Ostrava Days 2021
Thursday, 19. 8. 2021
START
18:00 / BrickHouse, Hlubina Coal Mine
Ostravská banda
Gareth Davis, Bass Clarinet
Alvin Curran, Piano
Mikuláš Mrva, Electronics
Petr Kotík, Conductor
Robert Watts: Trace for Orchestra (1964)
Roland Dahinden: Theatre of the Mind (2020)
Alvin Curran: Why is this night different from all other nights (1992)
Frederic Rzewski: Les Mountons de Panurge (1969)
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THE COMING
19:30 / BrickHouse, Hlubina Coal Mine
Members of Ostravská banda
Maria De Grandy Ruzafa: Instrospective State # 5 (2020)
Mac Waters: Justin Bieber – Baby (remix) (2019)
Christian Ferlaino: [Locked] Down in the Basement (2020)
Aurés Moussong: Middle Eastern Flashes (2015)
Gergely Zoltán Szabó: Mattheus 6:3 (2020)
Forrest Eimold: Paraclete (2021)
Federico Pozzer: Four Sections (2021)
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THE PAST
21:30 / BrickHouse, BrickHouse
Gareth Davis, Bass Clarinet
Roland Dahinden, Trombone
Mikuláš Mrva, Electronics
Barbora Jágrová, Light Design
Ostrava Days 2021 Institute residents
Members of ONO – Ostrava New Orchestra
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Aus den sieben Tagen (1968)
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Friday–Saturday, 20. – 21. 8. 2021
THE LONG NIGHT: 18 HOURS – 1080 MINUTES
17:00 – 11:00 / Masaryk square, Jiří Myron Theatre, Cathedral of the Divine Saviour, Theatre "12"
17:00 // Masaryk square
Alvin Curran: Era Ora (On Wheels) (1986)
• Coal Mine Band from Stonava, Jaroslav Šindel, bandleader
• BUMBUMBAND
• Daan Vandewalle, Piano
• Alvin Curran, Piano
• Petr Kotík, Conductor
17:40 // Stairway to the Cathedral
IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL
James Tenney: Having Never Written a Note for Percussion (1971)
• Chris Nappi, Percussion
18:15 // Cathedral of the Divine Saviour
Wolfgang Rihm: Et Lux (2009)
• Cappella Mariana, Vojtěch Semerád, artistic director
• FAMA Quartet
19:30 // Jiří Myron Theatre - foyer
IT ALL STARTED TWENTY YEARS AGO
Earle Brown: String Quartet (1965)
• FAMA Quartet
Alvin Lucier: Key West (2021) WP
• Chris Nappi, Percussion
Christian Wolff: Vibraphonist (2019) WP
• Chris Nappi, Percussion
György Ligeti: Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (1982)
• Ostravská banda
Petr Kotík: Three-In-One (2020-21) WP
• Chris Nappi, Percussion
• William Lang, Trombone
• Marco Anastasio, Tuba
• Tamás Schlanger, Percussion
• Petr Kotík, Flute
• Hana Kotková, Violin
20:45 // Jiří Myron Theatre - stage
CONTINUING...
Chiyoko Szlavnics: Gradients of Detail (2005–6)
• FAMA Quartet
Marc Sabat: Plainsound Duet (2018)
• Marc Sabat, Violin
• Juho Laitinen, Violoncello
Marc Sabat: Les Duresses: Intonation after Morton Feldman 1 (2004)
• Marc Sabat, Violin
Rudolf Komorous: Sine titulo (2021) WP
• Ostravská banda
• Ondřej Vrabec, Conductor
Karel Ančerl: Composition for string orchestra in quarter-tones (1929) WP
• ONO – Ostrava New Orchestra
• Ondřej Vrabec, Conductor
John Cage: Five (1988)
• ONO – Ostrava New Orchestra
• Petr Kotík, Conductor
22:30 // Jiří Myron Theatre - foyer
FROM BRATISLAVA: VÝROSTKO & FRIENDS
James Ilgenfritz: Real & Unreal Irreversibilities
Matej Sloboda: write.cut.paste_DEL
Pauline Kim: Crushed Coal to Dust
• BraCk Players
• František Výrostko, Double Bass
23:00 // Jiří Myron Theatre - stage
DANCE / MUSIC / LIGHT
• Trio Kimmig-Studer-Zimmerlin
Lilo Stahl, Dancer
Michael Shapira, Dancer
Harald Kimmig, Violin
Alfred Zimmerlin, Violoncello
Daniel Studer, Double Bass
Olaf Reuter, Lights
00:00 // Jiří Myron Theatre - stage
OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA: SOLI I
Giacinto Scelsi: Manto 1 (1957)
• Nikolaus Schlierf, Viola
Theo Nabicht: Zahlen die stillstehen, irgendwo in einem fernen gewöhnlichen Sommer (2008)
• Theo Nabicht, Contrabass Clarinet
Peter Seabourne: Julie Dances (2020)
• Ondřej Vrabec, French Horn
Nikolaus Schlierf: Twelve Monkeys (2021)
• Nikolaus Schlierf, Viola, Electronics
Ana Maria Rodriguez: La machine à gloire (2020)
• Theo Nabicht, Contrabass Clarinet
Jordan Dykstra: A Known Unknown (2016)
• Members of Ostravská banda
• Mikuláš Mrva, Electronics
1:45 // Jiří Myron Theatre - foyer
OPERA AT DAWN
Milan Guštar: Hard Rain (2002)
generative opera for narrators and electronics
6:00 // Jiří Myron Theatre - foyer
OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA: SOLI II+
Jon Gibson: Equal Distribution No. 1 (1977)
• Daniel Havel, Flute
Daniel Skála: Neopaganiniana č. 1 (2018)
• Daniel Skála, Cimbalom
Clara Maida: Later jester für Kontrabass Klarinette und Elektronik (2012)
• Theo Nabicht, Contrabass Clarinet, Electronics
Artur Kryvych: trzy proby oddalenie (2018-2019)
• Members of Ostravská banda
Petr Kotík: The Lost Guitar (2020)
• Ondrej Veselý, Guitar
Miroslav Srnka: Simple Space (2006)
• Matthias Lorenz, Violoncello
• Miroslav Beinhauer, Piano
Milan Knížák: Tramp Sonate or Looking for Context
• Miroslav Beinhauer, Piano
Jason Eckhardt: Compression (2017)
• William Lang, Trombone
Alvin Lucier: Twonings (2006)
• Juho Laitinen, Violoncello
• Alexandr Starý, Piano
9:00 // Jiří Myron Theatre - foyer
BOOK OF STUDIES
Bernhard Lang: Monadologie XXXVI Chopin 12 Etudes (2020)
• Daan Vandewalle, Piano
10:00 // Jiří Myron Theatre - foyer
WHY PATTERNS?
Morton Feldman: Why Patterns (1978)
• Petr Kotík, Flute
• Ivo Kahánek, Piano
• Chris Nappi, Percussion
11:00 // Jiří Myron Theatre - café
"Brunch" – with composers and performers
Simultaneously...
In Continuum Fluxus: 1961–2021 / Theatre "12"
20:30 - 23:30 / 1. blok
2:00 - 5:00 / 2. blok
Uninterrupted Show
21:00 - 7:00 Jiří Myron Theatre - Ceremonial Hall
Wolfgang Träger: Films Videos & Photographs
WP = world premiere
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Saturday, 21. 8. 2021
16:00–23:00 / Gallery of Fine Arts
16:00 •
Petr Válek: The Vap Noise
• Petr Válek
17:30 •
Tibor Szemző: Villa Tatra, The Gull, Tractatus
• Tibor Szemzö, FAMA Quartet
19:00 •
Karel Ančerl: Suite for quarter-tone piano
Charles Ives: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces
Ivan Wyschnegradski: 24 Préludes im Vierteltonsystem, op. 22 (výběr)
• Jan Dušek, Pavel Duda - Digital Pianos
20:30 •
Steve Reich: Different Trains, Violin Phase, Piano Phase
• David Danel - Violin, Michal Nejtek a Roman Pallas - Digital Pianos, FAMA Quartet
22:00 •
Svobodná místa
texts: Pavel Zajíček, hudba: Ivan Acher / Michal Nejtek
• Ivan Acher - sampler, Ivan Bierhanzl - el. bass, Michal Nejtek - synthesizer, Ivan Manolov - el. guitar a Tereza Marečková - voice
Sunday, 22. 8. 2021
ORCHESTRA OPENING
18:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
Ostravská banda
Members of ONO – Ostrava New Orchestra
Hana Kotková, Violin
Jiří Havrlant, Cembalo
Daniel Skála, Cimbalom
Lucie Vítková, Accordion
Kristýna Švihálková, Percussion
Jan Nepodal, Percussion
Anežka Nováková, Percussion
Daan Vandewalle, Piano
Alexandr Starý, Piano
Irena Troupová, Soprano
Petr Kotík, Jiří Rožeň, Ondřej Vrabec, Conductors
Lucie Vítková: Environment (2021) WP
Todd Tarantino: Then I Awoke Again (2009-20) WP
Christian Wolff: Invisible Terrain (2020) WP
Petr Kotík: Fragment (1998)
František Chaloupka: Darwin Among The Machines (2021) WP
WP = world premiere
16:30 - 17:15 TRIPLE HALL KAROLINA
SOUND INSTALLATION
Chiyoko Szlavnics: Interior Landscape IIA (2010)
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Monday, 23. 8. 2021
OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA I
19:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
Ostravská banda
Irena Troupová, Soprano
Hana Kotková, Violin
Gareth Davis, Bass Clarinet
Chris Nappi, Vibraphone
Roland Dahinden, Bruno Ferrandis, Jiří Rožeň, Ondřej Vrabec, Conductors
Luboš Mrkvička: For Large Ensemble, Part F (2020–2021) WP
Jan Jirucha: Diagonal nr. 1 (2021) WP
Ana Sokolović: Evta (2017)
Roland Dahinden: recall pollock (2021) WP
Miro Tóth: Theory of Absolute Saddness (2018) WP
21.30
Iannis Xenakis: Persephassa (1969)
WP = world premiere
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Tuesday, 24. 8. 2021
VOICES IN THE CATHEDRAL
19:00 / Cathedral of the Divine Saviour
Ostravská banda
Canticum Ostrava
Jurij Galatenko, Choirmaster
Gareth Davis, Bass Clarinet
Hana Kotková, Violin
Petr Kotík, Conductor
Bruno Ferrandis, Conductor
Ana Sokolović: Six voix pour sirènes (2000)
Haštal Hapka: Prague in Lines (2020) WP
Sourena Mosleh: Im Nebel (2017)
Raven Chacon: Biyan (2011)
Bernhard Lang: Hermetica V (Fremde Sprachen) (2011)
Petr Kotík: Děvín (2000–2004)
WP = world premiere
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THE PROPHECY
21:00 / Cathedral of the Divine Saviour
Brno Contemporary Orchestra
Pavel Šnajdr, Conductor
Pavel Zemek Novák: Isaiah's Prophecy (2005)
Wednesday, 25. 8. 2021
TIME FOR GUESTS
19:00 / BrickHouse, Hlubina Coal Mine
Brno Contemporary Orchestra
Martin Opršál, Marimba
Pavel Šnajdr, Conductor
Estera Wityńska: I am leaving thr haze behind me (2020)
Michal Rataj: Music From Nothing (2020) WP
Martin Smolka: Rinzai and St. Francis watch yellow autumn leaves floating down the river (2013)
Peter Graham: Kniha chvění (Kapitola III) (2021) WP
WP = world premiere
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DE PROFUNDIS: FREDERIC RZEWSKI (1938–2021)
20:30 / BrickHouse, Hlubina Coal Mine
Ostravská banda
Daan Vandewalle, Piano
Petr Kotík, Conductor
Petr Kotík: Solos and Incidental Harmonies (1983-85)
Frederic Rzewski: De Profundis (1992)
Thursday 26. 8. 2021
OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA II
19:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
Ostravská banda
Hana Kotková, Violin
Miroslav Beinhauer, Piano
Petr Kotík, Conductor
Bruno Ferrandis, Conductor
Devin Maxwell: Bonneville Park II (2020)
Phill Niblock: Exploratory, Rhine version „Looking for Daniel“ (2019)
Miya Masaoka: The Energy Burns From Within (2021) WP
Petr Bakla: Koncert pro klavír č. 2 (2021) WP
Michal Wroblewski: Rhythms (2021)
Bernhard Lang: Monadologie XXXIX 2. Redux (2019)
WP = world premiere
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Friday, 27. 8. 2021
A KNOWN UNKNOWN
16:00 / Jiří Myron Theatre
Jordan Dykstra: A Known Unknown (2016)
• Members of Ostravská banda
• Mikuláš Mrva, Electronics
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SOUND PLASMA
18:00 / Jiří Myron Theatre
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn, Arash Yazdani, artistic director
Miroslav Beinhauer, sixth-tone harmonium
Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes: Black (from Black and White) (2021) WP
Marc Sabat: Fleeting Flight Sleeping Woke (2021) WP+
Gérard Pape: Antichrist-Fresco (2021) WP+
Arash Yazdani: contains strong emotions and explicit sounds (2021) WP+
Klaus Lang: QVIS EST. (2021) WP+
Elis Hallik: Touching the First Sounds (2021) WP
Alois Hába: Six pieces for a sixth-tone harmonium (1928)
WP = world premiere
In cooperation with National Museum – Czech Museum of Music
+ = Compositions commissioned by the Ensemble for New Music Tallinn, funded by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation.
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BLACK ANGELS SONGS
21:00 / St. Wenceslas Church
Dystopic Requiem Quartet
Fedor Gál, narrator
Miro Tóth, music author, electronics
Black Angels Songs (2020–21)
BOOK I., BOOK II. + Epitaf
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Saturday, 28. 8. 2021
LAST CALL
11:00 / Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava
Ostravská banda
Petr Kotík, Conductor
Michael Gancz: don’t do this (2021)
James Helgeson: Six Opera Fragments (2021)
Ben Zucker: Eschautomata (2020)
David Zuckerman: Scene In Corporate (2020)
Csenge Mihalicza: Vers (2021)
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INTONATION FOR DOUBLE-NAVE
16:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
Ostravská banda
Flutists and Saxophonists of Ostrava Days 2021
Johannes Wieners, Counter-tenor
Bruno Ferrandis, Conductor
Salvatore Sciarrino: Studi per l'intonazione del mare (2000)
CLOSING CONCERTS
18:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
PKF – Prague Philharmonia
Ondřej Vrabec, French Horn
Tamás Pálfalvi, Trumpet
Roland Kluttig, Conductor
Petr Cígler: Horn Concerto (2019–2021)
Stephen Morris: The Flooding Darkness (2020)
Martin Smolka: Quand le tympan de l'oreille porte le poids du monde (2015)
Olga Neuwirth: ...miramondo multiplo... (2006)
