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EVENTS

2011-10-21 -- 2011-10-29

GAIDA 2011


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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