Ostrava Center for New Music

Program

SUNDAY 21/08/2005
7pm Philharmonic Hall
OPENING CONCERT
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
Miners' Brass Band Ondruš
Heather O'Donnell, Joseph Kubera and Lukáš Vondráček, Piano
Anaar Desai-Stephens, Violin
Charlie Looker, Electric Guitar
Petr Kotík, Zsolt Nagy and Marián Lejava, Conductors

John Cage: Atlas Eclipticalis (1961) simultaneously with Winter Music (for 1 - 20 pianists) (1958) and performance by Miners' Brass Band Ondruš
Petr Kotík: Variations for 3 Orchestras (2003/2005)
Chiyoko Szlavnics: Wind in the Ceiling (2005)
Alex Mincek: This Becomes (2004)
Elizabeth Kelly: Yes (2004)
Olga Neuwirth: Anaptyxis (2000)

MONDAY 22/08/2005
5pm Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava
SOOZVUK ENSEMBLE I
SOOZVUK Ensemble  and Guests
Anna Martušková, Soprano
Marián Lejava and Jurij Galatenko, Conductors

Georgia Kalodikis: Echo and Variations (2003)
Trevor Siemens: Ceaseless Voice (2004)
Scott McLaughlin: After-Image (2004)
Eric Roth: N'VOcabulary (2004)
Valentina Velkovska: Omen (2003)
František Chaloupka: Music for 5 (2004)
Sarah O'Halloran: Lemon Flavour (2005)

8pm Philharmonic Hall
OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA: CLASSICS &
Ostravská banda
Canticum Ostrava
Petr Kotík, Zsolt Nagy and Jurij Galatenko, Conductors

Edgard Varése: Déserts (1960)
Luigi Nono: Incontri (1955)
Luigi Nono: Cori di Didone (1958)
Morton Feldman: Chorus and Instruments II (1967)
Morton Feldman: Christian Wolff in Cambridge (1963)
Peter Zombola: Psalm CXXXVIII (2005)
Morton Feldman: Chorus and Instruments (1963)
Morton Feldman: The Turfan Fragments (1981)

10pm Philharmonic Hall
CHRISTOPH M. MOOSMANN
Christoph Maria Moosmann, Organ

Heinz Holliger: Fünf Stücke (1980)
Morton Feldman: Principal Sound (1981)
Oliver Messiaen: Apparation de l'Eglise éternelle (1931)
Iannis Xenakis: Gmeeoorh (1974)

THURSDAY 23/08/2005
5pm Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava
ENSEMBLE NEUE MUSIK BRATISLAVA
Ensemble Neue Musik Bratislava
Marián Lejava, Conductor

Giacinto Scelsi: Ko-Lho (1966)
Jana Kmiťová: Trio (2005)
Vladimír Bokes: ...remembering to... (2005)
Marián Lejava: The Gloaming Sessions (2005)
Rebecca Saunders: Quartet (1998)

8pm Philharmonic Hall
OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA II
Ostravská banda
Ivana Dohnalová, Harp
Magdaléna Franková, Oboe
Thomas Buckner, Baritone
Juho Laitinen, Violoncello
Jurij Galatenko, Petr Šumník, Petr Kotík and Marián Lejava (Bratislava), Conductors

Ivan Brkljačić: Jinx (2004)
Matthew Welch: Hodinotra Chelalhodin (2005)
Witold Lutoslawski: Koncert podwiojny / Double Concerto (1980)
Alvin Lucier: Exploration of the House (2005)
Mei-Fang Lin: Time Tracks (2002)
Phill Niblock: Tow by Tom (2005)

WEDNESDAY 24/08/2005
5pm Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava
OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA III
Ostravská banda and Guests
Zsolt Nagy, Conductor

Renske Vrolijk: Blink Blink (2002)
David B. Franzon: Straight Down the Dead-End Street (2003)
Marcin Strzelecki: Polyquintet (2005)
Iannis Xenakis: Palimpsest (1979)

7:30pm Philharmonic Hall
JANÁČEK PHILHARMONIC II
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
Quatuor Bozzini
Zsolt Nagy, Jurij Galatenko, Marián Lejava and Petr Kotík, Conductors

Mika Pelo: Second Scenario (2004)
Kaija Saariaho: Nymphea Reflection (2001)
Emil B. Wojtacki: Litterae (2004)
Martin Smolka: Remix, Redream, Reflight (2000)
Morton Feldman: String Quartet and Orchestra (1973)

THURSDAY 25/08/2005
5pm Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava
SOOZVUK ENSEMBLE II
Soozvuk Ensemble
Marián Lejava and Zsolt Nagy, Conductors

Rama Gottfried: Chamber Concerto de Pamplemousse (2003)
Stephen Barchan: Sweet Dreams (2004)
Miguel Galperin: Fragments (2002)
Charlie Looker: Promiscuity (2005)
Sam Hillmer: ...what won't come... (2005)

9pm Philharmonic Hall
THE NIGHT OF THE PIANO
Heather O'Donnell and Joseph Kubera, Piano

Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord, Mass. 1840 - 1860" (1907/1915, rev. 1947)
Pierre Boulez: Structures / deuxieme livre for two pianos (1956)
Rebecca Saunders: Choler for two pianos (2004)
Erik Satie: Vexations (excerptk) (1893)
Louis Andriessen, Milan Báchorek, Soňa Krivčíková, Edvard Schiffauer, Christian Wolff, Michal Bárta, Radana Kubíčková, Mei-Fang Lin, Ivan Šiller and Todd Tarantino

FRIDAY 26/08/2005
5pm Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava
ENSEMBLE ZS
Ensemble Zs

Louis Andriessen: Hout (1991)
Petr Kotík: For Zs (2004)

20.00 Philharmonic Hall
STRING EVENT
Quatuor Bozzini
Clemens Merkel and Hana Kotková, Violin
Volker Straebel, Sound Engineer

Anton Webern: Six Bagatellen op. 9 (1911)
Richard Glover: Tracabio (2005)
Randall Lawrence: Clean Wound (1996)
Alvin Lucier: Navigations for Strings (1992)
Michael Oesterle: Daydream Mechanics V (2001)
James Tenney: Koan (1984)
Luciano Berio: Sequenza VIII (1975-76)
Luigi Nono: La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura. Madrigale per piu' 'caminantes' con Gidon Kremer (1989) for violin, magnetic tape and 8 - 10 music stands

SATURDAY 27/08/2005
3pm Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava
MOSTLY SOLOS
Natacha Diels, Flute
Joseph Kubera, Piano
Daniel Ploeger, Trombone
Chris Nappi, Percussion
Anaar Desai-Stephens, Violin
Jessie Marino, Violoncello
Katalin Lukács, Piano

A. Vincent Raikhel: Kelp Leaves Angelfish Topaz (2005)
David Chaillou: Diableries (2003)
Matthew Hough: Shake (2003)
Morton Feldman: The King of Denmark (1964)
Todd Tarantino: Trio (2002)

7pm Philharmonic Hall
CLOSING CONCERT
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
Ostravská banda
Cristina Zavalloni, Soprano
Monica Germino, Violin
Petr Kotík and Zsolt Nagy, Conductors

Louis Andriessen: La Passione (2001/2002)
Christian Wolff: Orchestra: Pieces (2005)
Kaija Saariaho: Forty Heartbeats (1998)
Iannis Xenakis: Ata (1987)


Ostrava Days 2005 Institute included:

FILMS

17/08/2005
6pm Klub Atlantik
The New Math
Directed by Hal Hartley, Possible Films
Music by Louis Andriessen
1991 / 31 min / DVD

De Materie
Recording of opera by Louis Andriessen at De Nederlandse Opera
Conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw
Directed by Robert Wilson

18/08/2005
5pm Klub Atlantik
A Tribute to John Cage
Directed by June Paik
1973 / 29 min / Video

The Collaborators: Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg
Directed by David Vaughan / KCET
1987 / 55 min / Video

8pm Klub Atlantik
Vive a Venezia
Directed by Barrie Gavin, BBC
1978 / 31 min / Video

Con Luigi Nono
Material from the archives of the RAI-Italian RadioTelevision edited by Nicola Sani
2000 / 76 min / Video