MINIMAL | MAXIMAL
21st Contemporary Music Festival
21–29 October 2011, Vilnius
PROGRAMME
Friday 21 October
7 pm, Congress Concert Hall
OPENING CONCERT
LITHUANIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHETSRA
Conductor Martinš Ozolinš (Latvia)
Ramūnas Motiekaitis. Insect Steps (world premiere)
Vytautas V. Jurgutis. Ci (world premiere)
Iannis Xenakis. Krinoidi
Antanas Kučinskas. For Rest (world premiere)
Nomeda Valančiūtė. Island I (world premiere)
David Lang. Grind to a Halt
Tickets: 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, 37 Lt
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Saturday 22 October
6 pm, Arts Printing House
Pre-concert talk with the members of the Ludus Gravis ensemble
Admission free
7 pm, Arts Printing House, Black Hall
LUDUS GRAVIS (Italy)
Artistic Director Stefano Scodanibbio
John Cage. Ryoanji
Arvo Pärt. Pari Intervallo
Stefano Scodanibbio: Due Pezzi Brillanti
Rūta Vitkauskaitė. Orion Arm (world premiere)
Terry Riley / Stefano Scodanibbio. In D
Tickets: 32, 62 Lt
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Sunday 23 October
7 pm, Contemporary Art Centre
Quatuor DIOTIMA (France)
Alberto Posadas. Del reflejo de la sombra (solo clarinet – Antanas Taločka)
Toshio Hosokawa. Blossoming
Steve Reich. Different Trains
Tickets: 42, 62, 102 Lt
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Tuesday 25 October
5 pm, CAC Reading Room
Open Lecture: Xenakis, the architect of sonic visions
Musicologist Eglė Gudžinskaitė talks about the work of Iannis Xenakis, with the participation of composer Marius Baranauskas. The experts will discuss the innovative architectural designs by Xenakis and Le Corbusier (in Lithuanian only).
Admission free
7 pm, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC)
BREVIS Chamber Choir
Conductor Gintautas Venislovas
Iannis Xenakis. Nuits
Iannis Xenakis. Knephas
Ričardas Kabelis. Mountain Glee (world premiere)
Rytis Mažulis. Telescope (world premiere)
Tickets: 22 Lt
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Wednesday 26 October
5 pm, CAC Reading Room
Conversation about the audiovisual artworks.
With the participation of artists, presenting their works in the Gaida fringe programme: musician and promoter of visual arts from Berlin Michael Vorfeld, composers Egidija Medekšaitė, Marius Salynas and videoartist Lukas Miceika. Moderated by Tautvydas Bajarkevičius (in Lithuanian and English).
Admission free
7 pm, Contemporary Art Centre
GAIDA ENSEMBLE
With the participation of Vainius Sodeika (actor) and Trys keturiose sutartinės singers
Conductor Martynas Staškus
Thierry de Mey. Habanera
Marc Sabat. Modernes Kaufhaus
Alvin Lucier. Navigations
Remigijus Merkelys. Genus (Extinct Tribe)
Mindaugas Urbaitis. Go, sutartinės, go! (world premiere)
Frederick Rzewski. Coming Together
Tickets: 32, 62 Lt
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9 pm, Contemporary Art Centre
LIGHT BULB MUSIC
Michael Vorfeld (Germany)
Audiovisual electro-acoustic performance
Tickets: 22 Lt
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Thursday 27 October
2–3 pm, Contemporary Art Centre
Open rehearsal of the Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin (Germany)
Admission free
7 pm, Contemporary Art Centre
KAMMERENSEMBLE NEUE MUSIK BERLIN (Germany)
Iannis Xenakis. Anaktoria
Helmut Lachenmann. String Quartet No. 2 "Reigen seliger Geister"
Iannis Xenakis. Akea
Marius Baranauskas. The Trapezium for 10 instruments (world premiere)
Iannis Xenakis. Phlegra
Tickets: 22, 62 Lt
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Friday 28 October
4–5 pm, Contemporary Art Centre
Open rehearsal of the Ensemble 2e2m (France)
Admission free
7 pm, Contemporary Art Centre
ENSEMBLE 2e2m (France)
Gérard Pesson. Mes Béatitudes
Iannis Xenakis. Morsima Amorsima
Francesco Filidei. Concertino d'autumno
Raphaël Cendo. Tracts
Franck Bedrossian. It
9 pm, Contemporary Art Centre
reMIX | reMAX
New Ideas Chamber Orchestra and Gediminas Gelgotas
Egidija Medekšaitė, Marius Salynas, Lukas Miceika (video), DJ Partyzanai, Rüt Rüt
Remixes of maximalist and minimalist music (world premiere):
Iannis Xenakis, Richard Barret, Olga Neuwirth, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finissy, James Dillon;
Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Julia Wolfe, John Adams, Arvo Part, Bronius Kutavičius, Mindaugas Urbaitis
Tickets: 32, 62 Lt
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Saturday 29 October
7 pm, Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Bożena Harasimowicz (soprano, Poland)
Geoffrey Douglas Madge (piano, Australia)
Conductor Robertas Šervenikas
Vidmantas Bartulis. The Valley (world premiere)
Justė Janulytė. Textile
Iannis Xenakis. Synaphai for piano and orchestra
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. Symphony No. 3 ("Symphony or Sorrowful Songs"): I. Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile; II. Lento e largo – Tranquillissimo; III. Lento - Cantabile semplice
Tickets: 20, 30, 40 Lt (at the Philharmonic Box Office)
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