23rd International Contemporary Music Festival
18–26 October, 6 November 2013
Vilnius
Website: http://www.vilniusfestivals.lt/EN/gaida-2/
About the festival in brief:
- One of this year’s leading themes – musical theatre, action, narrative;
- Focus Composer: Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008), one of the most original 20th and 21st century artists, who have shaped the trend of instrumental theatre;
- other highlights of the festival's programme include:
internationally acclaimed percussion virtuosi and their exceptional programmes;
appearances of the multimedia and electronic music luminaries;
standard and extended vocal performance, staggering possibilities of a human voice;
world premieres of new works commissioned by the festival.
- greatest European performers, ensembles and soloists; best Lithuanian musicians and orchestras.
PROGRAMME
Friday 18 October
7 pm, Vilnius Congress Concert Hall (Vilniaus g. 6/16)
LITHUANIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Beibei WANG, percussion (China / UK)
Daumantas KIRILAUSKAS, piano (Lithuania)
Conductor Mārtiņš OZOLIŅŠ (Latvia)
Mauricio KAGEL (1931–2008) – Étude III for large orchestra (1996)
Tomas KUTAVIČIUS (b. 1964) – Teia mania for piano and orchestra (2013, world premiere)
Žibuoklė MARTINAITYTĖ (b. 1973) – Horizons for symphony orchestra (2013, world premiere)
Tan DUN (b. 1957) – Paper Concerto (2003)
Tickets: 15–60 Lt
10 pm, Contemporary Art Centre, Great Hall (Vokiečių g. 2)
ALVA NOTO
univrs (uniscope version)
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Tickets: 40–100 Lt
Saturday 19 October
7 pm, Arts Printing House, Black Hall (Šiltadaržio g. 6)
Wanderer, post-scriptum
To mark the bicentenary of Richard Wagner
Musical theatre performance after the music by Wolfgang Rihm, Gérard Pesson, Richard Wagner, Hanns Eisler, György Ligeti, „The Doors“
Presented by the musical theatre company T&M (Paris, France).
Ivan Ludlow, baritone
Kalina Georgieva, piano
Director Antoine Gindt
Video Tomek Jarolim
Artistic collaboration Élodie Brémaud
Costumes Fanny Brouste
Wanderer, post-scriptum (teaser) from David Daurier on Vimeo.
Tickets: 30–60 Lt
Sunday 20 October
7 pm Contemporary Art Centre, Great Hall (Vokiečių g. 2)
KROUMATA Percussion Group (Sweden):
Johan Silvmark
Ulrik Nilsson
Pontus Langendorf
Roger Bergström
Hanna HARTMAN (b. 1961) – Shadowbox (2011)
Thierry DE MEY (b. 1956) – Table Music (Musique de tables, 1987)
Lisa STREICH (b. 1985) – Naujas kūrinys (2013, world premiere)
Rolf WALLIN (b. 1957) – Scratch (1991)
Arne MELLNÄS (1933–2002) – Fragile (1973)
Lukas LIGETI (b. 1965) – Pattern Transformation (1988)
Tickets: 40–80 Lt
Monday 21 October
7 pm, Contemporary Art Centre, Great Hall (Vokiečių g. 2)
El Cimarrón Ensemble (Germany / Austria / Italy/ Switzerland):
Ran Seo-Katanic, soprano
Robert Koller, baritone
David Gruber, flute
Khac-Uyen Nguyen, violin
Christina Schorn, guitar
Ivan Mancinelli, percussion
Michael Kerstan, stage management
Mauricio KAGEL (1931–2008) – Dressur (1977) for percussion trio
Rita MAČILIŪNAITĖ (b. 1985) – Feedbacks of Poetry for baritone, alto flute, percussion and electronics, text by Jonas Mekas (2013, world première)
Hans Werner HENZE (1926–2012) – El Cimarrón (Biography of the runaway slave Esteban Montejo, 1969–1970), recital for four musicians – baritone, guitar, flute and percussion
1. Die Welt (The World)
2. Der Cimarrón
3. Die Sklaverei (Slavery)
4. Die Flucht (Flight)
5. Der Wald (The Forest)
6. Die Geister (The Spirits)
7. Die falsche Freiheit (False Freedom)
8. Die Frauen (Women)
9. Die Maschinen (The Machines)
10. Die Pfarrer (The Clergy)
11. Der Aufstand (The Uprising)
12. Die Schlacht von Mal Tiempo (The Battle of Mal Tiempo)
13. Der schlechte Sieg (The Evil Victory)
14. Die Freundlichkeit (Friendliness)
15. Das Messer (The Knife)
Tickets: 30–60 Lt
Tuesday 22 October
7 pm, Arts Printing House, Black Hall (Šiltadaržio g. 6)
Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord (France)
MAURICIO KAGEL (1931–2008)
Répertoire
Directors: Jos Houben, Françoise Rivalland, Emily Wilson
Actors and performers: Fiamma Bennet, Lucas Genas, Bernie Collins, Maxime Nourissat, Françoise Rivallan
Construction of musical accessories Georges Jaillet
Lighting designer Eric Proust
Costumes Eve Ragon
Tickets: 30–60 Lt
Thursday 24 October
7 pm, Contemporary Art Centre, Great Hall (Vokiečių g. 2)
The Hilliard Ensemble (UK):
David James, countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
Steven Harrold, tenor
Gordon Jones, baritone
Walter FRYE (15th c.) – Ave Regina
William CORNYSH (1465–1523) – Ave Maria
Jonathan WILD (b. 1969) – Two pieces from The Cloud of Unknowing
Arvo PÄRT (b. 1935) – And one of the Pharisees (1992)
SHERYNGHAM (15th c.) – Ah! Gentle Jesu
Arvo PÄRT (b. 1935) – Psalm 131 (Kindliche Ergebung) (1984/1997)
John PLUMMER (c. 1410–c. 1483) – Tota pulchra es, Anna Mater
Vache SHARAFYAN (b. 1966) – Lord who made the spring run
Arvo PÄRT (b. 1935) – Most Holy Mother of God (2003)
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Rytis MAŽULIS (b. 1961) – Septem Sermones (2013, world premiere)
Tickets: 40–100 Lt
Friday 25 October
7 pm, Contemporary Art Centre, Great Hall (Vokiečių g. 2)
Slagwerk Den Haag (The Netherlands):
Fedor Teunisse
Niels Meliefste
Jose 'Pepe' Garcia
Frank Wienk
Joey Marijs
Juan Martinez
Michael GORDON (b. 1956) – Timber (2011)
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Tickets: 40–80 Lt
Saturday 26 October
7 pm, Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall (Aušros Vartų g. 5)
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Miriam MEGHNAGI, performer of Sephardic hymns (Libya / Israel / Italy)
Ken UENO, overtone singing (USA)
Lauryna BENDŽIŪNAITĖ, soprano
Darius MEŠKAUSKAS, actor
Conductor Modestas PITRĖNAS
Mauricio KAGEL – Broken Chords for orchestra (2002)
Anatolijus ŠENDEROVAS (b. 1945) – Ya lali for Sephardic singer and two orcehstras (2013, world premiere)
Loreta NARVILAITĖ (b. 1965) – City Labyrinth for soprano, reciter and orchestra (2013, world premiere)
Ken UENO (b. 1970) – On a Sufficient Condition for the Existence of Most Specific Hypothesis, Concerto for overtone singer and orchestra (2008)
Tickets: 20–40 Lt
Tickets for this concert are distributed by Bilietai LT.
10 pm– 3 am, Contemporary Art Centre, Great Hall (Vokiečių g. 2)
ELECTRONIGHT
PLAID | live show (WARP Records)
LEON SOMOV vs. FEW NOLDER live | VIDIS (Silence Family)
MANFREDAS (Les Disques de la Mort)
Tickets: 44–104 Lt
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Gaida Post Scriptum
Wednesday 6 November
7 pm, Contemporary Art Centre, Great Hall (Vokiečių g. 2)
Lost Time
Musical theatre performance after Marcel Proust's Á la recherche du temps perdu, also fragments from Bret Easton Ellis' novels Less Than Zero and American Psycho, and T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land
Director Oskaras Koršunovas
Music by the team of Lithuanian composers CODA NOVA
Librettist Gabija Grušaitė
Performers: Asmik Grigorian, Alina Orlova, Viktor Gerasimov, instrumental ensemble, elektronics, video
Tickets: 40–100 Lt
Tickets for all festival events are available at Bilietų pasaulis.
