Program

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Sun 26/ 08

OPENING CONCERT
19:00 Dům kultury města Ostravy / Philharmonic Hall

Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Curtis, violoncello
Petr Kotík, conductor
Muhal Richard Abrams | Mergertone | 2006/07 | premiere
František Chaloupka* | An Ancient Calligraphy | 2006/07 | premiere
Christian Wolff | Orchestra: Pieces | 2005
Kaija Saariaho | Orion | 2005
Morton Feldman | Cello and Orchestra | 1972
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Mon 27/ 08

EARLY 1960s IN PRAGUE
17:00 Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava

Melos Ethos Ensemble
Petr Kotík, flute
Daan Vandewalle, piano
Marián Lejava, conductor
Jan Rychlík | Relazioni | 1963
Petr Kotík | Kontrapunkt II | 1962/63
Rudolf Komorous | Olympia | 1964
Marek Kopelent | Hudba pro 5 | 1964
Vladimír Šrámek | 6 Minutových cvičení pro Petra Kotíka | 1961
Peter Kolman | Tři klavírní skladby na památku Arnolda Schönberga | 1960
Rudolf Komorous | Sladká královna | 1962
Ladislav Kupkovič | Mäso kríža | 1961/62

In partnership with Music Centre Slovakia

OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA I
20:00 Dům kultury města Ostravy / Philharmonic Hall

Ostravská banda
Petr Kotík, flute
Vilém Veverka, oboe
Joseph Kubera, piano
Daan Vandewalle, piano
Petr Kotík, conductor
Roland Kluttig, conductor
Peter Rundel, conductor
Luca Lombardi | Unison for oboe and Seven Instruments | 1980
Stefan Wolpe | Chamber Piece No. 1 | 1964
Christian Wolff | Nine | 1951
Chiyoko Szlavnics | Heliotrope (for Frank O'Hara) | 2007 | premiéra
Karlheinz Stockhausen | Zeitmaße | 1955/56
Vladimír Šrámek | 6 Minutových cvičení pro Petra Kotíka | 1961
Petr Kotík | Spontano | 1964
John Cage | Concert for Piano and Orchestra | 1957 | version for 2 pianos and 2 orchestras

DAAN VANDEWALLE PIANO RECITAL
22:15 Dům kultury města Ostravy / Philharmonic Hall

Daan Vandewalle, piano
Karel Goeyvaerts | Litanie No. 1 | 1979
Karlheinz Stockhausen | Klavierstücke 1-4 | 1952/53
Tamás Matkó* | Three Movements | 2006 | premiere
Cornelius Cardew | Thälmann Variations | 1974
Boudewijn Buckinx | Vele groetjes | 1991
Ferruccio Busoni | Indianisches Tagebuch | 1914
Mary Bellamy* | Celestine | 2002
Galina Ustvolskaya | Piano Sonata No. 5 (clusters) | 1986

With the support of the Flemish authorities
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Tue 28/ 08

MELOS ETHOS ENSEMBLE (BRATISLAVA)
17:00 Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava

Melos Ethos Ensemble
Marco Mazzini, clarinet
Marián Lejava, conductor
Jana Kmiťová | Rana | 2003/06
Stephen Gorbos* | Col Canto | 2007 | premiere
Katharine Soper* | As The Crow Flies | 2007
Nomi Epstein* | [Untitled] | 2007 | premiere
Kaija Saariaho | Cendres | 1998
Peter Kolman | Partecipazioni | 1962
Marián Lejava | Wrath | 2007 | premiere
Carlos Ordonez | El sonido mas obscuro | 2005

In partnership with Music Centre Slovakia

OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA II
19:30 Kostel sv. Václava / St. Wenceslas Church

Ostravská banda
Kvarteto sv. Vavřince, vocal quartet
Canticum Ostrava, mixed choir
Yurii Galatenko, director
Gayla Morgan, soprano
Steven Fox, countertenor, tenor
Yurii Galatenko, narrator
Petr Kotík, conductor
Roland Kluttig, conductor
Phill Niblock | 4 Chorch +1 | 2007 | premiere
Hildegard von Bingen | Ecclesia | 1151/58
Petr Kotík | Spheres and Attraction | 1981/2005
Juraj Kojs* | There He Stayed | 2007 | premiere
Richard Glover* | is without nothing | 2006 | premiere
James Orsher* | trinkets and titivation | 2006 | premiere
Máté Szigeti* | Kantate auf Wittgensteins Texte | 2005
Galina Ustvolskaya | Symphony No. 3 | 1983
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Wed 29/ 08

SONAR STREICH QUARTETT (BERLIN)
17:00 Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava

Sonar Streich Quartett
Susanne Zapf, violin
Gregor Dierck, violin
Nikolaus Schlierf, viola
Cosima Gerhard, violoncello
Helmut Lachenmann | "gran torso" | 1971
G. Douglas Barrett* | Surfaces I-IV | 2007 | premiere
Valentina Velkovska Trajanovska* | The Transfiguration | 2006
Scott McLaughlin* | 5 Bells for Elliott Carter | 2007 | premiere
Stefan Wolpe | Twelve Pieces for String Quartet | 1950
Helmut Zapf | sound | 1993

JANÁČEK PHILHARMONIC II
19:30 Dům kultury města Ostravy / Philharmonic Hall

Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Curtis, violoncello
Petr Kotík, conductor
Roland Kluttig, conductor
Jamie Meyer* | The Gist of the Mind Job | 2006 | premiere
Mathew Barnson* | Secondary Colors | 2006
Alvin Lucier | SLICES for cello and orchestra | 2007 | premiere
Petr Kotík | Asymmetric Landing | 2003
Bernd Alois Zimmermann | Symphony in one Movement | 1951
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Thu 30/ 08

17:00 Dům kultury města Ostravy / Phillharmonic Hall

Ostravská banda
Thomas Buckner, baritone
Petr Kotík, conductor
Peter Rundel, conductor
Ondřej Vrabec, conductor
Miroslav Srnka | Reservoirs | 2007 | premiere
Rafael Nassif* | noturno | 2006 | premiere
Somei Satoh | The Last Song | 2005
Michaela Plachká* | Darovals nám pokoj | 2006
Christian Wolff | Quodlibet | 2007 | premiere

SOLOS INTO THE NIGHT
21:00-24:00 Dům kultury města Ostravy / Philharmonic Hall

Muhal Richard Abrams, klavír
Joseph Kubera, piano
Daan Vandewalle, piano
Conrad Harris, violin
Robin Hayward, tuba
Muhal Richard Abrams | untitled | 2007 | premiere
Luigi Nono | Post-prae-ludium n. 1 "per Donau" | 1987
Alvin Lucier | Coda Variations | 2007
Iannis Xenakis | Dikhthas | 1979
Rudolf Komorous | Wu | 2002/03
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Fri 31/ 08

FLUXUS & ASSOCIATES
18:00 Dům kultury města Ostravy / Philharmonic Hall

With Ben Patterson & Milan Knížák
Works by
Ben Patterson
Yoko Ono
Milan Knížák
Emmett Williams
Terry Jennings
Taylan Susam*
John Lely*
Richard Maxfield
Jackson Mac Low
La Monte Young

FLUX QUARTET (NEW YORK)
21:00 Dům kultury města Ostravy / Philharmonic Hall

FLUX Quartet
Tom Chiu, violin
Conrad Harris, violin
Max Mandel, viola
Michael Block, violoncello
Conlon Nancarrow | String Quartet No. 3 | 1987
Mika Pelo* | Up, down, charm, strange | 2006
Kurt Weill | String Quartet No. 1 | 1923
Leroy Jenkins | Revival | 2004
György Ligeti | String Quartet No. 1 | 1953/54

This performance is funded in part by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., New York
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Sat 01/ 09

LAST CHANCE IN THE AFTERNOON
15:00 Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava

Ostravská banda & Guests
ODI Improvisation Ensemble
Joseph Kudirka* | Time and Harmony, for James Tenney | 2005
Michael Winter* | Streams I | 2006 | premiere
Daniel Vezza* | Flux | 2006
Sarah O'Halloran* | Break My Rusty Cage | 2006 | premiere
Christian Wolf | OUT - TAKE | 2005
Derek Muro* | a landslide of maps | 2005
Peter Graham | Secreta | 1995
Kyle Hillbrand* | Evaporation | 2006 | premiere
Carolyn Chen* | Rendition | 2007

ZÁVĚREČNÝ KONCERT / CLOSING CONCERT
19:00 Dům kultury města Ostravy / Philharmonic Hall

Ostravská banda
Hana Kotková, violin
Roland Kluttig, conductor
Petr Kotík, conductor
Ondřej Vrabec, conductor
Earle Brown | Available Forms I | 1962
Paulina Zalubska* | Impression | 2006
György Ligeti | Concert for Violin and Orchestra | 1990/92

Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
Martha Cluver, soprano
Peter Rundel, conductor
Pamela Hunter, visualization
Morton Feldman | Neither | 1977
Opera in one act on a text by Samuel Beckett for soprano and orchestra

In cooperation with media arts productions, Zűrich

* Resident-Student of Ostrava Days 2007 Institute
Program subject to change