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).