Medeas Träume

for bass clarinet, violin, piano and percussion

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Composer Przybylski, Dariusz
Duration 12 min.
Year of composition 2008
First performance (year)
First performance (venue)
First performance (performers)
Submitter Kwartludium +
Publisher
Type
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Conductor No
Soloist(s) ,

Instruments

Musicians 1st player 2nd player
Violin1
Clarinet 1
B-flat
Musicians Instruments
Percussion 1
Marimba
Tom-Toms
Temble Blocks
Wood Blocks
Other
Keyboard 1
Piano
Other instruments and playing techniques
Equipment
Sound electronics
Visuals

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Programme notes

Medeas Träume (Medea's Dreams) was composed in 2008 for the Kwartludium
ensemble and lasts approx. 10 minutes.
The work consists the musical material for my chamber opera Manhattan
Medea, which I will compose to adapted text of Dea Loher's theatre play.

Dariusz Przybylski

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NING

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Composer Wallin, Rolf
Duration 17 min.
Year of composition 1991
First performance (year)
First performance (venue)
First performance (performers)
Submitter Cikada
Publisher Chester
Type
Thematic tags
Conductor No
Soloist(s) ,

Instruments

Musicians 1st player 2nd player
Violin1
Viola1
Cello1
Oboe 1
Cor anglais
Musicians Instruments
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Sound electronics
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ning (1991) for oboe/cor anglais, violin, viola and cello. The title and concept behind the piece comes from David Grossman’s novel «see under: love», in which he among other things describes a man who joins a school of salmon on its way through the oceans. He swims, eats and sleeps together with them, and gradually he understands the forces that make this large group of fish swim almost as one body. One of these forces is a cohesive, joining force which Grossman calls ning. In my oboe quartet, the four instruments act very much like fish or birds in a group, sometimes moving fast and close to eachother, with one clear direction, then all of a sudden the group dissolves to four separate individuals, finding their own paths within a wider area, but still dependent on oneanother. Ning is the fourth in a series of pieces where I use socalled fractal mathematics or chaos theory in the prosess of composition.

 

ning (1991) for obo/engelsk horn, fiolin, bratsj og cello. Tittelen og konseptet bak stykket er hentet fra David Grossman's roman "se: kjærlighet". I ett av kapitlene forteller han om en mann som følger med en stim av laks på dens vei gjennom havene. Han svømmer, spiser og sover sammen med dem, og etterhvert forstår han kreftene som gjør det mulig for denne store flokken av fisk å bevege seg nesten som ett individ. En av disse kreftene er en samlende kraft som Grossman kaller ning. I min obokvartett oppfører de fire instrumentene seg svært likt en fiskestim eller fugleflokk: til tider beveger de seg raskt og tett sammen, med én klar retning, så plutselig oppløser flokken seg og blir til 4 forskjellige individer som beveger seg over et større område, men stadig forbundet til hverandre. Ning er det fjerde i en serie stykker der jeg bruker såkalt fraktalmatematikk eller kaosteori i komposisjonsprosessen.

 

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Un jardin sous la pluie avec un compositeur sans parapluie

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Composer Šipuš, Berislav
Duration 14 min.
Year of composition 2003
First performance (year)
First performance (venue)
First performance (performers)
Submitter Cantus Ensemble
Publisher
Type
Thematic tags
Conductor Obligatory
Soloist(s) ,

Instruments

Musicians 1st player 2nd player
Violin2
Viola1
Cello1
Double-bass15-string
Flute 1
C
Piccolo
Oboe 1
Oboe
Clarinet 1
B-flat
Bass
Bassoon 1
Bassoon
Horn (F) 1
Musicians Instruments
Percussion 2
Chimes
Cymbals
Tom-Toms
Wood Blocks
Other
Keyboard 1
Piano
Other instruments and playing techniques
Percussions: gong, tubo, raganella, maracas, congas, tamburo militare
Equipment
Sound electronics
Visuals

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Chambered Music

Basic information

Composer Steen-Andersen, Simon
Duration 11 min.
Year of composition 2007
First performance (year) 2007
First performance (venue) Haus der Deutschen Ensemble Akademie
First performance (performers) Ensemble Modern
Submitter Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
Publisher
Type
Thematic tags
Conductor Obligatory
Soloist(s) ,

Instruments

Musicians 1st player 2nd player
Violin2
Viola1
Cello1
Double-bass14-string
Flute 1
C
Clarinet 1
B-flat
Horn (F) 1
Trumpet 1
B-flat
Trombone 1
Tenor
Musicians Instruments
Percussion 2
Crotales
Vibraphone (F3)
Bass Drum
Other
Keyboard 1
Synthesizer
Other instruments and playing techniques
For specific playing techniques and technical setup, see the score.
Equipment
Sound electronics
Ampflied ensemble (no electronics)
2-channel electronics
Visuals

Notes

Programme notes

No program note! - Simon Steen-Andersen

For a description see the score

Technical specs

A sampler is part of the performance. For further specs, see the score

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Percussion 1:
Vibraphone, long guiro, thin needle, piece of sandpaper, small
piece of paper, large piece of cardboard, suitcase/briefcase
(with old fashioned locks), 2 different slim jam glasses, soundproof
box with removable cover containing 3 metronomes
(making clicks, not beeps), soft plectrum and a straw.

Percussion 2:
Large bass drum, piece of sandpaper, A4 sheet of normal paper,
small piece of normal paper, large piece of cardboard, unpitched
metallic object, pitched metal instrument (sounding F# 1,5 oct.
above middle C), 1 crotali (F# 1,5 oct. above middle C,
sounding 2 octaves higher), 2 different slim jam glasses, soundproof
box with removable cover containing 1 metronome
producing a tuning tone, thin/light stick and an extremely soft
bass drum stick.

Kata

Basic information

Composer Olsen, Morten
Duration 15 min.
Year of composition 2008
First performance (year) 2008
First performance (venue) Carl Nielsen Academy
First performance (performers) Esbjerg Ensemble
Submitter Esbjerg Ensemble
Publisher Edition Samfundet
Type
Thematic tags
Conductor Obligatory
Soloist(s) ,

Instruments

Musicians 1st player 2nd player
Violin2
Viola1
Cello1
Double-bass14-string
Flute 1
C
G alto
Oboe 1
Oboe
Clarinet 1
B-flat
Bass
Bassoon 1
Bassoon
Horn (F) 1
Musicians Instruments
Percussion 1
Crotales
Glockenspiel
5-Octave Marimba
Vibraphone (C3)
Bass Drum
Cymbals
Tom-Toms
Other
Keyboard 1
Piano
Other instruments and playing techniques
Equipment
Sound electronics
Visuals

Notes

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Still

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Composer Furrer, Beat
Duration 15 min.
Year of composition 1998
First performance (year)
First performance (venue)
First performance (performers)
Submitter Klangforum Wien
Publisher Bärenreiter
Type
Thematic tags
Conductor Obligatory
Soloist(s) ,

Instruments

Musicians 1st player 2nd player
Violin2
Viola1
Cello1
Double-bass14-string
Flute 1
Piccolo
C bass
Oboe 1
Oboe
Clarinet 1
Bass
Saxophone 1
Soprano
Tenor
Trumpet 1
C
Trombone 1
Bass
Musicians Instruments
Percussion 2
Keyboard 1
Piano
Other instruments and playing techniques
Equipment
Sound electronics
Ampflied ensemble (no electronics)
Visuals

Notes

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The amplicfication is for the two wooden boards of the percussion players

Diversicorium

Basic information

Composer
Duration 8 min.
Year of composition 2005
First performance (year) 2005
First performance (venue) "Fabryka Trzciny" Arts Center Warsaw
First performance (performers) Tech-no Orchestra
Submitter Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej
Publisher
Type
Thematic tags
Conductor Obligatory
Soloist(s) ,

Instruments

Musicians 1st player 2nd player
Flute 1
C
Clarinet 1
B-flat
Bassoon 1
Bassoon
Saxophone 1
Bass
Trumpet 1
B-flat
Trombone 1
Tenor
Musicians Instruments
Percussion 1
5-Octave Marimba
Keyboard 1
Accordion
Other instruments and playing techniques
Equipment
Sound electronics
Visuals

Notes

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Diversicorium

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Composer Hendrich, Paweł
Duration 8 min.
Year of composition 2005
First performance (year) 2005
First performance (venue) 'Fabryka Trzciny' Arts Center, Warsaw
First performance (performers) Tech-no Orchestra, Robert Kurdybacha - cond.
Submitter Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej
Publisher
Type
Thematic tags
Conductor Obligatory
Soloist(s) ,

Instruments

Musicians 1st player 2nd player
Flute 1
C
Clarinet 1
B-flat
Bassoon 1
Bassoon
Saxophone 1
Bass
Trumpet 1
B-flat
Trombone 1
Tenor
Musicians Instruments
Percussion 1
5-Octave Marimba
Keyboard 1
Accordion
Other instruments and playing techniques
Equipment
Sound electronics
Visuals

Notes

Programme notes

Composed in the summer of 2005, it is a study of the multilayered structure of temporal planes, of their interrelations and interpenetration. These time layers unfold sequentially or simultaneously, sometimes – playing with the listener, taking advantage of the ambivalent nature of reception.
(the note by Paweł Hendrich, from the 2006 'Musica Polonica Nova' programme book)

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Conrad’s Seven Islands

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Composer Zielińska, Lidia
Duration 11 min.
Year of composition 2007
First performance (year) 2007
First performance (venue) Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw
First performance (performers) Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej, Szymon Bywalec - cond.
Submitter Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej
Publisher
Type
Thematic tags
Conductor Obligatory
Soloist(s) ,

Instruments

Musicians 1st player 2nd player
Violin2
Viola1
Cello1
Double-bass15-string
Flute 1
C
Oboe 1
Cor anglais
Clarinet 1
Bass
Bassoon 1
Bassoon
Horn (F) 1
Musicians Instruments
Other instruments and playing techniques
Equipment
Sound electronics
4-channel electronics
Visuals

Notes

Programme notes

Joseph Conrad's complete works in Polish may be downloaded from the Internet, and read on a minuscule pda. Electronic Conrad for the people fly to exotic vacation. Conrad: timeless and old-fashioned. He was a great writer, final stop: thousands and thousands of pages on moral dilemmas and choices, thousand of suggestive depictions on the anxious beauty of the oceans. But also a shocking lack of proportion, at least for me as a reader, when Conrad's ships approach the coast, a terrible lack of political correctness, and a total lack of curiosity of the world.

Europocentric criteria and judgments. The twilight of  'drowing room anthropology'. I have switched off the potentiometers of Conrad's ships and crew, and try to hearing what Conrad himself deemed uninteresting, although it must have been audible then - and ist lost today. The traces of this hearing are included in the 11-minute nocturne Conrad's Seven Islands. But there is so much more in Bronislaw Malinowski's Diary, and even in the short stories of William Somerset Maugham. (the note by Lidia Zielinska, from the 2007 ‘Warsaw Autumn’ programme book)

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Tape

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Tiroirs

Basic information

Composer Sawer, David
Duration 12 min.
Year of composition 1996
First performance (year) 1997
First performance (venue) Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
First performance (performers) London Sinfonietta
Submitter London Sinfonietta
Publisher Universal Edition
Type
Thematic tags
Conductor Obligatory
Soloist(s) ,

Instruments

Musicians 1st player 2nd player
Violin2
Viola2
Cello2
Double-bass14-string
Flute 1
C
Piccolo
G alto
Oboe 1
Oboe
Clarinet 2
E-flat soprano
B-flat
Bass
Bass
Bassoon 1
Bassoon
Horn (F) 2
Trumpet 1
B-flat
Trombone 1
Tenor
Musicians Instruments
Percussion 2
Harp 1 -
Other instruments and playing techniques
Equipment
Sound electronics
Visuals

Notes

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