Ostrava Days 2019
Thursday, 22. 8. 2019
THE PAST
18:00 / BrickHouse, Hlubina Coal Mine
Ensemble OD2019
Juho Laitinen, hlas
James Falzone, elektronika
Terry Riley: In C (1964)
Robert Ashley: The Wolfman (1964)
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THE COMING
20:00 / BrickHouse, Hlubina Coal Mine
Ostravská banda and soloists
Ensemble OD2019
Lilianna Krych, Petr Kotík, Conductors
Peter Ablinger: Black Series (2010-12)
Michal Wróblewski*: Malawi (2018)
Viacheslav Kyrylov*: softly say goodbye (2018)
Sean Kiley*: Ancient Cascades (2019)
M.O. Abbott*: Ascension Tube (2017)
Noemi Savková*: To Home (2019)
Steffi Weismann: Generation S (2018)
*residents of the Ostrava Days 2019 Institute
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FOUR WALLS FULL OF SOUND
22:30 / BrickHouse, Hlubina Coal Mine
Opening Performance Orchestra plays Phill Niblock
Four Walls Full of Sound (60 minutes)
Opening Performance Orchestra, concept, electronics
Milan Guštar, video
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Friday - Saturday, 23. - 24. 8. 2019
THE LONG NIGHT: 18 HOURS - 1080 MINUTES
17:00 - 12:00 / Jiří Myron Theatre
17:00 Square Msgr. Šrámka
Dieter Schnebel: Harley Davidson (2000)
• Harley-Davidson bikers
• Members of Ostravská banda
• Steffi Weismann, realization
17:30 Theatre Foyer
Julius Eastman: Crazy Nigger (1979)
• Joseph Kubera, Daan Vandewalle, Alexandr Starý, Miroslav Beinhauer, Pianos
18:40 Theatre Hall
Klaas de Vries: Stringed (2018)
• DoelenKwartet
• Jan Rokyta, Cimbalom
19:40 Theatre "12"
Alois Hába: Suite for Cimbalom (1960)
• Daniel Skála, Cimbalom
Peter Eötvös: Psy (1996)
• Malgorzata Hlawsa, Flute
• Daniel Skála, Cimbalom
• Juho Laitinen, Violoncello
Alexander Held*: Perpetual Motion (2018)
• Žaneta Vítová, Accordion
Luciano Berio: Sequenza XIVb (arr. Stefano Scodanibbio, 2002-04)
• František Výrostko, Contrabass
Robert Stricklin*: Iphigenia (2018)
• Stephanie Liedtke, Bassoon
Miro Tóth: Havířov (2014, rev. 2019)
• Andrej Gál, Violoncello
Horatiu Radulescu: Immersed in the Wonder (1996)
• Juho Laitinen, Violoncello
• Daniel Havel, Flute
21:50 Theatre Hall
Peter Ablinger: In G (2009-16)
• Matthias Lorenz, Violoncello and Electronics
Benjamin Patterson: Variations for String Bass (1961)
• James Ilgenfritz, Contrabass
La Monte Young: Composition 1960 #7 (1960)
• ONO / Ostrava New Orchestra
23:30 Theatre Foyer
Petr Kotík: The Plains at Gordium (2014)
• 6 percussionists of Ostravská banda and ONO / Ostrava New Orchestra
00:30 Theatre Hall
Elliott Sharp: Sylva Sylvarum (2014)
• Gareth L. Davis, Bass Clarinet
01:05 Theatre Foyer
Jon Myers*: Articulation (2018)
• 8 percussionists of Ostravská banda and ONO / Ostrava New Orchestra
Danni Song*: A Wander in Differences (2018)
• Martyna Zakrzewska, Miroslav Beinhauer, Piano
01:30 Theatre Hall
Robert Ashley: El Aficionado & Atalanta
• Thomas Buckner, Voice and Electronics
Nikolaus Schlierf: Evolution (2019)
• Nikolaus Schlierf, Viola and Electronics
02:25 Theatre Foyer
Alvin Curran: Inner Cities (1993-2005)
• Daan Vandewalle, Piano
06:30 Theatre Foyer
Morton Feldman: For Philip Guston (1984)
• S.E.M. Ensemble
11:30 Ostravice river bank, under the Miloš Sýkora Bridge
Theo Finkel*: Super-Ostrawitza (2019)
• members of Ostravská banda
BRUNCH + Q&A with composers and musicians at Club DOCK
*residents of Ostrava Days 2019 Institute
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Saturday, 24. 8. 2019
MINIMARATHON OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC
16:00-22:00 / Coal Mine Michal
1st space
SARROS (AT)
Agnes Hvizdalek (AT/NO)
Jonáš Gruska (SK)
2nd space
MUDDERSTEN (NO/SWE)
Kurt Liedwart (RU)
Angélica Castelló (MEX/AT)
POISONOUS FREQUENCIES (CZ, AT) & Joke Lanz (CH)
Sunday, 25. 8. 2019
ORCHESTRA OPENING
19:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
ONO / Ostrava New Orchestra
Members of Ostravská banda
Ondřej Vrabec, French Horn
Séverine Ballon, Cello
Daan Vandewalle, Piano
Gareth L. Davis, Bass Clarinet
Johannes Kalitzke, Petr Kotík, Bruno Ferrandis, Conductors
Marc Sabat: The Luminiferous Aether (2018)
Petr Cígler: Concert for French Horn and Orchestra (2019) WP
James Layton*: Focal (2019)
Michal Rataj: MOVIS (2019) WP
Chaya Czernowin: Guardian (2017)
Bernhard Lang: "DW28 Loops for Davis" (2017)
WP = world premiere
*resident of the Ostrava Days 2019 Institute
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Monday, 26. 8. 2019
OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA I
19:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
Anna Radziejewska, Mezzo-soprano
Lilianna Krych, Petr Kotík, Johannes Kalitzke, Conductors
Symon Henry*: debout, un respir grand comme (2016)
Ian Davis*: Two Movements for String Orchestra (2018)
Salvatore Sciarrino: Il cantiere del poema (2011)
Daniel Lo*: POIDS (2019)
Christian Wolff: Small Orchestra Piece (2019) WP
Isabel Mundry: Endless Sediments (2018)
WP = world premiere
* = residents of the Ostrava Days 2019 Institute
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Tuesday, 27. 8. 2019
VOICES IN THE CATHEDRAL I
19:00 / Cathedral of the Divine Saviour
Ostravská banda
Canticum Ostrava
Jurij Galatenko, Choirmaster
Klaus Lang, Organ
Bruno Ferrandis, Conductor
Anna Heflin*: My Voice (2019) WP
Vojtěch Šembera*: Night Soundscape (2016)
Georgina Bowden*: The Fainting Sun (2018)
György Ligeti: Lux Aeterna (1966)
Peter Graham: Fantasy for Six Violoncellos (1974)
Judith Berkson*: Partial Memories (Part III) (2019)
Klaus Lang: Die Bärtige Frau (2010)
WP = world premiere
* = residents of Ostrava Days 2019 Institute
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VOICES IN THE CATHEDRAL II
21:30 / Cathedral of the Divine Saviour
ONO / Ostrava New Orchestra
Ostravská banda
Canticum Ostrava and guests
Jurij Galatenko, Choirmaster
Petr Kotík, Conductor
Yves Klein: Symphonie - "Monotone-SIlence" (1960)
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Wednesday, 28. 8. 2019
FROM VIENNA
18:30 / BrickHouse, Hlubina Coal Mine
Studio Dan
Daniel Riegler, Director
Jee Won Kim*: Who Am I? (2017) WP
James Ilgenfritz*: In The Summer Every Truth Is Like A Saturday (2019) WP
Christoph Walder: vozmozhnost (2016)
Mirela Ivičević: The F SonG (2014)
Oxana Omelchuk: wow and flutter (2017)
*residents of the Ostrava Days 2019 Institute
WP = world premiere
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PIANO PIANO KUDU
20:30 / BrickHouse, Hlubina Coal Mine
Ostravská banda
Frederic Rzewski, Piano
Daan Vandewalle, Piano
Miroslav Beinhauer, Piano
Conrad Harris, Violin
Alvin Curran, Yemenite Kudu Horn
Petr Kotík: Spontano (for Frederic Rzewski; 1964)
Frederic Rzewski: Satires (2015)
Frederic Rzewski: 6 Movements (2019) *world premiere
Petr Bakla: No. 4 (2013)
Alvin Curran: Shofar Rags (2019) *world premiere
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Thursday, 29. 8. 2019
STRING QUARTET NIGHT
19:00 / BrickHouse, Hlubina Coal Mine
Quatuor Bozzini, Montréal
Slavíková Quartet, Ostrava
PART I
Carlos Soria*: Visiones Post-Mortem (2018) WP
Magdalena Johanna Beyer: Music of the Spheres (1938)
Ana Sokolovic: Commedia dell'arte (2012)
Christian Wolff: Out of Kilter (String Quartet; 2019) WP
Petr Kotík: String Quartet No. 1 (2007-2009)
PART II
Lucie Vítková*: NINE (2018)
Devin Maxwell*: Cloudseeding 10 (2018)
James Helgeson*: String Quartet (2016-18)
WP = world premiere
*residents of the Ostrava Days 2019 Institute
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Friday, 30. 8. 2019
OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA II
19:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
Ostravská banda
Hana Kotková, Violin
Daan Vandewalle, Piano
Petr Kotík, Bruno Ferrandis, Peter Rundel, Conductors
Miroslav Srnka: Eighteen Agents (2012)
James Falzone*: Punctuated Equilibrium (2018)
Petr Kotík: Wednesday at RW on Spring Street (2019) WP
Matt Simon*: Found Objects (2015)
Frederic Rzewski: A Dog's Life (2014)
WP = world premiere
*residents of Ostrava Days 2019 Institute
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Saturday, 31. 8. 2019
LAST CALL
15:00 / Janáček Conservatory Ostrava
Ostravská banda
Lilianna Krych, Conductor
Kimberley Farris-Manning*: almost touching (2019)
Michael Gancz*: Johnny Brook Sits on the Roof (2019) WP
David Zuckerman*: Fissao (2019) WP
Amin Sharifi*: Aposynthesy (2019) WP
Leo Chang*: Respond to Troy: Variation I (2017)
Edgars Rubenis*: A Particular Window (2019) WP
WP = world premiere
*residents of the Ostrava Days 2019 Institute
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EVENING AT OPERA
19:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Peter Rundel, Conductor
Jiří Nekvasil, Director
David Bazika, Stage Design
Claudia Barainsky, Soprano
Petr Bakla: There Is An Island Above The City (2018) *world premiere
Morton Feldman: Neither (1977; libretto by Samuel Beckett)
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