Sunday 28 September 2008, 9 p.m. - Teatro alla Scala

Filarmonica della Scala

Christian Egger, conductor

Luigi Gaggero, cimbalom

Programme

Peter Eötvös (1944)
Psychokosmos for cimbalom and orchestra (1993)
Italian premiere 

Øivind Ness (1968)
Schatten for chamber orchestra (1992)
Italian premiere

Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992)
Le tombeau resplendissant (1931)
Italian premiere, to celebrate the centenary of his birth

Ferenc Liszt (1811 – 1886)
Die Ideale R 423 (1857)
symphonic poem (on the homonym Friedrich von Schiller's poem)

 

Wednesday 1 October 2008, 8.30 p.m. - Teatro Dal Verme

Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik 

Alberto Caprioli, conductor

Nigel Robson, tenor

Manuel de Roo, guitar

 

Programme

Luca Lombardi (1945)
Come d’autunno (in memoriam Francesco Pennisi) (2000)
First performance in Milan
 

Alberto Caprioli (1956)
Vor dem singenden Odem (1990/92) for ensemble
First performance in Milan

Alessandro Solbiati (1956)
Sinfonia da camera (2006) for 15 instrumentalists
First performance in Milan

Hans Werner Henze (1926)
Kammermusik 1958 (1958/1963)
On the hymn “In liebliecher Bläue” by Friedrich Hölderlin
for tenor, guitar and eight soloist instruments

Sunday 5 October 2008, 8.30 p.m. - Spazio Antologico

Hymnen Orchestra

Pedro Amaral, conductor

Bryan Wolf, Massimo Marchi, sound direction and technical coordination

 

Programme

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
Hymnen mit Orchester  (1966/1967

 

Sunday 12 October 2008, 8 p.m. - Teatro alla Scala

 

Oleg Maisenberg, piano

 

Programme

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Miroirs (1904–05)

Hugues Dufourt (1943)
Meeresstille (1997)
Italian premiere

Alban Berg (1885–1935 )
Sonata Op. 1 (1907–08)

Nikolai Medtner (1880 – 1951)
Two Fairy Tales (1910–11)

Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Estampes (1903)

Alexander Skrjabin (1872 – 1915) 
Sonata No 4 in F maj. Op. 30 (1903)

 

Wednesday 15 October 2008, 8.30 p.m. - Conservatorio di Milano (Sala Puccini)

 

Nieuw Ensemble

Ed Spanjaard, conductor

Irvine Arditti, violin

Romain Bischoff, bass–baritone

 

Programme

Nadir Vassena (1970)
Triptych – Crucifixion (1998)
for violin solo, flute, clarinet, piano, cello
Italian premiere

Osvaldo Coluccino (1963)
Voce d’orlo (2006) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello
Milano Musica Commission
World premiere

Brice Pauset (1965)
Vita Nova (sérénades) (2006) for violin and ensemble
Italian premiere

Arnold Schoenberg (1874 – 1951)
Serenade Op. 24 for seven instruments and voice of bass (1920/23)

 

Saturday 18 October 2008, 8 p.m. - Teatro Dal Verme

 

Ictus Ensemble

Georges–Elie Octors, conductor

Alex Fostier, Massimo Marchi, electronics

 

Programme

Ritratto di Riccardo Nova
Giovanni Iudica meets Riccardo Nova (8 p.m.)

Fausto Romitelli (1963 – 2004)
Trash TV Trance (2002) for electric guitar and electronics

Guillaume de Machaut (1300/05 – 1377)
David Hoquetus – Riccardo Nova's transcription (2008)
World premiere

Riccardo Nova (1960)
Seventeen 17x289@time generating deity (2008)
for ensemble and electronics
Italian premiere

Ma’s Sequence 7 (2004–05)
for trumpet and three drummers
Italian premiere

Koraippu (2006) for three drummers

Thirteen 13x8@terror generating deity (2006)
(The intermediate reality) for ensemble and electronics
Italian premiere

 

Wednesday 22 October 2008, 8.30 p.m. - Sant’Angelo Church

 

Francesco Filidei, organ

 

Programme

Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992) from L’Ascension (1934)
Majesté du Christ
Alléluias sereins
Transports de joie
Prière du Christ

Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
Prélude et Fugue Op. 7 n° 1 in B maj. (1912)

Olivier Messiaen
from Livre d’orgue (1950)
Pièce en trio I
Les Mains de l’abîme
Chants d’oiseaux
Les Yeux dans les roues

Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)
Gmeeoorh (1974)

 

Sunday 26 October 2008, 8.30 p.m. - Teatro Dal Verme

 

Treble voices chorus of Budapest Radio

Gabriella Thész, conductor

Mayumi Miyata, shô

 

Programme

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 – 1594)
Hodie Christus natus est
Ave Regina Coelorum

Traditional Japanese music for shô
Banshikicho no Choshi

Toshio Hosokawa (1955)
Singing Trees (1997)
Requiem for Toru Takemitsu for childrens chorus
Italian premiere

Birds Fragments II (1990)  for shô

Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Peer voices chorus
Primavera – Non lasciarmi qui – Il mandriano incantatore – Corteggiamento – Ragazza canzonata
Corteggiamento di una ragazza

Giovanni Verrando (1965)
The four delights of Jeroen Anthoniszoon / Le quattro delizie di Jeroen Anthoniszoon (2008) for treble voices

1) Cooking of mercury / Cottura del mercurio
2) The tree of knowledge / L'albero della conoscenza
3) Hurdy–gurdy / Ghironda
4) The unicorn / L'unicorno
Milano Musica Commission
World premiere

Traditional Japanese music for shô
Ichikotsucho no Choshi

Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967)
from Canti della sera
Opplà, opplà – Nella foresta verde – Ballo ungherese
La Marcia di Gregorio – Crescete capelli, crescete!
Canto della sera

 

Monday 3 November 2008, 8.30 p.m. - Teatro Dal Verme

 

Alfonso Alberti, piano

Maurizio Ben Omar, percussions

Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Matthias Schneider, Arne–Jens Witzenbacher, (Digital Master Stuttgart)

Massimo Marchi, sound direction

 

Programme

Tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
Kontakte n° 12 ½ (1959–1960)
for electronic sounds, piano e percussions

Stimmung n° 24 (1968)
for six vocalists

 

Wednesday 5 November 2008, 8.30 p.m.- Conservatorio G. Verdi (Sala Puccini)

 

Quartetto Xasax

Divertimento Ensemble

Luca Francesconi, conductor

 

Programme

Salvatore Sciarrino (1947)
Canzoniere da Scarlatti – concert elaboration for four saxophones (1998)

Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
I – Adagio e cantabile L. 238 (K. 208)
II – Allegro L. 230 (K. 350)
III – Andante L. 222 (K. 404)
IV – Allegro L. 428 (K. 209)
V – Allegro L. 439 (K. 255)
VI – Allegrissimo L. 448 (K. 359)
First performance in Milan

Hugues Dufourt (1943)
Quatuor de saxophones (1993)
Italian premiere

Salvatore Sciarrino
from Pagine (1998) – elaborations for saxophones quartet
Cole Porter (1891–1964) - I’ve got you under my skin
Georges Gershwin (1898–1937) - Who cares?

Luca Francesconi (1956)
Two Songs from the Ballata (1996–1999)
The ice was there – Day after day
Author's transcriptions for saxophones quartet
World premiere

Franco Donatoni (1927–2000)
Hot (1989) for sassofono sopranino e tenore e sei strumentisti
Rasch 2 (1995) saxophones quartet, vibraphone, marimba, percussions and piano

 

Saturday 8 November 2008, 8.30 p.m. - Conservatorio G. Verdi (Sala Verdi)

 

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI

Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Christoph Poppen, conductor

Tomás Cernŷ, tenor

Davide Catena, narrator

Michele Di Giacomo, narrator

 

Programme

Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
Julius Fuĉik (1951) for two narrators and orchestra
First performance in Milan

Federico Incardona (1958–2006)
Ho chiesto alla polvere (2003) for orchestra
First performance in Milan

Alban Berg (1885–1935)
Three pieces for orchestra Op. 6 (1913–14)

Karol Szymanowski (1882 – 1937)
Sinfonia No 3 Op. 27 “Canto della notte” (1914–1916)
for tenor, chorus and orchestra