Music as Situation
The S.E.M. Ensemble
presents
Music as Situation
December 18, 2019
- at -
Paula Cooper Gallery
524 W 26 St, New York, NY
Brooklyn Preview Concert
December 16, 2019
- at -
Paula Cooper Gallery
524 W 26 St, New York, NY
Program:
Ian Davis - Three Movements for Ensemble (2019) (World premiere)
Petr Kotik - Tubamirum (2019) (World premiere)
Judith Berkson - Partial Memories Part III (2019) (U.S. premiere)
John Cage - Cheap Imitation (1969/1982)
Sean Kiley - ancient cascades (2019) (U.S. premiere)
Petr Kotik - Torso (String Quartet No. 2) (2012)
The S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, director
Judith Berkson, voice
Petr Kotik, flute & conductor
John Altieri, tuba
Lucie Vítkova, accordion
Ian Davis, piano
Chris Nappi, percussion
Leah Asher, violin
Mioi Takeda, violin
Liuh-Wen Ting, viola
Meaghan Burke, cello
Essential Xenakis
Petr Kotik conducted the Ostrava New Orchestra at the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague on November 5th.
Program:
Ostrava New Orchestra / ONO
William Lang, trombone
Holger Falk, baritone
Tamás Schlanger, percussion
Petr Kotík, conductor
Ata – for orchestra (1987)
Commissioned by SWR Baden-Baden orchestra and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisboa). Dedicated to Josef Häusler and Luis Pereira Leal.
Premiere: May 3, 1988 in Donaueschingen with Michael Gielen (conductor).
Troorkh – from trombone and orchestra (1991)
Commissioned by Music Department of Swedish Radio and Swedish Concert Institute. Dedicated to Christian Lindberg.
Premiere: March 26, 1993 in Stockholm with Christian Lindberg (trombone) and Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor).
Aïs (aïdos) – double concert for amplified baritone, percussion and large orchestra (1980)
Commissioned by Bavarian Radio in Munich.
Premiere: February 13, 1981 in Munich with Spyros Sakkas (baritone), Sylvio Gualda (percussion) and Michel Tabachnik (conductor).