UE_NL_4_2004_engl1.qxd 04.08.2004 16:07 Seite 1 05 La Biennale di Venezia. No ‘universal exhibition of music’ without UE, 1 première, 10 concerts. 17 Sir Harrison. 70th birthday cele- bration for Harrison Birtwistle in London continues: with the Birtwistle Games. 29 First don't forget to stuff your faces ... "Mahagonny” celebrates 75 years of scandal and success. 30 Schreker. Out of Copyright. Copyright ends, interest grows. Full worklist inside! Arvo Pärt Honoured academically - Featured prominently - Listened to worldwide - Æstonishing Arvo newsletter 04/04 • autumn 2004 UE_NL_4_2004_engl1.qxd 04.08.2004 16:07 Seite 2 Content NEWS Board of Directors — 4 UE Website — 4 FESTIVALS La Biennale di Venezia — 5 - 6 Settembre Musica Torino — 7 - 9 Zaterdag Matinee, Degenerate Music — 10 - 11 Lucerne Festival — 12 - 13 Klangspuren Schwaz — 14 - 15 COMPOSERS Birtwistle — 16 - 17 Pärt — 18 Halffter — 19 Baltakas — 20 Boulez — 21 Berio — 22 Rihm — 23 Sawer — 24 Mahler / Schnyder — 25 Panufnik — 25 Wilson — 26 Haas — 27 Stockhausen — 28 Sotelo — 28 Weill — 29 Schreker — 30 Janacek — 31 Schönberg — 31 2 UE_NL_4_2004_engl1.qxd 04.08.2004 16:07 Seite 3 Dear readers, you are holding in your hands the first issue of the new-look UE Newsletter. Since 1996, we've been updating you four times a year on our composers and information on our current publishing activities. Universal Edition's Newsletter and REDISCOVERIES website support and reinforce the Foerster - 32 partnership between music-ma- Braunfels - 32 kers, performing arts organisations and UE. REVIEWS Baltakas - 33 In addition to the already familiar Cerha - 33 sections, each Newsletter will now Staud - 34 contain an appendix with a work- Dallapiccola - 34 list of a particular composer's oeuvre. The present, autumn issue ANNIVERSARIES — 36 - 37 (September to November 2004) fe- atures the yet-to-be-rediscovered WORLD PREMIERES — 38 - 39 and already revived works of Franz Schreker. NEW RELEASES — 40 - 41 We hope that our new, reader- NEW ON CD + DVD — 42 - 43 friendly Newsletter will continue to stimulate your curiosity about WORKLIST UE composers. Schreker — 44 - 46 The Editors 3 content 04/2004 UE_NL_4_2004_engl1.qxd 04.08.2004 16:08 Seite 4 WWW.UNIVERSALEDITION.COM Even more service at the UE Website BOARD OF DIRECTORS Who runs Universal Edition's website, www.universaledition.com, has Universal grown into an indispensable infor- mational tool for our customers, Edition? and it is constantly being impro- ved, expanded and updated. A click on Company, Composers, Since 1 January 2004, management News, Sheet music, Hire material, of Universal Edition has been in the Licenses or Performances should hands of four people: serve to answer almost any question you might have. And our Johann Juranek (Managing Board user-friendly UE-Shop, launched in Chairman), Astrid Koblanck February 2004, helps you order all (author relations, copyright mat- the products in the UE catalogue ters, licensing, hire material), online, all over the world! Hans Musser (finance, distribution, marketing) and Robert Thompson (catalogue development, publis- hing, promotion). The headquarters of UE are in Vien- na, with two further offices in Lon- don and New York. A network of representation agreements with publishing partners guarantees worldwide market presence. 4 news UE_NL_4_2004_engl1.qxd 04.08.2004 16:09 Seite 5 with composers being offered the orchestra as an instrument. Eight ensembles will be performing in total 20 concerts. The prestigious, festive opening concert on 14 Oct- ober in the newly renovated hall of the Teatro La Fenice will feature the Italian première of Arvo Pärt's Como cierva sedienta for soprano and orchestra, with Bernhard Kon- tarsky conducting the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice and soprano soloist Patricia Rozario. This will be followed by an impressive series of LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA territorial premières of works from the UE catalogue: ‘Universal exhi- Johannes Maria Staud's Black bition of music’ Moon (14th), Beat Furrer's nuun (14th), Harrison Birtwistle's Endless Parade (19th), Vykintas Baltakas' The Venice Biennale has always Poussla (20th), David Sawer's Piano been a showcase of excellence. The Concerto (21st), Luciano Berio's 2004 Biennale concludes with the Stanze (22nd), Wolfgang Rihm's La 48th International Festival of Con- lugube gondola (23rd), and Georg temporary Music (14-23 October Friedrich Haas' Wer wenn ich 2004). Giorgio Battistelli (photo), schriee, hörte mich... (14th). Finally, artistic director of this year's Bien- Licht/ung, commissioned from Ian nale, has selected works by 55 com- Wilson by the Biennale, will receive posers from 26 countries for per- its world première on 17 October. formance. Battistelli, a composer of Johannes Debus will conduct the international repute, has moulded Orchestra dell'Arena di Verona. the festival into a kind of universal Information: exhibition of the music of our times www.labiennale.org 5 biennale di venezia 1753_04_UE_Ins_tom 04/08/2004 17/22 tom Seite 1 FONDAZIONE TEATRO LA FENICE DI VENEZIA 2004 14/23 VENEZIA OTTOBRE VENEZIALAMUSICAILMONDO DIRETTORE GIORGIO BATTISTELLI gio. 14 ottobre - ore 18.00 mer. 20 ottobre - ore 21.00 Teatro Malibran Teatro Malibran KLANGFORUM WIEN ORCHESTRA DELLA TOSCANA MUSICHE DI G. F. HAAS, J. M. STAUD, B. FURRER MUSICHE DI J. L. HERVÉ, I. FEDELE Y. MARESZ, V. BALTAKAS gio. 14 ottobre - ore 20.00 Teatro La Fenice gio. 21 ottobre - ore 21.00 ORCHESTRA E CORO Teatro Malibran DEL TEATRO LA FENICE ORCHESTRA DELL’ARENA MUSICHE DI A. PÄRT, O. NEUWIRTH, L. NONO DI VERONA MUSICHE DI F. INCARDONA, P. FURLANI gio. 14 ottobre - ore 22.30 D. SAWER, I. NILSSON Sala Rossi (Teatro La Fenice) KLANGFORUM WIEN ven. 22 ottobre - ore 18.00 MUSICHE DI S. SCIARRINO Teatro Piccolo Arsenale ORCHESTRA SINFONICA ven. 15 ottobre - ore 20.00 CONTEMPORANEA DEL FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA INTERNAZIONALE Teatro Malibran MUSICHE DI J. GOMELSKAYA, I. ZEBELJAN ORQUESTA DE LA COMUNIDAD E. SAMMOUTIS, N. KODJABASHIA DE MADRID ven. 22 ottobre - ore 20.00 MUSICHE DI J.M. SÁNCHEZ-VERDÙ, G. ERKOREKA F. ROMITELLI, L. DE PABLO Teatro alle Tese ORCHESTRA SINFONICA sab. 16 ottobre - ore 20.00 NAZIONALE DELLA RAI Teatro Malibran MUSICHE DI S. BELLON, K. SAARIAHO, L. BERIO ORQUESTA DE LA COMUNIDAD DE MADRID ven. 22 ottobre - ore 23.00 MUSICHE DI A. POSADAS, H. KYBURZ, F. GUERRERO Capannone del Petrolchimico, Marghera MUSICA MARTUX_M / PAN SONIC dom. 17 ottobre - ore 20.00 CONCERTI DI MUSICA ELETTRONICA Teatro Malibran FESTIVAL DI sab. 23 ottobre - ore 18.00 ORCHESTRA DELL’ARENA Teatro Piccolo Arsenale DI VERONA ASKO ENSEMBLE MUSICHE DI M. PINTSCHER, I. WILSON, R. VACCA, H.W. HENZE MUSICHE DI M. VAN DER AA, P.VIR lun. 18 ottobre - ore 20.00 L. FRANCESCONI, G. LIGETI Teatro Piccolo Arsenale sab. 23 ottobre - ore 20.00 ORCHESTRA SINFONICA Teatro Malibran DEL FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO LA FENICE MUSICHE DI S. SOLOVIC, V. TARNOPOLSKY, K. GLOWICKA, A. PEÇI MUSICHE DI M. LINDBERG, W. RIHM, T. DUN, F. TAMURA mar. 19 ottobre - ore 21.00 sab. 23 ottobre - ore 23.00 Teatro Malibran Capannone del Petrolchimico, Marghera ORCHESTRA DELLA TOSCANA MASS / FRAME / RICHIE HAWTIN MUSICHE DI B. DEAN, H. BIRTWISTLE, G. VERRANDO, M. A. TURNAGE CONCERTI DI MUSICA ELETTRONICA 48 WWW.LABIENNALE.ORG UE_NL_4_2004_engl1.qxd 04.08.2004 16:09 Seite 7 SETTEMBRE MUSICA Optical illusions in Turin Over the past few years, Enzo This collaboration over several Restagno and Roman Vlad have months also offered the opportuni- succeeded in focussing the atten- ty to produce a book on Arvo Pärt, tion of the musical world on Turin which Enzo Restagno will present during the month of September. on 7 Sep. It is based on an extensi- Restagno and Vlad are the creative ve conversation with Restagno du- minds behind the Settembre Musi- ring the summer of 2003, and also ca festival, which surpasses all contains several important contri- other Italian music festivals in butions by reputable Pärt experts terms of diverse cultural origins, (including Leopold Brauneiss, Paul styles and historical periods - view- Hillier, Jordi Savall, Armin Brunner ed more closely, the festival appe- and Helga de la Motte). ars as an optical illusion, offering not a diffuse image but a cleverly Over the course of seven concerts conceived, harmonious concept ca- (6 - 12 September 2004), the major pable of offering almost any music works of Pärt's most recent period lover something surprising or de- will be heard; several of these will lectable. be receiving their first performan- ces in Italy: The traditional emphasis of the fe- Lamentate, In Principio, Wall- stival is on contemporary music, fahrtslied, and Most Holy Mother of with a composer at its centre God. whose oeuvre receives representa- tive treatment. In 2004, this com- poser is Arvo Pärt. Enzo Restagno involved Pärt closely in the festi- val's programming. Numerous per- formers requested by the compo- ser (Hilliard Ensemble, Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier, Xenia Ensemble, etc.) will be appearing. 7 settembre musica 1753_04_UE_Ins_tom 04/08/2004 17/22 tom Seite 2 Arvoto know Pärt the music of September 6-12, 2004 six free concerts and a panel with the composer Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai Tallin Chamber Orchestra Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Hilliard Ensemble Xenia Ensemble Tõnu Kaljuste Paul Hillier Momo Kodama Te Deum Miserere Stabat Mater De profundis Lamentate Sinfonia n. 1 In principio Kanon Pokajanen .... torino settembre musica info phone +39.011.4424777 • www.comune.torino.it/settembremusica UE_NL_4_2004_engl1.qxd 04.08.2004 16:09 Seite 9 Settembre Musica will be holding a Gruber will visit the city as part of memorial concert on 25 September its Dreigroschenoper Tour (subse- to commemorate Luciano Berio,a quent performances in Rimini, Gü- friend of the festival for several tersloh, Essen and Vienna). years whose work was often at its This concert performance of Die centre.