UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SCHOOL OF MUSIC

SEATTLE, USA

   

 Contemporary Group

Joël-François Durand, director

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Season 1999-2000

Fall 1999: November 29, Meany Hall

Program

  • Anton Webern: 5 Pieces for string quartet, op.5
  • Olivier Messiaen: Le Merle Noir, for flute and piano
  • Pierre Boulez: Notations, for piano
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen: Adieu, for wind quintet
  • Thea Musgrave: Impromptu no.1, for flute and oboe
  • Aaron Copland: Piano Variations
  • Iannis Xenakis: Rebond, for percussion
  • Igor Stravinsky: Octet

Winter 2000: March 6, Meany Hall

Program

NORTH/SOUTH: Music from Scandinavia - Latin America

  • Brazil: Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Bacchianas Brasileiras n.6, for flute and bassoon
  • Norway: Wolfgang Plagge (1960- ): Trio for two Bassoons and Piano
  • Brazil: Lindembergue Cardoso (1939-1989): Aspectos de Ouro Preto, for 10 flutes
  • Mexico: Carlos Chávez (1899-1978): North Carolina Blues. Text by Xavier Villaurrutia
  • Cuba: Alejandro García Caturla (1906-1940): Bito Manué. Text by Nicolas Guillén
  • Chile: Juan Orrego-Salas (1919-): La Gitana. Text by Rafael Alberti
  • Finland: Kaija Saariaho (1952 -): Laconisme de l'aile, for solo flute
  • Argentina: Mauricio Kagel (1931 -): "Rrrrrrr..." Six duos for percussions

Spring 2000: June 1, Meany Hall

Program

  • Lukas Foss: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, for flute, percussion, voice and piano
  • Diane Thome: BRIGHT AIR/BRILLIANT FIRE, for flute and tape
  • Louis Karchin: Cascades, for solo piano
  • Ryan Hare: Kairos, for bass trombone and ensemble
  • Jean-Louis Petit: Labyrinthe cosmique, for flute and percussion
  • Igor Stravinsky: Three Japanese Lyrics, for soprano and ensemble
  • Béla Bartók: Sonata for two pianos and percussion

All concerts take place in Meany Hall, at the University of Washington, Seattle, at 8:00 pm. For all information regarding the concerts, please call: Meany Hall at: (206) 543-4880

 

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