8, 15 and 22 April 2010
Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie Street)
Single tickets - $25/$15; available from Sikora’s Classical Records (432 West Hastings), Tickets Tonight (604.684.2787 or www.ticketstonight.ca; surcharges apply) and at the door.
Pass for all 3 concerts - $65/$30; available only through Vancouver New Music (837 Davie Street or 604.633.0861) and at the door.
Quatuor Bozzini (Montreal)
8 April 2010 – 8pm
Clemens Merkel, violin | Nadia Francavilla, violin | Stephanie Bozzini, viola | Isabel Bozzini, cello
Moving freely between the avant-garde and traditional, Quatuor Bozzini have been called a group that “gets its teeth into music” (Irish Times). Lauded for its “intense musicality and immense sensitivity” (Musicworks), the Quatuor Bozzini seeks to bring together artists from different horizons – collaboration being the sinews of every artistic creation. The program features a new work for string quartet and tape by Bernard Falaise. Free artist chat at 7pm.
Listen to excerpts from Quatuor Bozzini's repertoire - click here.
http://www.quatuorbozzini.ca/
Quatuor Bozzini - program
Bernard Falaise, Les petites portes (2005/2010)
Aldo Clementi, Momento (2005)
Martin Arnold, contact;vault (1997)
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Kuniko Kato – sound space experiment (Japan)
15 April 2010 – 8pm
A “striking percussionist -- in more ways than one” (Mark Swed, LA Times), Vancouver New Music is pleased to welcome Kuniko Kato back to Vancouver. Kato’s exciting and highly virtuosic solo performances have earned her an international reputation as one of the most promising new percussionists in the world, and have garnered attention from the likes of Seiji Ozawa, Toru Takemitsu, James Wood, Steve Reich, Keiko Harada, Franco Donatoni and others. Kuniko Kato will perform excerpts from her Sound Space Experiments on specially constructed steel drums - a concert that is not to be missed! Free artist chat at 7pm.
Listen to Kuniko Kato - Franco Donatoni - Omar (excerpt) - click here.
http://www.kuniko-kato.net
http://www.kuniko-kato.net/sse_e/about.htm
Kuniko Kato - program
David Lang, The Anvil Chorus (1991)
Kuniko Kato, The Planet Earth - steel drum works: solo sound installation for 10 steel drums with various percussion materials (2009) ~
Steve Reich, Electric Counterpoint (1987) - version for multi-percussions arr. Kuniko Kato (2009) ~
- Intermission -
Edmund Campion, Losing Touch, (1995)
Kuniko Kato, Can's club mix - Steel drum ensemble and vibraphone (2005) ~
~ Canadian premiere
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Sounds Unlikely
Peter Hatch (Kitchener-Waterloo) and Marci Rabe (Vancouver)
22 April 2010 – 8pm
Premieres of chamber works for Western and Asian instruments, a Donatoni recorder solo, court music from the Tang Dynasty, and more! Revel in an exciting amalgamation of sounds with this concert of new pieces and extraordinary repertoire. The program will feature the premiere of Five Wordless Songs by Peter Hatch and two new compositions by Marci Rabe. Featuring special guests Red Chamber (Mei Han, Giulian Liu, Zhimin Yu, Gelin Jiang), and recorder player Terri Hron (Montreal). Free artist chat at 7pm.
Sounds Unlikely - program
Marci Rabe, Happenstance (2010)*
Marci Rabe, Scolecite (2010)*
Chinese classical, (arr. Yang Qing), Qing Beiyu ^
Chinese traditional (arr. Guilian Liu), Sunny Spring, White Snow ^
John Cage (arr. John Olive), Three Dances (1st mov.) (1945/2008)^
Franco Donatoni, Nidi II, (1992)
- Intermission -
Jean-Marie Leclair,Sonate en Do majeur, Op. 1, no. 2 (1723)
Peter Hatch, Five Wordless Songs (2010)*
* World premieres
^ Performed by Red Chamber
Listen to an excerpt of Five Memos (2005) by Peter Hatch - click here.
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Programs for each concert may be subject to change without notice.
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