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Musica Viva: Festival 2008
Top-class orchestras, choirs and soloists performed together at the beginning of 2008 for the first Musica Viva Festival. The present selection of photographs shows perspectives and possible lines of tradition. "Symphonie L'Œuvre" (1937/38) by Karl Amadeus Hartmann, a plea for freedom of thought and sound, becomes the stimulus for contemporary confessional music: Matthew Pintschers "Hérodiade-Fragmente" as well as Aribert Reimann's "Cantus" with the soloist Jorg Widman, who is also present as a composer - with "Armonica", a fast-paced, sophisticated study of the sound aspects of accordion and glass harp.
Two works from around 1970 are made into symphonic outer movements on another CD: “Antikhthon” by Iannis Xenakis and "Uaxuctum" by Giacinto Scelsi. With uncompromising hardness they enclose something new - "La navette" by James Dillon becomes a thoughtful Adagio and Beat Furrers Piano concerto to the scherzo shadow play.
chamber music by Kaija saariaho, Liza Lim and Rebecca Saunders leads to the breathless "countdown" of Adriana Holszky, based on diary notes by a homeless writer code-named Ver du Bois (“Woodworm”). The “pilgrimages” of Chaya Czernowin, freely adapted from a Moomin story by Tove Jansson.
Traditional music from Egypt and Iran thwarts and enriches the program. It opens with a major work by Karlheinz Stockhausen: "Mixtur" in the new version from 2003. Inexhaustibly rich visions of sound and noise, which the composer has also linguistically and imaginatively defined as "color glissandi", "plucked clouds", "clinking surfaces", "slumbering color seams".
program:
SA CD 1
Total playing time 58:42
Karlheinz Stockhausen [1928 – 2007]
MIXTURE 2003 [2003]
for 5 orchestra groups, 4 sine-wave generator players, 4 sound mixers, with 4 ring modulators and sound projectionist
[1] Forward version 29:04
[2] Retrograde version 29:37
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIO of the SWR
sound director Andre Richard
Symphony Orchestra of Bayerischen Rundfunks
conducted by Lucas Vis
live recording
January 25 2008
Hercules Hall of the Residenz, Munich
SA CD 2
Total playing time 71:12
Karl Amadeus Hartman [1905–1963]
SYMPHONY ›L'OEUVRE‹ [1937/38] 22:39
[1 ] 1st sentence: Toccata variata 11:22
[2] 2nd sentence: Adagio 11:17
Aribert Reiman [*one]
[3] CANTU [2006] 15:32 p.m
for clarinet and orchestra
Jorg Widman [*one]
[4] HARMONIC [2006] 13:13 p.m
for orchestra
Matthew Pintscher [*one]
[5] HÉRODIAD FRAGMENTS [1999] 19:46 p.m
Dramatic scenes for soprano and orchestra
Jorg Widman, clarinet [3]
Marisol Montalvo, soprano[5]
Symphony Orchestra of Bayerischen Rundfunks
conducted by Emilio Pomarico [1-2]
German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
conducted by Christopher Poppen [3-5]
live recording
15 February 2008 [1–2] / 9 February 2008 [3–5]
Hercules Hall of the Residenz, Munich
SA CD 3
Total playing time 73:36
Iannis Xenakis [1922-2001]
[1] ANTIQUE [1971] 19:23 p.m
for orchestra
James Dillon [*one]
[2] SHUTTLE [2001] 19:17 p.m
for orchestra
Beat Furrer [*one]
[3] CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA [2007] 16:45
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Giacinto Scelsi [1905–1988]
[4–8] UAXUCTUM [1966] 18:08 p.m
for 7 percussionists, timpanist, chorus and orchestra
[4] I 05:36
[5] II 03:39
[6] III 02:47
[7] IV 02:47
[8] V 03:19
Nicholas Hodges, piano[3]
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
conducted by Brad Lubman [1/3]
German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
conducted by Christopher Poppen [2]
Bavarian Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Emilio Pomarico [4-8]
live recording
February 3, 2008 [1/3] / February 9, 2008 [2] / February 15, 2008 [4–8]
Hercules Hall of the Residenz, Munich
SA CD 4
Total playing time 48:34
Chaya Czernowin [*one]
PILGRIMAGE [2006/2007]
for speakers, treble choir, and instruments after texts by Tove Jansson and Stefan George
[1] Part A 09:47
[2] Part B 16:53
[3] Part C 21:53
Matthias Bundschuh, speaker
Dresden Kreuzchor
Ensemble Courage
conducted by Roderich Kreile
live recording
2 February 2008
Hercules Hall of the Residenz,Munich
SA CD 5
Total playing time 69:20
Kaija saariaho [*one]
[1–2] VENT NOCTURNE [2006] 22:50 p.m
for viola and electronics
[1] I 08:09
[2] II 14:41
Liza Lim [*one]
[3] OCHRED STRING [2007] 12:45 p.m
for oboe, viola, cello and double bass
Rebecca Saunders [*one]
[4] BLUE AND GRAY [2006] 10:10 p.m
for two double basses
Adriana Holszky [*one]
[5] COUNTDOWN [2007] 31:40
Scenic concert piece after texts by Ver du Bois
Nimrod Guez, viola [1–2/3]
Josh Martin, live electronics [1–2]
Stefan Schilli, oboe [3]
Sebastian Klinger, cello [3]
Philip Stubenrauch [3/4]; Frank Reinecke [4], double bass
Daniel Gloger, countertenor [5]
Malte Burba; George Birner; Lutz Mandler; Paul Hübner, alphorn, trumpet [5]
Armin Rosin; Berthold Schick; Dieter Eckert; Viacheslau Chumachenko, alphorn, trombone [5]
Markus Rod; Anna Zassimova; Yukiko Naito; Jürg Henneberger, piano [5]
Thomas Hastreiter; Sebastian Hausl; tungsten angle; Alexander Gloggler; Philip Jungk; Martin Ruhland; Werner Hoffmeister; Stefan Blum, percussion [5]
conducted by Rudiger Bohn [5]
live recording
10 February 2008 [1–4]
Museum Villa Stuck, Munich
8 February 2008 [5]
Muffathalle, Munich
CD 6
Total playing time 61:28
TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM EGYPT AND PERSIA
SONGS OF THE SUFIS playing time 29:34
[1] Improvisation 1 14:17
[2] Improvisation 2 15:17
Ensemble Sheikh Ahmad Al Tuni
PERSIAN DRUMMERS 31:51
[3] Chai Kuneh 10:43
[4] Fairy 08:59
[5] Tappeh 08:08
[6] Molla Nasridin 04:01
Trio Chemirani
live recording
January 27 2008
Muffathalle, Munich