V. ročník festivalu MELOS-ETHOS :: Program 1999

Cracow Philharmonic Choir (PL)

Teresa Majka - choirmaster

Bratislava Boys’ Choir (SK) more info

Magdaléna Rovňáková - choirmaster

Krzysztof Penderecki – conductor (PL)

Adriana Kohútková (SK)

Jana Valášková (SK)

Marta Beňačková – alto (solo voice) (SK)

Adam Zdunikowski – tenor (solo voice) (PL)

Radosław Żukowski – bass (solo voice) (PL)

Penderecki Krzysztof (1933)

Credo for soli, children’s chorus, mixed chorus and orchestra (1997/1998)

Portrait of Petr Eben

Ján Vladimír Michalko – organ more info (SK)

Libor Cabejšek – percussion (SK)

Ladislav Chudík – speaker (SK)

Eben Petr (1929 - 2007)

Job (1987)

I. Destiny

II. Faith

III. Acceptance of Suffering

IV. LOnging for Death

V. Despair and Resignation

VI. Mystery of Creation

VII. Penitence and Realisation

VIII. God’s Reward

Eben Petr (1929 - 2007)

Landscapes of Patmos for organ and percussion (1984)

Concorde (FR)

Jane O’Leary - piano, artistic director

Madeleine Staunton - flute

Paul Roe - clarinet

Elaine Clark - violin

David James - cello

Richard O’Donnel - percussion

Hamilton Andrew (1979)

Tree for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, marimba and piano (1997)

O’Leary Jane (1998)

Into the Wordless for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1998)

Kinsella John (1996)

Symphony for Five for flute, clarinet, violin, cello in three movements (1996)

Bokes Vladimír (1946) more info

Musica stricta for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1999) (world premiere)

McKay Deirdre (1972)

through still pollen (1998)

Gardner Stephen (1958)

You Never Know What’s Round the Corner for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano in three movements (1999)

Musica Danubiana

Moyzes Quartet (SK) more info

Stanislav Mucha - 1st violin

František Török - 2nd violin

Alexander Lakatoš - viola

Ján Slávik - cello

Ivana Pristašová – violin (SK)

Ronald Šebesta – clarinet (SK)

Nora Skuta (1967) – piano more info (SK)

Enikő Ginzery – cimbalom more info

Elena Denisova – violin (RU)

Gustáv Beláček – bass (solo voice) more info (SK)

Petrić Ivo (1931)

Phantasies and Nocturnes (1986)

Beneš Juraj (1940 - 2004) more info

Haiku (1999) (world premiere)

Georgescu Corneliu Dan (1938)

String Quartet No 3 ("Composition with Grey and Black") (1984)

Hatrík Juraj (1941) more info

The Lost Children music for string quartet and bass (playing on childern’s instruments) (1993)

1. Prologue and Arioso I

2. Allegro grazioso (Run to hide)

3. Arioso II

4. Moderato teneramente (Stay still...)

5. Agitato (Cross the fence!)

6. Arioso III and Epilogue

Kaufmann Dieter (1926)

Paganihilismo Acousmatic variations on three fragments of the Sautet-Cadence of the first violin concert by Niccolò Paganini for violin soloist and channel sound installation after original recordings by Elena Denisova (1998)

Doubleportrait Kurtág - Spasov

Moyzes Quartet (SK) more info

Stanislav Mucha - 1st violin

František Török - 2nd violin

Alexander Lakatoš - viola

Ján Slávik - cello

Csaba Klenyán – clarinet (HU)

Enikő Ginzery – cimbalom more info

Andrea Csereklyei (HU)

Jozef Lupták (1969) – cello more info (SK)

Tomáš Janošík – flute (SK)

Mikuláš Škuta – piano more info (SK)

Tamas Waliczky (HU)

Kurtág György (1926)

Capriccio for bass clarinet (rev. 1993)

Kurtág György (1926)

The words have unfaithfully deserted me... (Hozzám, már hütlen lettek a szavak ) for bass clarinet (1985)

Kurtág György (1926)

Tre pezzi per clarinetto e cimbalom, Op. 38 (1996)

Kurtág György (1926)

Tre altre pezzi per clarinetto e cimbalom, Op. 38 a (1996)

Kurtág György (1926)

Splinters / Szálkál, Op. 6c for cimbalom (1973)

Kurtág György (1926)

Seven Songs / Hét dal, Op. 22 to poems by Amy Károlyi and a haiku by Kobayashi Issa in the Hungarian translation of Dezső Tandori for soprano and cimbalom (1981 - 1983)

Kurtág György (1926)

Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky, Op. 28 for string quartet (1988 - 1989)

Spassov Bojidar (1949)

Ode for cello (1981)

Spassov Bojidar (1949)

Fiato continuo I for flute and tape (1998)

Spassov Bojidar (1949)

Wasserfälle (1991)

Spassov Bojidar (1949)

Asylphonia play for computersounds and -pictures (1994/1995)

Animae Trio (CH)

Jean-Christophe Gawrysiak - violin

Dieter Hilpert - cello

Tomas Dratva - piano

Hatrík Juraj (1941) more info

Once Upon a Time, There Was a Silence for violin, cello and piano (1988)

Mettraux Laurent (1970)

Trio for violin, cello and piano M. 520 dedicated to Animae Trio (1995 - 1996) (world premiere)

Introduzione (teso e quasi pesante)

Scherzando furioso - misterioso - tempo del scherzando - nostalgico

Molto lento - più animato - molto lento

Krajči Mirko (1968) more info

Preludium, Toccata and Fugue (1993) (world premiere)

Kagel Mauricio (1931 - 2008)

Trio in Three Movements (1984 - 1986)

I. Largo - Andantino - Adagio - Larghetto - Moderato

II. Allegretto - Larghetto - Allegretto - feroce - Presto

III. Andantino - Adagio - Allegretto - Presto - Walzer, molto rubato - Andantino rubato - Allegretto

Kroumata ensemble (SE)

Roger Bergström

Anders Holdar

Leif Karlsson

Anders Loguin

Johan Silvmark

John Eriksson

Sandström Sven-David (1942)

Spring Music (1998)

Chini André (1945)

Le chant des coquillages (1997)

Zeljenka Ilja (1932 - 2007) more info

Prologo e Barbaro per percussioni (1999) (world premiere)

Takemitsu Toru (1930 - 1996)

Rain-Tree (1981)

Wallin Rolf (1957)

Stonewave (1990)

Opera Aperta ensemble (SK) more info

Ivana Pristašová - violin

Peter Šesták - viola

Ronald Šebesta - clarinet

Jozef Lupták - cello

Eleonóra Škutová - piano

Vladimír Zboroň – speaker (SK)

Wolff Christian (1934)

Eisler Ensemble Piece for clarinet / bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1984)

For Cornelius

Dig a Hole in the Meadow

Matej Daniel (1963) more info

Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein... (Three-In-One No. 2) for violin, viola and cello (1999) (world premiere)

Fox Christopher (1955)

Straight Lines in Broken Times for violin, clarinet and piano (1992)

Burlas Martin (1955) more info

A Redundant Shudder for violin, clarinet and piano (1999) (world premiere)

Hymn of the fighters’ for garages

Dutch auction

A redundant shudder

Dutch pavement

Mahler Gustav (1860 - 1911)

Quartet a minor for piano, violin, viola and cello (1986)

Nicht zu schnell. Entschlossen (1. movement)

Schnittke Alfred (1934 - 1998)

Piano Quartet (after the fragment of Mahler’s Piano Quartet) for violin, viola and cello (1988)

Zagar Peter (1961) more info

A Blumenthal Dance No. 2 for violin, viola, cello, clarinet and piano (1999) (world premiere)

Sciarrino Salvatore (1947)

Centauro marino for violin, viola, cello, clarinet and piano (1984)

Intervalles (FR)

Bernard Wystraete - flute

Antony Marschutz - clarinet

Frédéric Guerouet - cello

Véronique Briel - piano

Denisa Benčová – guitar (SK)

Andrej Rusnák – vibraphone (SK)

Bosseur Jean Yves (1947)

Création En Quete de Tango for flute, clarinet, cello and piano (1994)

Varèse Edgard (1883 - 1965)

Densité 21,5 for solo flute (1936)

Scelsi Giacinto (1905 - 1988)

Ko-Lho for flute and clarinet (1966)

Wystraete Bernard (1942)

Vacilaçao e dança for flute, clarinet, cello and piano

Gismonti Egberto

Cherubin

Campana Jose Luis (1949)

Création pour quatuor (commande d’Etat)

Krák Egon (1958) more info

Lettres de mon moulin 20’ for flute, clarinet, cello, guitar, vibraphone and piano (1999) (world premiere)

The Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina (SK) more info

Leoš Svárovský – conductor (CZ)

Daniela Varínska – piano more info (SK)

Ivana Pristašová – violin (SK)

Beneš Juraj (1940 - 2004) more info

Music to J. S. (1985)

Nyman Michael (1944)

Concerto for amplified harpsichord and strings (1995)

Godár Vladimír (1956) more info

Emmeleia for violin and chamber orchestra (1994/1995) (world premiere)

Schnittke Alfred (1934 - 1998)

Trio sonata arr. for string orchestra by Yuri Bashmet (1985)

Percussion Plus (CZ)

Amy Lynn Barber - percussion

Albert Hrubovčák - trombone

Boris Lenko - accordion

Paulette Herbich - alto

Peter Šesták - viola

Peter Kosorín, ml. - percussion

Anton Zajaček - percussion

Richard Mrázik - percussion

Fürst Paul Walter (1926)

Tromboncussion for trombone and 2 percussion instruments

Zagar Peter (1961) more info

A Blumenthal Dance No. 1 (1999) (world premiere)

Szeghy Iris (1956) more info

Ha meghalok (When I Die) for voice and percussion (world premiere)

Haas Georg Friedrich (1953)

... kein Ort für Begegnung for accordion and percussion

Blendiger Herbert (1936)

Dialogue for Viola and Percussion

Šimai Pavol (1930) more info

Schieläugige Zeugen / Squint-eyed witnesses) for alto, trombone and 3 percussion players

Vergebens (Vainly)

Wie viele Heimatländer (How many homelands)

O der weinenden Kinder Nacht! (O night of crying children)

Wenn im Vorsommer (When in late spring)

Jordana Palovičová – piano more info (SK)

Július Klein – clarinet (SK)

Monika Štreitová-Popelářová – flute (CZ)

Nora Skuta (1967) – piano more info (SK)

Matej Drlička – clarinet (SK)

Radoslav Šašina – double bass (SK)

Dana Šašinová – piano more info (SK)

Domanský Hanuš (1944) more info

Sonata-fantasia "Eternal Song" for piano (1998)

Podprocký Jozef (1944) more info

Two Choral Meditations, Op. 41 for clarinet solo (1998)

Bokes Vladimír (1946) more info

Capriccio for flute and piano, Op. 64 (1995)

Zeljenka Ilja (1932 - 2007) more info

Sonata for clarinet and piano (1998)

Con passione, insistende

Grave

Giocoso

Bachratá Petra (1975) more info

Ontogenesis (1997)

Piaček Marek (1972) more info

Jar prišla... / Spring has come... (1998)

Beth Griffith (CA)

Nora Skuta (1967) – piano more info (SK)

Jozef Lupták (1969) – cello more info (SK)

Alexander Lakatoš – viola (SK)

Radoslav Šašina – double bass (SK)

Daniel Matej – speaker (SK)

Schweinitz Wolfgang von (1953)

Sehr kleiner Drachen, Op. 32

Szeghy Iris (1956) more info

Psalm for solo voice on words by Paul Celan (1993)

Bokes Vladimír (1946) more info

Preludes and Fugues for piano, Op. 53 (1985 - 1989)

Prelude – Fugue B flat major

Prelude – Fugue F major

Prelude – Fugue D flat major

Prfelude – Fugue g minor

Schnebel Dieter (1930)

Lieder ohne Worte

Meis Susanne (1965)

Orthopädische Lieder (1994)

Münz Harold (1965)

Parkfiguren a lyric moment with German-Sorbian text by Róža Domašcyna (1996)

Jeney Zoltán (1943)

Miserere mei, Deus

Cage John (1912 - 1992)

She is Asleep

Szeghy Iris (1956) more info

Ave Maria for voice, viola, cello and double bass (1992)

Virtuosos of Lvov (UA)

Volodymir Duda - artistic director

Marián Lapšanský – piano more info (SK)

Gabuniya Nodar

Elegy for chamber orchestra (1970/1981)

Zeljenka Ilja (1932 - 2007) more info

Concertino for piano and strings (1997) (world premiere)

Con brio, risoluto

Meditativo

Leggiero giocoso

Irshai Evgeny (1951) more info

Anagram on the name Ernst Bloch for string orchestra (1994)

Silvestrov Valentin (1937)

Serenade (1978)

Kozarenko Alexandr (1963)

Sinfonia estravaganza

Storstrøms Kammerensemble (DK)

Geir Drausvoll - accordion

Svend Melbye - flute

Eva Åberg - clarinet

Gunnar Eckhoff - bassoon

Paul Terracini - trumpet

Søren Elbaek - violin

Piotr Zelazny - viola

Anne Turner - cello

Maria Boelskov-Sørensen - harp

Jakob Westh - piano

Henrik Vagn Christensen – conductor (DK)

Marthinsen Niels (1963)

A Bright Kind od High for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, harp and piano (1996)

Buck Ole (1945)

Fiori di ghiaccio for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, harp and piano (1999)

Rosing-Schow Niels (1954)

Granito y Arco Iris Concertino da cámera para accordeon y nueve instrumentos (accordion, flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, harp and piano) (1999)

Mihalič Alexander (1963) more info

Phaestos Disk A II for flute / alto flute, clarinet / bass clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and piano (1999) (world premiere)

Siegel Wayne (1953)

Concerto for Trumpet and Ensemble “Millennium Café” for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, harp and piano (1999)

Agon ensemble (CZ)

Petr Kofroň – conductor (CZ)

Tomáš Bartůněk (CZ)

Jaroslav Ceremek – actor (CZ)

James Clark – tenor (solo voice) (US)

Jan Malík – actor (CZ)

Jitka Svobodová (CZ)

Petra Hauerová (CZ)

Lukáš Hynek-Krämer – actor

Jiří Hruška – actor (CZ)

Glass Philip (1937)

The Fall of the House of Usher A cult minimalist opera in a prologue and two acts on a libretto by Arthur Yorinks after the story of the same title by Edgar Alan Poe.

Storstrøms Kammerensemble (DK)

Geir Drausvoll - accordion

Svend Melbye - flute

Eva Åberg - clarinet

Gunnar Eckhoff - bassoon

Paul Terracini - trumpet

Søren Elbaek - violin

Piotr Zelazny - viola

Anne Turner - cello

Maria Boelskov-Sørensen - harp

Jakob Westh - piano

Henrik Vagn Christensen – conductor (DK)

Tómasson Haukur

Quartet II for clarinet, violin, viola and piano (1989)

Fundal Karsten (1966)

The Wings of a Butterfly for clarinet, violin, viola and accordion (1996 - 1997)

Pedersen Gunnar Møller (1943)

Periphery Four pieces for solo trumpet (1993)

I. intro for slid trumpet

II. ALFIO

III. the lost unit

IV. finale for slide trumpet

Hellstenius Henrik (1963)

Søkk for solo accordion and tape (1990 - 1991)

Kaipainen Jouni (1956)

Andamento – Trio II for flute, bassoon and piano (1985 - 1986)

Per Nørgård / Hanne Methling

Hermit Crab Tango (1998)

Nørgård Per (1932)

Tortoise Tango for flute, clarinet / bassclarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, harp, accordion and pianoarr, Niels Rosing-Schow (1984)

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (SK) more info

Róbert Stankovský – conductor (SK)

Adriana Kohútková (SK)

Jiří Bárta – cello (CZ)

Betko Miloš (1964) more info

A Movement According to Dionýz D. (1988) (world premiere)

Schnittke Alfred (1934 - 1998)

Concerto No. 1 for violoncello and orchestra (1985 - 1986)

Pesante. Moderato

Largo

Allegro vivace

Largo

Bázlik Miro (1931) more info

Introitus (world premiere)

Prologue

De profundis

Storstrøms Kammerensemble (DK)

Geir Drausvoll - accordion

Svend Melbye - flute

Eva Åberg - clarinet

Gunnar Eckhoff - bassoon

Paul Terracini - trumpet

Søren Elbaek - violin

Piotr Zelazny - viola

Anne Turner - cello

Maria Boelskov-Sørensen - harp

Jakob Westh - piano

Henrik Vagn Christensen – conductor (DK)

Nielsen Carl (1864 - 1931)

Humoreske-Bagateller, arr. Niels Rosing-Show for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, harp and piano (1895)

I. Hello!, Hello!

II. The Spinning Top

III. A short slow Waltz

IV. Jumping Jack

V. Doll’s March

VI. The musical Clock

Mihalič Alexander (1963) more info

Phaestos Disk A II for flute / alto flute, clarinet / bass clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and piano (1999)

Per Nørgård / Hanne Methling

Hermit Crab Tango (1998)

Nørgård Per (1932)

Tortoise Tango for flute, clarinet / bassclarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, harp, accordion and pianoarr, Niels Rosing-Schow (1984)

Buck Ole (1945)

Fiori di ghiaccio for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, harp and piano (1999)

Piazzolla Astor (1921 - 1992)

Histoire du tango Nr. 1 - 3 for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, harp and piano

I. Casa pública 1990

II. Café 1930

III. Nightclub 1960