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Wien Modern Occupies Europe

Nov. 01, 2011

Wien Modern Occupies Europe

From October 28 to November 25, the annual Wien Modernfestival assumes the center of the contemporary music world in Europe. This year’s Vienna festival promises a cornucopia of new music from many Schott/EAM composers, a focus on British music with its "UK Collection" series, and a spotlight on home-grown Austrian masters with world premieres by Friedrich Cerha and Johannes Maria Staud. Composers featured include Thomas Adès, Luke Bedford, George Benjamin, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Beat Furrer, Georg Friedrich Haas, Jonathan Harvey, Oliver Knussen, György Ligeti and Matthias Pintscher.  

Over four weeks, Wien Modern spans an arch of sound comprising the latest musical developments across 14 different venues around Vienna. Austria and Britain assume the focus of this year's festival, which explores not only the differences, but also the similarities in the musical developments of both countries and their composers. Austria's grand seigneur Friedrich Cerha and his magnum opus Spiegel I-VII kicked off the proceedings on October 28 in a performance by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under Cornelius Meister.

A listing of selected events follows. For a complete program schedule, go to: www.wienmodern.at.

November 3 - Der Musikverein
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Johannes Kalitzke, conductor

Francis Burt
Morgana / Fünf Bilder für Orchester (1985-1986)
Johannes Maria Staud
Eine Ecke aus dem Polygon WORLD PREMIERE
Friedrich Cerha
Momente (2005)
Harrison Birtwistle
The Triumph of Time (1971-1972)

November 4 – Semper Depot
musikFabrik Ensemble
Enno Poppe, conductor

Harrison Birtwistle
Cortège / A ceremony for fourteen musicians in memory of Michael Vyner (2007)
Jonathan Harvey
Round the Star and Back (1974)
Climbing Frame (2005)

November 6 - Wiener Konzerthaus
Klangforum Wien
Jean Deroyer, conductor

PORTRAIT CONCERT
Beat Furrer
Matthias Pintscher

November 9 - Tanzquartier Wien
PHACE | contemporary music ensemble
Roland Rauschmeier, director
Martin Schwab, lighting
Simeon Pironkoff, conductor

Johannes Maria Staud
Tableaux Vivants (2011) WORLD PREMIERE

November 18 - Wiener Konzerthaus / Berio Hall
oesterreichisches ensemble für neue musik

Hideto Nomura, conductor Dirigent

Luke Bedford
slow music (2005
Jonathan Harvey
String trio (2005)
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Five Processionals (2008)
Oliver Knussen
Songs Without Voices (four pieces for 8 players) (1991-1992)

November 19 - Alte Schmiede
Andreas Teufel, piano

Friedrich Cerha
Netzwerk-Fantasie (1988)
György Ligeti
Vertige, from “Piano Etudes, Book 2, No. 9 (1988-1994)

November 20 - Wiener Konzerthaus
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
James MacMillan, conductor

Harrison Birtwistle
An Imaginary Landscape (1971)
Friedrich Cerha
Like a Tragicomedy (2008-2009)

November 21 - Der Musikverein
Ensemble Kontrapunkte
Peter Keuschnig, conductor

Friedrich Cerha
Curriculum (1971-1972)
Divertimento (1948/1954)

November 23 - Wiener Konzerthaus
Marino Formenti, piano

Friedrich Cerha
Für Marino (gestörte Meditation) WORLD PREMIERE

November 23 - Wiener Konzerthaus
Klangforum Wien
Emilio Pomárico, conductor

Francis Burt
Mohn und Gedächtnis WORLD PREMIERE
Friedrich Cerha
Les Adieux (Elegie) (Neufassung)
Bruchstück, geträumt (2009) (2005/2007)
Für K (1993)
Georg Friedrich Haas
Monodie (1999)

November 25 - Wiener Konzerthaus
Vienna Philharmonic
Peter Eötvös, conductor

Friedrich Cerha
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (2007-2008)
Georg Friedrich Haas
Opus 68 / Eine Orchestrierung der Sonate Nr. 9 von Alexander Skriabin (2003)
Poème (2005)

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