22nd International Contemporary Music Festival
19–27 October 2012
Vilnius
About the festival in brief:
- One of this year’s leading themes – space: space in music, music in space, spectral and other spatial aspects;
- Focus Composer: renowned Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas;
- new projects for the John Cage centenary;
- special attention to the other famous American composer Steve Reich;
- greatest European and American performers, ensembles and soloists;
- best Lithuanian musicians and orchestras, world and Lithuanian premieres of new works.
PROGRAMME
Friday 19 October
2 pm CAC Reading Room (Vokiečių g. 2)
Pre-concert talk with members of the BANG ON A CAN All-Stars
7 pm Contemporary Art Centre, Great Hall (Vokiečių str. 2)
BANG ON A CAN All-Stars (USA)
David Lang. Sunray (2006)
Michael Gordon. For Madeline (2009)
Julia Wolfe. Big Beautiful Dark and Scary (2002)
Steve Reich. Electric Counterpoint (1987)
Philip Glass. Music in Similar Motion (1969)
Thurston Moore. Stroking Piece #1 (2003)
Tickets: Lt50–100
Saturday 20 October
5 pm Piano.lt Concert Hall (trakų str. 9/1)
PLURAL ENSEMBLE (SPAIN)
Ivan Fedele. Immagini da Escher (2005)
Lopez Lopez. Trio (2008)
Salvatore Sciarrino. Lo spazio inverso (1985)
Vytautas Germanavičius. New work (2012, world premiere)
Georg Friedrich Haas. Tria ex uno (2001)
Tickets: Lt20
7 pm Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, Main Auditorium (Aušros vartų str. 5)
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KARI KRIIKKU (clarinet, Finland)
Conductor ROLAND FREISITZER (Austria)
Albertas Navickas. New work (2012, World premiere)
Raminta Šerkšnytė. Fires (2010, Lithuanian premiere, world premiere performed by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mariss Jansons was on 17 May 2012 in Munich)
Ondrej Adamek. Dusty Rusty Hush (2007, Lithuanian premiere)
Kaija Saariaho. D’om le vrai sens (2010, Lithuanian premiere)
Tickets: Lt20–50
Sunday 21 October
5 pm St. Casimir's Church (Didžioji str. 34)
TUOMAS PYRHONEN (organ, Finland)
Onutė Narbutaitė. Road To Silence (1980)
Johannes Fritsch. IX ' 99 X (1999)
Vytautas Bacevičius. Rayons cosmiques (1963)
Rytis Mažulis. Canon sumus (2006–7)
Horatiu Radulescu. Christe eleison, op. 69 (1986)
Admission free
7 pm Arts Printing House, Black Hall (Šiltadaržio str. 6)
DANZA PREPARATA
Rui Horta | John Cage
Performance of modern dance and live contemporary music (2012, Lithuanian premiere)
Rui Horta (Portugal) – choreography, scenography, light design
Silvia Bertoncelli (Italy) – dancer
Rolf Hind (United Kingdom) – prepared piano
This year marks the 100 anniversary of John Cage, one of the most important composers and influential creators of the 20th century. In relation to this, GAIDA 2012 presents new production of world-famous Portuguese choreographer Rui Horta based on music by John Cage (“Sonatas and Interludes” for prepared piano).
This project is co-produced by Casa da Musica Porto, Salzburg Bienale, KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen Hannover, Festival Musica Strasbourg, Festival Romaeuropa Rome, Fondation Gulbenkian Lisbon and European Network ‘Réseau Varèse’ supported by Culture Programme of the European Commission.
Tickets: Lt30–50
Monday 22 October
6 pm CAC Reading Room (Vokiečių g. 2)
Pre-concert talk with Rebecca Saunders
7pm and 8 pm Contemporary Art Centre, Great Hall (Vokiečių str. 2)
ENSEMBLE MUSIKFABRIK (GERMANY)
Rebecca Saunders. Chroma XVII (2003–12, Lithuanian premiere)
This is the main project of the festival reflecting and revealing spatial theme of GAIDA 2012. Special architectural composition by well-known British composer Rebecca Saunders will be performed by one of the best European music ensembles “musikFabrik”. Various groups of musicians of this ensemble perform this work in different spaces of the venue, while audience can walk around the musicians inside the rooms and in the halls and to follow this ‘music journey’ not only in time but also in space, in one or in different spaces.
This project is co-produced by KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen Hannover, Salzburg Bienale, Festival MaerzMusik Berlin, Huddersfiled Contemporary Music Festival and European Network ‘Réseau Varèse’ supported by Culture Programme of the European Commission.
Tickets: Lt40
Tuesday 23 October
7 pm Contemporary Art Centre, Northern Hall (Vokiečių str. 2)
ENSEMBLE L‘ITINERAIRE (FRANCE)
Philippe Leroux. 3 bis, rue d'insister (2000)
Jean-Luc Herve. Intérieur Rouge (1993)
Marco Momi. Iconica (2010)
Mykolas Natalevičius. Evening in Vilnius Train Station (2012; world premiere)
Tristan Murail. Feuilles à travers les cloches (1998); La barque mystique (1993)
Tickets: Lt20
Wednesday 24 October
7 pm Contemporary Art Centre, Great Hall (Vokiečių str. 2)
STEVE REICH & AMADINDA PERCUSSION GROUP (Hungary)
Steve Reich. Drumming - Part One (1970–1)
Steve Reich. Nagoya Marimbas (1994)
Steve Reich. Music for Pieces of Wood (1973)
Steve Reich. Mallet Quartet (2009)
Steve Reich. Clapping Music (1972)
Steve Reich. Six Marimbas (1986)
Tickets: Lt50–100
Thursday 25 October
7 pm Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, Main Auditorium (Aušros vartų str. 5)
CAGE LINK
PETRAS GENIUŠAS (PIANO)
VLADIMIR TARASOV (PERCUSSION)
With the participation of:
Ieva Prudnikovaitė (mezz-osoprano)
Artūras Šilalė (violin)
Tomas Kulikauskas (percussion)
Kerry Shawn Keys (poet)
John Cage. A Flower (1950)
John Cage. In A Landscape (1948)
Vladimir Tarasov. Clock Shop at Night (2012)
John Cage. Nocturne (1947)
John Cage. 4’33” (1952)
John Cage. The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942)
John Cage. 27'10.554'' (1956)
Kerry Shawn Keys. Concert for Cage (2011)
John Cage. Six melodies (1952)
John Cage. Living Room Music (1940)
This is the second concert of music by John Cage in the programme of the GAIDA 2012, dedicated to the birth centenary of this legendary composer.
Tickets: Lt20–40
Friday 26 October
7pm Contemporary Art Centre, Great Hall (Vokiečių str. 2)
SINFONIETTA RĪGA
With the participation of the KAMER... choir (Latvia)
Conductor NORMUNDS ŠNĒ
Georg Friedrich Haas. REMIX (2007)
Georg Friedrich Haas. Unheimat (2009)
Justė Janulytė. Observation of Clouds for voices, double wind quintet and strings (2012; Lithuanian premiere)
Tickets: Lt40–60
Saturday 27 October
7 pm Vilnius Congress Hall (Vilniaus str. 6/16)
LITHUANIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Ernst Kovacic (violin, Austria)
Asmik Grigorian (soprano)
Mindaugas Zimkus (tenor)
Nerijus Masevičius (baritone)
Chamber choir „Jauna muzika“
Conductor ROBERTAS ŠERVENIKAS
Vytautas Laurušas. Symphony No. 4 (2011; world premiere)
Georg Friedrich Haas. Tetraedrite (2012; Lithuanian premiere)
Georg Friedrich Haas. Concerto for violin and orchestra (1998; Lithuanian premiere)
Algirdas Martinaitis. Summa (2012; world premiere)
Tickets: Lt15–40
Gaida Post Scriptum
Wednesday 21 November
7 pm Vilnius Congress Hall (Vilniaus str. 6/16)
GAVIN BRYARS ENSEMBLE (UK)
Gavin Bryars. Laudas (2002-12)
Gavin Bryars. The Flower of Friendship (2009)
Gavin Bryars. It Never Rains (2010)
Gavin Bryars. Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1971)
Tickets: Lt70–200
Festival's website: http://www.vilniusfestivals.lt/index.php?page=gd_programa_en
Organised by the PI Vilnius Festivals and Lithuanian Composers' Union
In association with:
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society
Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra
Contemporary Art Centre
Piano.lt
LATGA-A (Lithuanian Agency of Copyright Protection Association)
Goethe-Institut Vilnius
L’Institut français de Lituanie
Deutsche Botschaft Wilna
Österreichische Botschaft Wilna
Embassy of the Spanish Kingdom in Lithuania
Embassy of the United States Vilnius
Baltic Legal Solutions Lithuania
Petro ofsetas
