05 Newsletter Survey Tell us what you think! 07 Mauricio Sotelo Homage to Luigi Nono 09 Johannes Maria Staud Visionary short stories 11 Wolfgang Rihm Proserpina at the Rokoko Theatre 14 Luke Bedford / Vykintas Baltakas into Johannesburg and Dubai Mauricio Sotelo Sonnets of Dark Love in Salzburg newsletter 02/09 • spring 2008/2009 Contents NEWS New Study Scores — 4 Editors’ report — 4 Newsletter survey — 5 COMPOSERS Sotelo — 7 Staud — 9 Rihm — 11 Pärt — 12 Haas — 13 Luke Bedford — 14 Baltakas — 14 Sawer — 15 Lentz — 15 Schwartz — 16 Borisova - Ollas — 16 Cerha — 17 Pousseur — 17 Halffter — 18 Schnyder — 18 Boulez — 19 Birtwistle — 20 Reich — 20 Berio — 21 Kagel — 22 Stockhausen — 22 Ligeti — 23 Feldman — 23 Einem — 24 Messiaen — 24 Krenek — 24 Weill / Brecht — 25 Milhaud — 26 Tansman — 26 Shostakovich — 26 Martinu — 27 Martin — 27 Eisler — 28 WP = World Première Kodály — 28 2 content 02/2009 Dear Readers, Braunfels — 29 The persistent question of a com- Dallapiccola — 29 poser’s final intention is closely Bartók — 30 linked to questions of how the Schönberg — 31 music can be presented in general. Webern — 32 Scores for large-scale symphonic Atterberg — 32 works are full of thousands of in- Berg — 33 structions – pitch, tone length, Casella — 34 directions for performance, inter- Zemlinsky — 34 pretation and so on – all of which Szymanowski — 35 must correspond to the vocal Schmidt — 35 material: a Herculean task. There is, Schreker — 36 however, still more besides, as Delius — 36 musicologists are constantly un- Mahler — 37 earthing new findings that must Janáček — 38 be included in critical editions. Per- formers ordering material from a reputable publisher have a right to this detailed information. UE has ANNIVRESARIES — 39 - 40 taken on the task of not merely publishing new works in an easily WORLD PREMIÈRES — 41 - 42 readable quality, but of also con- stantly updating and improving NEW RELEASES — 43 - 44 editions of works that have long since had their place in the reper- NEW ON CD & DVD — 45 - 46 toire. Page 4 features our new editors’ report – an impressive WORKLISE overview of last year’s musical Lentz — 47 score production. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS — 48 The Editorial Team 3 UNIVERSAL EDITION UNIVERSAL EDITION New study Editors’ report scores For the first time ever, we are offe- ring an insight into the activities of We have been tremendously plea- our team of music editors. It’s not sed by the positive reactions to our always clear what a publisher’s first 20 study scores (see last news- responsibilities consist of, and this letter). The collection of works of- brief overview might help give an fers a unique insight into the impression of what we’re up to music of the 20th and 21st century. behind the scenes. Our music editors have not been In 2008, we produced 29 completely resting on their laurels though, and new works, from the first engra- we are now happy to report the vings to the finished, corrected in- next nine new editions to be strumental parts. We also produced added to the series. They are: 10 new arrangements of existing works, including Berg’s Der Wein Béla Bartók Cantata profana by Eberhard Kloke, a ‘Symphonic Béla Bartók Konzert für Klavier und Synthesis’ of The Makropulos Case Orchester Nr. 1 by José Serebrier, and a children’s Béla Bartók Tanz-Suite version of The Cunning Little Vixen Alban Berg Lulu-Suite by Alexander Krampe. In addition, Pierre Boulez sur Incises considerable time was spent on re- Pierre Boulez Pli selon Pli – No. 3, freshing and re-editing older works Improvisation II – new editions of Berio’s Compass Olivier Messiaen Oiseaux exotiques and Eindrücke, Boulez’ … explosante Arvo Pärt Fratres fixe … and Feldman’s Patterns in a Kurt Weill Die Dreigroschenoper Chromatic Field were produced. As is natural in the life of a work, Once again, these new editions pre- composers often make changes to sent key works from the last 100 existing works. As a result of this, years in beautiful, newly designed we also produced 13 revised mate- and carefully prepared, practical rials in 2008. And if that weren’t study scores. enough, our editors also found time See www.universaledition.com/ to produce 29 new study scores for studyscores for a list of all available our new series! We’ve prepared a editions. full list of scores prepared in 2008. See www.universaledition.com/ editorsreport for full details. 4 news UNIVERSAL EDITION Complete our 2-minute News- letter survey Our newsletter has been appea- The survey will be online until the ring in the current format for over 31st March 2009. We will report on four years now. We recently put the the results in the next issue of the whole archive online, which is newsletter. really useful for finding out about past premières and other major events. We are of course always happy to hear from our readers about how useful it is for concert programming and learning about our composers and their works. But just how useful is it? We want you to tell us. Is it too much, too little or, as Goldilocks said, “just right”? We've prepared an online survey with 10 short questions. Please help us by taking a couple of minu- tes to complete it. You can find the form online in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian at www.universaledition.com/ questionnaire All of us in the editorial team enjoy preparing our newsletter. It gives us a chance to take a moment and reflect on the rich content of the UE catalogue of works. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we do writing it – now’s your chance to let us know! 5 news where Beat Furrer – another of Sotelo’s important peers – will con- SOTELO duct the Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik. Audéeis for voice Sonnets of and string quartet will also be per- formed at the same venue. As in dark love Cripta, the soloist for this perfor- mance is the great Spanish flamenco singer Arcangel (7 Mar). Spanish philosopher Arcangel also has a major role in WP Emilio Lledó once wrote Arde el alba for soprano, flamenco that his friend Luigi Nono’s singer and orchestra (2008) – a love work lives on “in Mauricio Sotelo’s song that weaves verses by José wonderful universe of sounds”. The Ángel Valente into a dialogue of Sonnets of Dark Love by Federico incredible devotion. Principle con- Garcia Lorca – a work that Nono ductor Josep Pons is to conduct the loved and wanted to set to music – world première with the Orquesta becomes a fascinating experience of Nacional de España in Madrid (13– space and sound in Mauricio Sotelo’s 15 Mar). ‘musical mausoleum’ for his teacher. With his musicality and sonorous tone, The piece is infused with cante Roberto Fabbriciani has exerted a jondo, the intensive flamenco vocal profound influence on Sotelo’s style that Nono introduced his Spa- music over the last 15 years. On his nish student to: music of heartfelt 60th birthday, Sotelo dedicated a humanity in the “chambers of new piece, A Roberto: la chiarezza dawn”. Cripta – música para Luigi deserta, to him as an expression of Nono will receive its world première his deep gratitude and affection. in a new version on 5 Mar at the The work will receive its world pre- new Biennale festival in Salzburg/A, mière on 26 Apr in Zagreb/HR. Mauricio Sotelo 7 sotelo STAUD In memory of visionary Bruno Schulz The world premières of WP two large orchestral works by the Cleveland Orchestra and the Gewandshaus Leipzig bring Johannes Maria Staud into the international spotlight this summer. Both are inspired by Johannes Maria Staud Bruno Schulz' (1892–1942) great short story collections, along with his graphic works. Together they here were Schulz' infamous demi- will form a diptych in memory of urgic manipulations and bizarre this great visionary. interpersonal interactions, conti- The Cleveland carries the title On nuously oscillating between dream Comparative Meteorology, and is and reality. Performances: 21 and 22 sparked off by Schulz's hypertropic May, under Riccardo Chailly. descriptions of nature as well as Both of these works will also at- their peculiar reflections in the tempt to traverse Bruno Schulz's inner life of humans. It isn’t an many temporal sidetracks and attempt to replicate Schulz’ images, dead ends, and consist together of however, but rather to present the 12 miniatures and an “illegal” thir- unique process by which Staud teenth. approaches this mysterious world. Première: 28 May, further perfor- Violent Incidents has its Dutch pre- mances on 29 and 30 May, Cleve- mière in Amsterdam on 21 May land/USA, conducted by Franz (conductor: Kasper de Roo, Marcus Welser-Möst. Weiss (sax), Windkraft Tirol). In his Leipzig work, entitled Über trügerische Stadtpläne und die Ver- Ensemble Recherche performs suchungen der Winternächte, Lagrein for violin, clarinet, cello and Staud adds a solo string quartet piano on Mar 19 in Freiburg. (the Gewandhaus-Quartett) to the orchestral forces. The inspirations 9 staud RIHM The stigma of despair The girl abducted by the WP god of the underworld carries the stigma of despair. As Goethe’s monodrama Proserpina opens, she is aware that: “endless realms of grief lie ahead of you and what you are searching for lies always behind you”. Wolfgang Rihm composed Wolfgang Rihm this monodrama, for soprano, female choir and small orchestra, for the Schwetzinger Festspiele. is to conduct Asko|Schönberg. Proserpina is set to première on 2 Rihm is currently composer in resi- May in the Rokokotheater (soloist: dence for the Philharmonie Essen Mojca Erdmann, conductor: Jona- and the Ensemble Resonanz will than Stockhammer, director: Hans soon be performing Ricercare, Can- Neuenfels).