2005–06 Season
french connections
SATURDAY, SEPT 10, 8:30 PM
Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th St
Box Office: 212 501 3330
or online
$12 General / $7 Seniors & Students
Argento opens its season, performing works by French and American composers whose intense transatlantic collaborations resulted in a dynamic exchange of musical styles and ideas. Co-sponsored by French American Cultural Exchange.
PROGRAM
Philippe Hurel, Loops, solo flute
Michel Galante, Leaves of Absence II
for octet, world premiere
Jacob Druckman, Valentine, contrabass
Michael Klingbeil, Monoliths and Interludes,
solo piano, world premiere
Philippe Hurel, 4 Variations: Concerto for Vibraphone
and Chamber Orchestra, US premiere
gérard grisey’s acoustic spaces, part I
SATURDAY, OCT 29, 8:00 PM
St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University
Enter at 116th and Broadway
free admission
By magnifying the physical sounds of the instruments and gradually transforming them through time and space, Gérard Grisey proposes a radical alternative to established musical norms in his ground breaking cycle of works, entitled Les Espaces Acoustiques.
PROGRAM
Tempus Ex Machina, for percussion sextet
Les Espaces Acoustiques, Part I:
I. Prologue, solo viola
II. Périodes, for chamber ensemble
III. Partiels, for chamber orchestra
This performance is a snapshot of contemporary musical life in Vienna. Germanic poetry and theater weave a common thread through these three works:
PROGRAM
Olga Neuwirth,
Elfi und Andi,
for tape, narrator, and quartet
featuring recordings prepared by Austria’s famous leading lady, Marianne Hoppe
US premiere
Georg Friedrich Haas,
out of free will…bound…
for bass flute, US premiere
Friedrich Cerha,
8 movements after fragments of Hölderlin
for string sextet, US premiere
the berg-cerha legacy
MONDAY, FEB 20, 7:30 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
57th St and 7th Ave
Box Office: 212 247 7800
or online
$25 General / $15 Seniors & Students
The grandfather of contemporary Austrian music, Friedrich Cerha, masterfully sets the ultra-romantic words of poet Friedrich Hölderlin. These works betray the influence of the modern, yet nostalgic world of the seminal Viennese composer Alban Berg, whose unfinished opera Lulu was famously brought to completion by Cerha. A duo of concerto soloists, an orchestra of winds, a mixed choir, and a string sextet invoke the two kindred spirits.
PROGRAM
Alban Berg,
Chamber Concerto
for violin, piano, and 13 wind instruments
Friedrich Cerha,
4 Fragments after Hölderlin
guest appearance: Collegium Musicum Chamber Choir, US premiere
Friedrich Cerha,
8 movements after fragments of Hölderlin
for string sextet
live wire
SUNDAY, MAY 7, 6:00 PM
Miller Theater website
116th and Broadway
Box Office: 212 854 7799
$15 General / $8 Seniors & Students
Argento joins IRCAM, one of the world’s leading electronic music institutions, to construct a surround-sound performance environment at Miller Theater for the purpose of real-time, live-electronic performance.
PROGRAM
Joshua Fineberg,
Lolita, Part One
for chamber ensemble, narrator, and live-electronics
based on Nabokov’s famous novel, world premiere
Tristan Murail,
Winter Fragments
for quintet, and live-electronics
Michael Jarrell,
…more leaves…
for viola, quintet, and live-electronics, US premiere
Philippe Leroux,
Voi(Rex)
for soprano, sextet, and live-electronics
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