvel Kompositionswettbewerb 2010 Spanisch – Gesucht Ensemble Moderne und Evan Ziporyn im Rahmen des wurden Stücke für Klavier, die sich an Kinder und Lincoln Center Festivals, Boston Cyberarts Festivals, 01SJ und Transmediale Festivals aufgeführt und sowohl in Reflections Jugendliche wenden und sich daher einer Beschränkung den New York Times als auch in lokalen Radiostationen des technischen Schwierigkeitsgrades unterwerfen, die präsentiert. Freeman erwarb den Bachelor of Arts an der Reading a Poem aber andererseits in künstlerischen Ansprüchen keine Universität in Yale und führte das Studium der Komposi- tion mit den Abschlüssen als Master of Arts und Doctor Kompromisse eingehen und in einer zeitgemäßen of Musical Arts and der Universität in Columbia fort. SF_oia Tonsprache den Lernenden Anregungen, Erkenntnisse, Derzeit ist er Assistenzprofessor an der School of Music des Georgia Tech in Atlanta. neue Erfahrungen anbieten: Erfahrungen über sich www.jasonfreeman.net für Klavier selbst und die Welt, in der sie leben. – Mauricio Kagel for piano Composition Competition 2010 Französisch – We are SF_oia • Juan de Dios Magdaleno pour piano looking for piano pieces written for children and young para piano Juan de Dios Magdaleno wurde 1984 in Colima, Mexiko adults which, although limited in their technical difficulty, geboren. Seit dem Alter von 12 Jahren ist er musikalisch たて型ピアノ remain uncompromising in their artistic aim; pieces written aktiv, anfangs innerhalb seiner eigenen volksmusika- with a contemporary compositional technique which offer the lischen Wurzeln. Zeitgleich mit den Fächern Architektur und Mathematik studierte Juan Violine bei Tatiana Zatina young student stimulus, insight and new experiences: experiences und Alessandro Orsso und Komposition bei Anatoly Za- about oneself and the world in which we live. – Mauricio Kagel tin und Luis Jaime Cortez in Mexiko. 2009 schloss er sein Kompositionsstudium am Amsterdamer Konservatorium Kompositionswettbewerb 2010 Japanisch – Gesucht wurden Stücke bei Fabio Nieder und Richard Ayres mit Auszeichnung für Klavier, die sich an Kinder und Jugendliche wenden und sich daher ab. Juans Musik wurde in Mexiko, Kanada, den Nieder- einer Beschränkung des technischen Schwierigkeitsgrades unterwerfen, die landen, Polen, England, Italien, Spanien, Frankreich und Österreich aufgeführt. aber andererseits in künstlerischen Ansprüchen keine Kompromisse eingehen und in einer zeitgemäßen Tonsprache den Lernenden Anregungen, Erkenntnisse, neue Erfahrungen anbieten: Erfahrungen über sich selbst und die Welt, in der sie leben. Cover picture: aboutpixel.de / Durchblick © Uwe Dreßler www.universaledition.com wien | london | new york UE 13 154 ISMN 979-0-008-08000-5 UPC ISBN 978-3-7024-6643-5 Universal Edition The goal of the Mauricio Kagel Composition Prize 2010 was to stimulate new music for the piano which is written in the language of our time but can also be played by young pianists, without compromising the artistic quality. The three winning works, selected from 190 entries from 37 countries, have now been published by Universal Edition: Clay McMillan Reflections Jason Freeman Reading a Poem Juan de Dios Magdaleno SF_oia UE 34990 Ar vo Pär t Tabula rasa ECM and UE present the epochal “Tabula rasa” in a special edition with facsimile manuscripts and study scores of the pieces that comprised Pärt’s international breakthrough album in 1984. /;*=;.< 0RMXW 4[NVN[ 4NR]Q 3J[[N]] ,*7=>< <]J]]\X[LQN\]N[ <]^]]PJ[] -NWWR\ ;^\\NUU -J_RN\ /;*=;.< =QN ,NUUR\]\ XO ]QN +N[URW 9QRUQJ[VXWRL 8[LQN\][J =*+>5* ;*<* 0RMXW 4[NVN[ =J]SJWJ 0[RWMNWTX *UO[NM <LQWR]]TN 5R]Q^JWRJW ,QJVKN[ 8[LQN\][J <J^U^\ <XWMNLTR\ 3 Fratres Gidon Kremer: violin / Keith Jarrett: piano Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten Staatsorchester Stuttgart Dennis Russell Davies: conductor Fratres The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Tabula rasa Gidon Kremer: violin / Tatjana Grindenko: violin Alfred Schnittke: prepared piano Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra Saulius Sondeckis: conductor CD with 200-page hardbound book with texts in German and English and an introduction by Paul Griffiths ECM New Series 1275 / 476 3879 / UE 35 222 e pärT 2 premières for a 75th celebration world premières: In spe for brass quintet and string orchestra is On 11 Sep arvo pärt cel- performed on 9 Sep at the Vale of ebrates his 75th birthday. Glamorgan Festival in Wales. Pärt One of the great com- developed this piece from his vo- posers of the last few decades, he cal work An den Wassern zu Babel has always followed his own path, sangen wir und weinten. The BBC finding his true voice in the 1970s. National Orchestra of Wales per- A voice which has spoken to and forms under Tõnu Kaljuste. enthralled a world-wide audience.

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