IX. ročník festivalu MELOS-ETHOS :: Program 2007

Opening Concert

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (SK) more info

The Bratislava Choir (SK) more info

František Ďuriač – speaker

Marián Bulla – speaker

Carole Farley

Milan Radič (1965) – viola more info (SK)

José Serebrier (1938) – conductor

Zeljenka Ilja (1932 - 2007) more info

Oświęcim cantata for 2 speakers, 2 choirs and orchestra (1959)

Barber Samuel (1910 - 1981)

Andromache’s Farewell concert aria for soprano and orchestra, op. 39 (1962) (premiere)

Kancheli Giya (1935)

Mourned by the Wind liturgy for orchestra and viola (1989) (premiere)

Molto largo

Allegro moderato

Larghetto

Andante maestoso

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

Juraj Čižmarovič (1962) – violin more info (SK)

Ján Slávik – cello more info (SK)

Milan Radič (1965) – viola more info (SK)

Magdaléna Bajuszová – piano more info (SK)

Vladimír Godár – piano (SK)

Zeljenka Ilja (1932 - 2007) more info

Sonata No. 23 for piano (2004) (world premiere)

Larghetto

Allegro energico

Andante tranquillo

Presto

Zeljenka Ilja (1932 - 2007) more info

Sonata for cello and piano (1998)

Largo cantabile

Dramatico

Zeljenka Ilja (1932 - 2007) more info

Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 (1999)

Andante risoluto

Adagio cantabile (intermezzo)

Con brio

Kancheli Giya (1935)

Time… and again for violin and piano (1996) (premiere)

Kancheli Giya (1935)

Piano quartet In L’istesso tempo (1997) (premiere)

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

Melos Ethos Ensemble (SK) more info

Mária Henselová – alto (solo voice) more info

Eva Šušková

Ján Rusko – speaker more info

Daniel Gazon – conductor (BE)

Podprocký Jozef (1944) more info

Quasi una fantasia – Metamorphoses for chamber ensemble (2007) (world premiere)

Groll Peter (1974)

Megane – The Melos Ethos Music (2007) (world premiere)

Bokes Vladimír (1946) more info

Sequence for 9 instruments (1965) (world premiere)

Oliveira Bachratá Petra (1975) more info

Subjective Risk... No Alternative (2007) (world premiere)

Berio Luciano (1925 - 2003)

O King (1968) (premiere)

Ustvolskaya Galina (1919 - 2006)

Symphony No. 4 – Prayer for mezzosoprano, trumpet, tam-tam and piano (1987) (premiere)

Ustvolskaya Galina (1919 - 2006)

Symphony No. 5 – Amen for speaker, oboe, trumpet, tube, violin and percussion (1990) (premiere)

Ligeti György (1923 - 2006)

Kammerkonzert for 13 players (1970) (premiere)

Corrente (Fliessend)

Calmo, sostenuto

Movimento preciso e meccanico

Presto

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

Daniel Buranovský – piano recital more info

Bázlik Miro (1931) more info

24 preludes pour piano (1981 – 1984)

1 Promenade

2 Le Fleuve déchaîné

3 Le Mont d´argent

4 Les Cloches

5 La Belle

6 Enterrement d´un petit oiseau

7 Les amis

8 Adieu muet

9 Rêve

10 Vaine attente

11 Danse de Fée

12 Séparation

13 Le tournesol

14 Les pruneliers

15 Vent et feuillage

16 Valse inachevée

17 Election de la reine la béauté

18 Le chevalier solitaire

19 Simple mélodie

20 Tisons activés

21 Don Quichotte

22 Retours éternels

23 L´échelle au ciel

24 Long voyage

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Silvia Adamíková

Zuzana Biščáková, Vladislav Šarišský, Ondrej Olos – piano

Vladimír Ondrejčák – guitar

Vítězslav Halas – violin

Júlia Urdová – viola

Katarína Zajacová – cello (SK)

Andrea Bošková – flute (SK)

Martin Mosorjak – clarinet

Ivana Psotková – accordion

Zuzana Žňavová – conductor

Lejava Marián (1976) more info

Dickinson-Songs for female voice and prepared piano (2003, rev. 2005)

Borzík Lukáš (1979) more info

Vergangene Zeiten (2007) (world premiere)

Koňakovská Lucia (1975) more info

Solo for cello (2005)

Milakovič Boško (1973) more info

Losing My Religion… (2002)

Papanetzová Lucia (1978) more info

Shades sonata for violin and piano (2005)

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

Cappella Istropolitana, chamber orchestra of the City of Bratislava (SK) more info

Female Vocal Octet (SK)

Juraj Čižmarovič (1962) – violin more info (SK)

Michal Zpěvák – soprano saxophone

Jakub Kokavec

Kancheli Giya (1935)

Life without Christmas (premiere)

Kancheli Giya (1935)

Morning Prayers 1st cast “Life without Christmas” (1990)

Kancheli Giya (1935)

Midday Prayers 2nd cast “Life without Christmas” (1991)

Kancheli Giya (1935)

Evening Prayers 3rd cast “Life without Christmas” (1991)

Kancheli Giya (1935)

Night Prayers 4th cast “Life without Christmas” (1992)

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

Veronika Lacková – piano recital more info

Beneš Juraj (1940 - 2004) more info

Sonata No. 5 for piano (1985)

Beneš Juraj (1940 - 2004) more info

Notturno No. 1 (1989)

Beneš Juraj (1940 - 2004) more info

Notturno No. 2 (1992)

Beneš Juraj (1940 - 2004) more info

Notturno No. 3 (1992)

Beneš Juraj (1940 - 2004) more info

Notturno No. 5 (1997)

Beneš Juraj (1940 - 2004) more info

Notturno No. 6 (2000) (world premiere)

Beneš Juraj (1940 - 2004) more info

Notturno No. 7 (2000)

Beneš Juraj (1940 - 2004) more info

Notturno No. 8 (2000)

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

Sunday Matinees in the Mirbach Palace

Moyzes Quartet (SK) more info

Sixta Jozef (1940 - 2007) more info

String Quartet No. 2 (1984)

Parík Ivan (1936 - 2005) more info

Music for Miloš Urbásek for string quartet (1981)

Martinček Dušan (1936 - 2006) more info

String Quartet (1982 - 1985)

Hrušovský Ivan (1927 - 2001) more info

String Quartet No. 3 (1995)

Concert in cooperation with Slovak Composer Society

Matej Drlička – clarinet more info (SK)

Masahiko Shiraki – percussion

Jana Illéšová-Černá – violin

Dagmar Kamenská – flute

Eva Páleníková – accordion

Zuzana Biščáková – piano (SK)

Jaroslav Kocůrek – trumpet

O. Belešová, P. Fornayová, M. Horná, B. Kelíšková, T. Pisár, M. Shiraki, J. Talostan – actor

Viliam Klimáček – director

Miloš Betko – Juraj Hatrík

Here – And – There (Vector mizanscenes)

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

Roger Muraro - piano recital

Messiaen Olivier (1908 - 1992)

Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus (Twenty Contemplations on the Infant Jesus) (1944)

1. Regard du Père

2. Regard de l’Étoile

3. L’Échange

4. Regard de la Vierge

5. Regard du Fils sur le Fils

6. Par lui tout a été fait

7. Regard de la croix

8. Regard des hauteurs

9. Regard du temps

10. Regard de l’esprit de joie

11. Première communion de la Vierge

12. La Parole toute-puissante

13. Noël

14. Regard des anges

15. Le baiser de l’enfant Jésus

16. Regard des prophètes, des bergers et des mages

17. Regard du silence

18. Regard de l’onction terrible

19. Je dors, mais mon coeur veille

20. Regard de l’Église d’amour

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

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

Adriana Antalová – harp more info (SK)

Peter Kosorin – percussion more info

Richard Gašpar – double bass

Peter Kajan – bassoon more info

Judith Izsáková – harpsichord (SK)

Marek Štrpka – (tubular) bells

Kancheli Giya (1935)

Nach dem Weinen (1994) (premiere)

Burlas Martin (1955) more info

Rupturology (2007) (world premiere)

Knajfel Alexander (1943)

Lamento (1967/1987) (premiere)

Falik Jurij (1936)

Composition (1979) (premiere)

Slonimsky Sergey (1932)

Chromatičeskij rasspev (1964) (premiere)

Tavener John (1944)

Threnos (1990) (premiere)

Schnittke Alfred (1934 - 1998)

Hymns for cello and chamber orchestra (1974 – 1979) (premiere)

Schnittke Alfred (1934 - 1998)

Hymn I for cello, harp and timpani (1974) (premiere)

Schnittke Alfred (1934 - 1998)

Hymn II for cello and double bass (1974) (premiere)

Schnittke Alfred (1934 - 1998)

Hymn III for cello, bassoon, cembalo, tubing bells and timpani (1974) (premiere)

Schnittke Alfred (1934 - 1998)

Hymn IV for cello, bassoon, double bass, cembalo, harp, timpani and tubing bells (1974/1979) (premiere)

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

Zwiebel Quartet (SK) more info

Ligeti György (1923 - 2006)

String Quartet No. 1 (Metamorphoses Nocturnes) (1954) (premiere)

Buffa Ivan (1979) more info

String Quartet (2006)

Crumb George (1929)

Black Angels (1970) (premiere)

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

Vocal concert

Bratislava Conservatory Choir (SK) more info

Slovak Chamber Orchestra of Bohdan Warchal (SK) more info

Andrew Parrott – conductor

Maroš Klátik (1983) – piano (SK)

Sylvia Urdová – organ

Ivana Pristašová – violin more info (SK)

Michal Sťahel – cello more info (SK)

Stravinsky Igor (1882 - 1971)

Bogorodice Devo (1934)

Górecki Henryk Mikołaj (1933 - 2010)

Amen for choir a cappella, op. 34 (1975)

Pärt Arvo (1935)

Festina lente for string orchestra and harp (1988/1990) (premiere)

Brough Harvey (1957)

Vespers (from Valete in Pace) for tenor, choir and organ (2004) (premiere)

Bicât Nick (1949)

Libera me, Domine (from Requiem – Songs in Memory) (2005) (premiere)

Zeljenka Ilja (1932 - 2007) more info

Elegy for solo violin and string orchestra (1972)

Tavener John (1944)

Chant for solo cello (1995) (premiere)

Pärt Arvo (1935)

Beatitudines (1991/2001) (premiere)

Tavener John (1944)

Song for Athene for a cappella choir (1993)

Tavener John (1944)

Eternal Memory for cello and string orchestra (1991) (premiere)

Schnittke Alfred (1934 - 1998)

Gospodi, Gospodi Iisuse (1984) (premiere)

Pärt Arvo (1935)

Magnificat (1989)

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

Les Percussions de Strasbourg (FR)

Varèse Edgard (1883 - 1965)

Ionisation (1930 – 1931)

Cage John (1912 - 1992)

First Construction in Metal (1939)

Dalbavie Marc-André (1961)

Chant, récitation, danse (2007) (premiere)

Grisey Gérard (1946 - 1998)

Tempus ex machina (1979)

Mâche François Bernard (1935)

Aera (1978) (premiere)

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

Ivan Buffa – piano recital

Berger Roman (1930) more info

Five studies (1960)

1. Preludium

2. Meditation

3. Canon

4. Intermezzo

5. Capriccio – 1959–1960

Berger Roman (1930) more info

Sonata 1960 (1960)

Berger Roman (1930) more info

(1971)

1. Andante con tristezza

2. Allegro deciso

3. Veloce

4. Adagio inquieto

Berger Roman (1930) more info

Soft (November – Music I) (1989)

Berger Roman (1930) more info

Semplice (2000)

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.

Closing Concert

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (SK) more info

Zsolt Nagy – conductor

Eötvös Peter (1944)

zeroPoints (1999) (premiere)

Berger Roman (1930) more info

Musica pro defunctis (2006) (premiere)

Adagio. Delicamente

Adagio sostenuto

Adagio misterioso

Corale. Adagio devoto

Varèse Edgard (1883 - 1965)

Amériques (1918 - 1921/R1928) (premiere)

Student, pensioner and handicapped discount 50 %.