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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Friday, February 3, 2006, 7:30 pm
Yamaha Hall
689 Fifth Avenue (at 54th street)
New York City
212-339-9995
Two New York-based composers, Craig H. Woodward and Lyudmila German in conjunction with Young Soloists of New York Chamber Society (YSNYCS) present their latest compositions. The two composers’ works are highly contrasting and include a virtuosic solo clarinet work, electrifying wind ensemble polyphony, and a contemporary version of a classical program piece: a trio each movement of which is based on impressions from a XXth century painting.
On the program: Conceptualize and Three Songs of Walt Whitman for soprano and piano, String Quartet, Ricochet for trombone, 2 clarinets and bass clarinet, Reflections on Time and Being for clarinet, viola and piano, Nostalgia of Things Abstract for clarinet solo, and Etude, Intermezzo, Nocturne for piano solo.
Tickets: $10 ($7 for students and seniors) at the door
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Monday, January 16, 2006
February 15, 2006 - VOX HUMANA
TALISKER PLAYERS
Present
VOX HUMANA
An exploration of the human voice as a pure instrument
Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 8PM
Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto
For Immediate Release - Toronto, January 13, 2006: Toronto’s Talisker Players return to Trinity St. Paul Centre on Wednesday, February 15 with a particularly innovative program consisting entirely of “songs without words”, or vocalises. The evening, entitled Vox Humana promises to divert and engage the winter-weary listener.
As a presenter of vocal chamber music, Talisker Players usually highlights the interaction of text and music, and the ability of each to illuminate the other. Vox Humana, featuring the ensemble along with guest artists Heidi Klann (soprano) and Vilma Indra Vitols (mezzo soprano), showcases the human voice as a pure musical instrument interacting with other instruments, and underscores its unique power to communicate even without words.
The concert includes the world premiere of Agon, a new work by the award-winning Toronto composer Abigail Richardson for two voices and string quartet. The title refers to a dramatic form from ancient Greece in which there is a verbal contest between two characters in a play. In this case the characters are the singers, and the string quartet plays the role of the Greek chorus, commenting on and also judging the drama, and eventually restoring harmony. This work was commissioned by the Talisker Players with the assistance of a grant from the Laidlaw Foundation.
Vox Humana also features a wide variety of composers from Canada and other countries, from a broad time-span and with many different combinations of instruments. Vocalises are usually thought of as exercises for singers, but the form has inspired many composers to write some of their most beautiful music. The concert includes works by Canadians Harry Freedman (for voice and flute); Michael C. Baker (voice, violin and piano); Miesczslaw Kolinski (voice, clarinet and piano) and Murray Adaskin (for voice, piano and percussion); and by international figures Ralph Vaughan Williams (voice and clarinet); André Previn (voice, cello and piano); Heitor Villa-Lobos (voice and violin); Morton Feldman (voice, violin and piano); Henry Cowell (voice, flute and piano) and David Diamond (voice and viola).
Canadian soprano Heidi Klann has performed extensively across North America and Europe, to the delight of critics and audiences alike. She is equally at home in opera, oratorio and recital. Her wide repertoire ranges from early baroque to contemporary: her credits include Buxtehude’s Magnificat, Bach’s St. John Passion, Handel’s Messiah and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass. Opera appearances include Monica in Menotti’s The Medium for the Orford Arts Festival, Clitoria in Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre, and Madame de Tourvel in Conrad Susa’s The Dangerous Liaisons at the Banff Centre for the Arts. A committed concert and recital artist, she has appeared with the Aldeburgh Connection in Toronto, the Spectrum Concert Series in Edmonton, and has premiered works written for her by Canadian composers James Rolfe, Andrew Ager, and Alain Beauchesne. A recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, Ms. Klann has been awarded, among others, the Luciano Pavarotti Scholarship, the Johann Strauss Foundation Scholarship, the Winspear Foundation Scholarship, and the Diane Thorssen Usher Award for Outstanding Vocalist. She was also a semi-finalist in the Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition.
After completing her M.A. in philosophy, mezzo-soprano Vilma Indra Vitols went on to full-time music studies at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. Operatic credits include the title role in Bizet’s Carmen for Summer Opera Lyric Theatre, Nancy in Britten’s Albert Herring with the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh, England, and Hansel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel with the Canadian Opera Company’s Outreach tour. She has appeared with Opera Atelier’s productions of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Lully's Persée and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in Toronto. She will return in 2006 for Die Zauberflöte (in Toronto and on tour in Asia). A frequent performer of new music, Vilma has had works written for her by several Canadian composers including John Hawkins and Talivaldis Kenins.
As always, this Talisker Players production includes the spoken word. The evening’s readings will be a lively selection of excerpts from treatises and memoirs about singers and the art of song, read by the well-known stage and television actor Jan Filips.
Vox Humana
Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 8 p.m. - Trinity St. Paul’s (427 Bloor Street West)
Heidi Klann, soprano; Vilma Indra Vitols, mezzo soprano
The Talisker Players with Peter Longworth, piano
Songs without words - an exploration of the human voice as a pure instrument
Music for voice with strings, winds, piano and percussion by R. Vaughan Williams,
André Previn, Harry Freedman, Murray Adaskin, Mieczyslaw Kolinski, David Diamond,
Henry Cowell, H. Villa-Lobos, Morton Feldman and Abigail Richardson
TICKET INFORMATION
Individual tickets: $25 / $20 (seniors) / $10 (students)
Tel: 416-466-1800
Email: words.music@taliskerplayers.ca
www.taliskerplayers.ca
Upcoming: An die Musik, Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 8 PM, starring Anne Grimm, soprano and Marion Newman, mezzo soprano; The Talisker Players with Peter Longworth, piano
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February 5, 2006 Playing in tongues
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Toronto, January 12, 2006
PLEASE ADD TO YOUR LISTINGS THROUGH TO FEBRUARY 5, 2006
Playing in Tongues
A snapshot of the Canadian Music Scene
Sunday, February 5 at 8pm at the Music Gallery, St. George the Martyr
Continuum presents the second concert in its 20th anniversary season, Playing in Tongues, a snapshot of the Canadian scene featuring world premieres by three of our most original composers — Peter Hatch, Michael Oesterle and Patrick Saint-Denis. Taking form and technique to the breaking point, Hatch and Saint-Denis play with theatre and virtuosity in works for full ensemble while Oesterle reflects on the past in his monumental new duo for violin and piano. The program also includes Meet Café, by Argentinean-American Fernando Benadon. The work was selected through Continuum's 2003 International Call for Scores*. Playing in Tongues, featuring the Continuum Ensemble with conductor Robin Engelman takes place Sunday, February 5 at 8pm at the Music Gallery, St. George the Martyr.
Peter Hatch’s Five Memos alludes to Italo Calvino’s writing with a series of theatrical tableaux in which the ensemble fade in and out of darkness. Incorporating “some unusual behaviour from the players”, Hatch plays with the conventions which separate the rehearsal room from the concert hall. The new work follows in a long line of theatrical and multi-media creations, stemming from his interest in extending traditional concert music performance practices and from collaborations with director David McMurray Smith, architect Dereck Revington and choreographers David Earle and Bill James. Active as a curator and artistic director, Hatch is currently Artistic Director of the Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound. He is also Professor and coordinator of the composition programme at The Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University.
Young Québécois composer Patrick Saint-Denis won the prestigious Jules-Léger Prize in 2004. He cites creative influences ranging from composers Charles Ives, Anton Webern and Gérard Grisey to Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaker, director Robert Lepage, and writer Peter Handke. His new work for Continuum, Zone Confortable, features an ambient CD part derived from the Québec-Expo 2004. Born in Quebec City in 1975, Saint-Denis studied composition at conservatories in Quebec City, Montreal and The Hague, where his teachers included Serge Provost, Clarence Barlow and Louis Andriessen. His music has been played at many festivals, including the International Gaudeamus Music Week (The Netherlands, 2003, 2004), Montreal Nouvelles Musiques (Canada, 2005) and the ISCM World Music Days in Zagreb (Croatia, 2005).
Michael Oesterle envisages his monumental duo for violin and piano, Heuristic Imitations, as a “bridge between aesthetic models... The piece’s ornamentation draws from the ‘lightness’ of the Romantic period’s intimate, and somehow mundane, salon aesthetic.” However, “what appears to be ornamentation, are in fact fragments of a pre-existing architecture…” One of the leading composers of his generation, Oesterle won the international Gaudeamus Prize in 1995, the Grand Prize at the 12th CBC Radio National Competition for Young Composers, and the Jules-Léger Prize in 1998. Oesterle's works have been performed by ensembles including the Ives Ensemble, Quatuor Bozzini, Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal (ECM), the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain (Paris), the Chicago Civic Orchestra, les Percussions de Strasbourg, and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He has produced projects in collaboration with German composer Gerhard Staebler, violinist Clemens Merkel, painters Christine Unger and video/installation artist Wanda Koop. Currently, he is developing the music for a film by animator Christopher Hinton, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
Meet Café, by Argentinean composer Fernando Benadon, takes its title from a passage in William Burroughs’ novel Naked Lunch and was inspired by the novel’s “recklessness, intensity, nonlinearity, and humour”. A native of Buenos Aires, Benadon (b. 1972) studied jazz at the Berklee College of Music and composition at the University of California, Berkeley, earning a Ph.D. in 2004. He is the winner of the Fromm commission at Tanglewood, the Aaron Copland Award from the Copland House, the League of Composers/ISCM Competition, and UC-Berkeley’s Ladd Prize for a two-year residency in Paris. His soundtrack for the feature film Arimpara premiered at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and was screened at film festivals around the world.
About Continuum
Now in its 20th season, Toronto’s fearless Continuum ensemble performs contemporary music with virtuosity and passion across Canada and Europe. Anne Thompson (flute), Max Christie (clarinet), Benjamin Bowman (violin), Paul Widner (cello), Laurent Philippe (piano) and Ryan Scott and Graham Hargrove (percussion) form the core ensemble, often augmented by voice, other instruments or electronics. De Telegraaf (Amsterdam) wrote, “Continuum performs magic with sound.”
Continuum offers a way for people who love music and are curious about the world around them to engage — as a listener, as a supporter or as a volunteer. Continuum originated as a collective of composers and musicians dedicated to presenting contemporary music and fostering the work of emerging composers. Through energy, imagination and superb musicianship, Continuum has become a vital part of the contemporary cultural scene in Canada and increasingly abroad. Concerts in the 2005-06 season are curated by Juliet Palmer and James Rolfe while artistic director Jennifer Waring is currently in residence at the European centre for creative music, the Gaudeamus Foundation in Amsterdam. On Thursday, June 8, Continuum presents Touch Space, as part of the soundaxis Festival of Music and Architecture at The Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building (University of Toronto).
* Continuum’s biennial Call for Scores provides an opportunity to bring exciting new works, new composers, and even new forms of music, to the attention of a widening audience. “We have been ploughing through a mountain of scores and CDs sent from around the globe - from Chihuahua to Gorgonzola - since November”, comment guest curators James Rolfe & Juliet Palmer. “In response to our 2005 Call for Scores, we received over 450 works from 140 composers working in 34 countries. We look forward to bringing the fruits of the Call to our audience over the coming seasons.”
Continuum gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, the Laidlaw Foundation, the George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation, the SOCAN Foundation and the Julie Jiggs Foundation.
Playing in Tongues
Sunday, February 5 at 8pm -Music Gallery, St. George the Martyr: 197 John Street, Toronto
Individual Tickets: $20 regular/$10 seniors and arts workers/$5 students (cheapseats)
Music Gallery box office (416) 204-1080
Continuum (416) 924-4945
www.continuummusic.org
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Sunday, January 15, 2006
Sunday January 29, 2006, 3:00 pm
Come! Hear! Be Amused!
MID-WINTER FEAST
AMUSE-a 16-voice women's ensemble
Timothy Mount, Guest Conductor
Douglas Keilitz,Organ
Dufay: Magnificat in the 8th Mode
Caplet: Messe a trois voix
Poulenc: Litanies
Holst: Ave Maria for Double Choir
Vittoria: Duo Seraphim and O Regem Coeli
Thompson: Peuri Hebraeorum for Double Choir
NEW TIME and LOCATION
Sunday January 29, 2006, 3:00 pm
St Ignatius of Antioch at 87th and West End Ave
Tickets: $15; $10 Seniors; Kids under 12: free
Order tickets: www.amusesingers.org
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Rachmaninoff Piano Competition Gold Medalists in Concert
Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition & Festival
presents
Gold Medalists Winners in Joint Benefit Concert
When: Sunday, January 22, 2006, 3:00 PM
Where: Pasadena Civic Auditorium
300 East Green Street
Pasadena, California
(626) 449-7360
Tickets: $15 - $75; Children & senior discounts, group rates available.
For tickets: Pasadena Civic Auditorium Box Office: (626) 449-7360 Mon-Sat 10 AM – 5 PM; or Ticketmaster: (213) 365-3500 or (714) 740-7878; www.ticketmaster.com.
Presented by the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition & Festival, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, to benefit the 2007 competition. For further information, please call: (310) 356-8060 or log on the website: www.mcint.org.
RACHMANINOFF PIANO COMPETITION GOLD MEDALIST WINNERS IN CONCERT
(Los Angeles, CA) – The Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition & Festival is proud to present two brilliant international piano virtuosos – Gold Medalist winners Evgeni Mikhailov from Russia and Wen Yu Shen from China – in a concert at 3:00 PM on Sunday, January 22, 2006, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena, California. Proceeds will benefit the 2007 Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition and future competitions.
Evgeni Mikhailov, winner of the 2002 Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition held in Pasadena, California, has much to boast about; however, he prefers that his performance speak for itself. Born in Izhevsk, Russia, Mikhailov hails from a family of musicians and his talent reflects the discipline of such a lineage. He has performed in Berlin with the Deutsche Symphonie Orchester under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy, and with the Russian National Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev. In addition, his appearances include music festivals in Jonkoping and Bergen, and tours in Austria, Italy, Sweden, and South America. Mikhailov has also enjoyed solo recitals in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and many other Russian cities. For those who wish to hear his brilliance at their disposal, Mikhailov has recorded two compact discs with Melodya, and has received favorable reviews from the Frankfurter Allegeneine Zeitung (Germany) and the Observer (Sweden).
Wen Yu Shen, winner of the second Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition held June 2005 in Los Angeles, California, gave his first piano recital at the age of nine and a year later began playing concerts regularly in Europe, Brazil and Asia. As winner of numerous international music competitions, he has had the opportunity to perform with more than twenty orchestras, including the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Belgium National Orchestra, Dutch Radio Symphony Orchestra, Brazilian Orchestra and others. Mr. Shen has studied with Professors Jianping Liu, Daxin Zheng, Gunther Hauer, and Fany Solter. He is currently working with Professor Karl-Heinz Kaemmerling at the University of Music and Theater in Hannover, Germany.
The presentation of these two virtuosos promises an extraordinary afternoon of superb music that classical aficionados do not want to miss. Tickets are available at Pasadena Civic Auditorium Box Office: (626) 449-7360 Mon- Sat 10 AM – 5 PM; or Ticketmaster: (213) 365-3500 or (714) 740-7878; www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets: $15 - $75, children & senior discounts, group rates available. Presented by the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition & Festival, under the auspices of Master Classes International, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles. Preparations are underway for the third Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition scheduled to be held in 2007. For information about volunteer or sponsorship opportunities, please call: (310) 356-8060 or visit the website: www.mcint.org.
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electric kompany on feb 4 @ 7pm
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***
The Monkey 5.1 presents
Kevin R. Gallagher and Electric Kompany
contemporary music for electric guitar and rock quartet
Saturday, February 4 at 7pm
admission $15 (includes CD recording)
The Monkey 5.1
37 W 26th St. 12th Floor
NY NY 10010
(212) 481-1601
The Avant Pop music movement is showcased at the Monkey 5.1 with performances by the stunning electric guitarist Kevin R. Gallagher and his new rock quartet, Electric Kompany. The Monkey is New York’s only 5.1 surround sound performance space located conveniently in Chelsea near the F,1, N/R, C, and E trains.
The program will consist of compositions for solo electric guitar and rock quartet (bass, drums, keyboard, and guitar). This will be the debut performance of the rock quartet, Electric Kompany. Compositions by Nick Didkovsky, Marc Mellits, Jacob Ter Veldhuis, Arvo Part, and King Crimson will be performed.
Kevin Gallagher is a Juilliard graduate and an international award winning classical guitarist who uses the electric guitar to interpret modern music in solo and ensemble formats. His playing has been described as having "exceptional control, brilliant tone, sensitive dynamic phrasing, displaying a maturity in his performance beyond his years." (Soundboard Magazine). Go to www.guitar69.com for more information.
Electric Kompany is a rock quartet dedicated to performing "modern music on modern instruments". The group consists of Kevin Gallagher, electric guitar, Alex Walker, electric bass, Jim Johnston, keyboards, and Thad Wheeler, drums. This will be Electric Kompany's debut performance.
Audience members will receive copies Kevin Gallagher’s Music of the Avant Pop EP as part of the admission price.
Come join us at the Monkey 5.1 for an evening of music that is both intellectual and visceral, lush and jagged, rhythmic and atmospheric. This is the music of the Avant Pop.
Reservations for this event are HIGHLY recommended. for reservations, please call 212-481-1601 or visit the Monkey 5.1 at www.themonkeynyc.comThe Monkey 5.1 - (212) 481- 1601. 37 W 26 st. #1201 NY NY 10010
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