19th International Contemporary Music Festival
24-31 October, 2009
CITY (FOCUS OF THE FESTIVAL):
SOUNDS OF THE CITY > URBAN INTERACTION WITH MUSIC > SONIC IDEA OF THE CITY
24 Octoper, Saturday, 7 pm, National Philharmonic Hall
OPENING CONCERT OF THE FESTIVAL
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor ROBERTAS ŠERVENIKAS
György Ligeti. San Francisco Polyphony (Lithuanian premiere)
Remigijus Merkelys. GPS > North (world premiere, commission of the GAIDA Festival)
Egidija Medekšaitė. The Pleiades (world premiere, commission of the GAIDA Festival)
Esa-Pekka Salonen. LA Variations (Lithuanian premiere)
24 Octoper, Saturday, 9.30 pm, PIANO.LT Hall
FESTIVAL‘S FRINGE
I AM
Musical fiction in three movements for live and computer sounds by Martynas Bialobžeskis and Jonas Jurkūnas (world premiere, commission of the GAIDA Festival)
Performed by Kęstutis Vaiginis (saxophones), Andrė Pabarčiūtė, Daumantas Slipkus (pianos), Diissc Orchestra
Stage design by Gintaras Makarevičius, video by Gintaras Skėrys and Rūta Balsevičiūtė
25 October, Sunday, 7 pm, National Gallery of Art
CITY LIFE
Gaida Ensemble
Conductor ROBERTAS ŠERVENIKAS
Marius Baranauskas. A Song for Space
Krešimir Seletkovič. NO Music (Lithuanian premiere)
Nomeda Valančiūtė. Citizens of the Waking City (world premiere, commission of the GAIDA Festival)
Steve Reich. City Life (Lithuanian premiere)
26 October, Monday, 7 pm, National Gallery of Art
LATVIAN RADIO CHOIR
Conductor SIGVARDS KĻAVA
Ramūnas Motiekaitis. Symphonie de Septembre (world premiere, commission of the GAIDA Festival)
György Ligeti. Lux Aeterna
Mārtiņš Viļums. The Fate of King Lear‘s Children (Lithuanian premiere)
Santa Ratniece. chu-dál (Lithuanian premiere)
Luca Francesconi. Let Me Bleed (Lithuanian premiere)
27 October, Tuesday, 7 pm, National Gallery of Art
AN INDEX OF METALS
Ensemble ICTUS (Belgium)
Conductor GEORGES-ELIE OCTORS
Donatienne Michel-Dansac (soprano)
Video opera for soprano soloist, ensemble, electronics and multimedia, by Fausto ROMITELLI and Paolo PACHINI
Music: Fausto Romitelli
Texts: Kenka Lekovich
Video: Paolo Pachini, Léonardo Romoli
28 October, Wednesday, 7 pm, Dance Theatre
METROPOLIS
FRITZ LANG > MARTIN MATALON
Ensemble COURT-CIRCUIT (France)
French composer Martin Matalon created music for a famous film by Fritz Lang “Metropolis” (1927). Together with a movie, this music will be performed live by Court-Circuit, one of the leading contemporary music ensembles, under conducting of the author. Electronic part was prepared in cooperation with IRCAM. This multimedia project was commissioned by Théâtre du Châtelet Paris in 1995.
29 October, Wednesday, 7 pm, Museum of Applied Arts
KASKADOS TRIO. VILNIUS STRING QUARTET
With participation of the chamber choir JAUNA MUZIKA
Toru Takemitsu. Between Tides (Lithuanian premiere)
Vytautas Germanavičius. Flaking Archs (world premiere, commission of the GAIDA Festival)
Algimantas Kubiliūnas. Five Pieces for string quartet
Vytautas Laurušas. Wind of Dunes
Osvaldas Balakauskas. Quintet for piano and string quartet (world premiere)
Bronius Kutavičius. Sigitas‘ Five Miniatures (world premiere, commission of the GAIDA Festival)
30 October, Friday, 7 pm, Congress Concert Hall
CLOSING CONCERT OF THE FESTIVAL
LITHUANIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor PAUL MÄGI (Estonia)
Šarūnas Nakas. Resistance (world premiere, commission of the GAIDA Festival)
Johannes Maria Staud. On Comparative Meteorology (Lithuanian premiere)
Jurgis Juozapaitis. Sympho 2009 (world premiere, commission of the GAIDA Festival)
Michael Nyman. MGV / Musique à Grande Vitesse (Lithuanian premiere)
31 October, Saturday, 7 pm, National Gallery of Art
GAIDA POST SCRIPTUM
ST. CHRISTOPHER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductor DONATAS KATKUS
PETRAS GENIUŠAS (piano)
Vytautas Laurušas. Symphony X (world premiere, commission of the GAIDA Festival)
Remigijus Šileika. Concerto for piano and string orchestra
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki. Concerto for piano (or harpsichord) and string orchestra
Anatolijus Šenderovas. New work (world premiere, commission of the GAIDA Festival)
Julia Wolfe. Fuel (Lithuanian premiere)
