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Francisco Coll Forthcoming performances Liquid Symmetries German premiere 26.9.19, Alte Oper, Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Ensemble Modern/ Pablo Rus Cantos Korean, Japanese and French premieres 18.10.19, Tongyeong, South Korea; 20.10.19, Daejeon Culture & Arts Center, South Korea; 22.10.19, LG Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea 25.10.19, Tokyo, Japan; 26.10.19, Kawanishi, Japan; 11.11.19, Alicante, Spain; 14.11.19; Salamanca, Spain; 16.11.19, Vic, Spain; 21.1.20, Théâtre d’Orléans, France: Cuarteto Casals Hidd’n Blue US premiere 25-26.10.19, Cincinnati Music Hall, OH, USA: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Gustavo Gimeno 20-21.2.20, Monumental Theater, Madrid, Spain: Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE/Nuno Coelho Four Iberian Miniatures Austrian premiere 8-9.11.19, Innsbruck, Austria: Annedore Oberborbeck/Orchester der Akademie St. Blasius/Michael Koeck Brass Quintet World premiere 14.11.19, Younger Hall, University of St Andrews, UK: The Wallace Collection/Stockholm Chamber Brass Violin Concerto world premiere 13.2.20, Philharmonie Luxembourg: Patricia Kopatchinskaja/Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/ Gustavo Gimeno Netherlands premiere 23.5.20, NTR ZaterdagMatinee, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Patricia Kopatchinskaja/ Netherlands Radio Philharmonic/ Gustavo Gimeno Lilith*/Turia World premiere 8.5.20, Palau de la Música, Valencia, Spain: Jacob Kellermann/ Orquesta de Valencia/Christian Karlsen/*Francisco Coll Francisco Coll Violin Concerto Patricia Kopatchinskaja will premiere Francisco Coll’s new Violin Concerto in February with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg under Gustavo Gimeno. One of the world’s most distinctive violinists, Kopatchinskaja has already performed Coll’s Four Iberian Miniatures, Hyperludes, Rizoma, LalulaLied, and the double concerto Les Plaisirs Illuminés (see highlights section). The concerto has been co-commissioned by the OPL & Philharmonie Luxembourg, the NTR ZaterdagMatinee, London Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony and Bamberger Symphoniker, an impressive list of partners that is a testament to Coll’s growing international reputation. The partnership of composer and interpreter, meanwhile, is nothing short of ideal: not only do both artists constantly push their disciplines to extremes, they also both delight in exploring the absurd and surreal. Other forthcoming projects include a Brass Quintet for The Wallace Collection and Stockholm Brass, a piano trio, and Lilith – a 12-minute work for the Orquesta de Valencia, with whom Coll is Composer in Residence. Liquid Symmetries in Frankfurt Following on from recent performances by the London Sinfonietta and Aspen Festival Contemporary Ensemble, Coll’s Liquid Symmetries for 15 players (2013) receives its German premiere on 26 September at Frankfurt’s Alte Oper. Pablo Rus conducts Ensemble Modern. Whilst the instrumental line up of this 13-minute work is modelled after the Chamber Symphony of Coll’s close mentor Thomas Adès, the soundworld created is far spikier and more astringent. Several virtuoso solo lines wind their way through the musical fabric – notably a jittery and gyrating muted trumpet solo and recurring, murmured viola statements. Surrealistic juxtapositions abound, no more so than in the work’s final movement, with its strange, cavernously empty near-unison passages and the lone, slightly droll, cowbell – hitherto unheard – that sets up a typically enigmatic conclusion. Recording News In February, the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and Gustavo Gimeno began recording an all-Coll disc which will include Mural, the new Violin Concerto, Four Iberian Miniatures, and a revised version of his opus 1 Aqua Cinerea. The disc will also feature Coll’s short orchestral work Hidd’n Blue which will receive its US premiere in February with Gimeno conducting the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. It was most recently performed back in May as part of Coll’s residency with the Orquesta de Valencia. Ramon Tebar conducted. ‘Outstanding music, fresh and full of meaning and feeling. Coll is a talent of the first order, both in what he says and how he says it. His expressive language – rich with pictorial imagination – explores timbres and sonorities in the most extreme tessituras. Coll explores and stretches the limits in a way that is intelligent and never faddish, making easy use of the endless opportunities offered by the orchestra… A work that triumphs in its attempt to be, in the composer’s words ‘a sort of collective schizophrenia’. Levante (Justo Romero), 10 May 2019 Major addition to trombone repertoire Faber Music is pleased to announce that Coll’s Chanson et Bagatelle for trombone and piano will be published later this year. With this masterful 8-minute work Coll – a trombonist himself – has created a major addition to the instrument’s repertoire. The Chanson is almost Bergian with its dark harmonies and slow-burning passion, unfolding as a song without words whose broad lines exploit the whole compass of the instrument, from pale heights to baleful, gritty depths. The angular Bagatelle which follows could not be more contrasted, drawing much of its characteristic mood and colour from the use of a harmon mute. Score and part | 0-571-54078-3 | £16.99 8 PHOTO: FRANCISCO COLL © JUDITH COLL
TUNING IN Carl Vine Hymns to Earth, Moon, and Sun In June, the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago presented the US premiere of Vine’s Choral Symphony, with Carlos Kalmar conducting the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus. Scored for SATB choir, organ and orchestra, the Choral Symphony sets four ancient hymns in exotic languages that have not been spoken for thousands of years: ‘Enuma Elish’, an Akkadian creation myth describing the creation of the world from primeval chaos, and three Homeric Hymns to the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun (in Greek ‘Epic Dialect’). The vocal writing in this 26-minute symphony (Vine’s sixth) is homophonic throughout, reflecting the composer’s wish for the work to ‘revel in the power of the human community’. ‘resplendent choral writing’ ‘A contemplation of humanity’s timeless quest for peace and understanding… The resplendent choral writing of the opening, the staccato utterances of “Eis Gen Metera Panton” (“To the Earth, Mother of All”), the other worldly yearnings of “Eis Selenen” (“To the Moon”) and the orchestral/choral exultations of “Eis Helion” (“To the Sun”) made for an epic statement on the meanings of life.’ Chicago Tribune (Howard Reich), 16 June 2019 ‘It was the music of Vine that proved the true discovery of the night… inspired and finely crafted… arresting, strangely beautiful sonorities… [Here is] a composer who truly understands voices and knows how to write music for large chorus. Vine writes in a tonal, melodic style yet wields a rich and subtle palette, ranging from the hushed stealing in of voices at the start of the first section to the resplendent final hymn to the sun. Most striking was the second section where the music for women’s voices alone was rapt and gorgeous.’ Chicago Classical Review (Lawrence A. Johnson), 15 June 2019 Fantasia recording Vine’s 16-minute piano quintet, Fantasia, has been recorded by the Jupiter String Quartet and pianist Bernadette Harvey on the Marquis Classics label. Vine described this single-movement work as a ‘Fantasia’ because it doesn’t follow a strict formal structure and contains little structural repetition or recapitulation. ‘The central section is generally slower than the rest and is followed by a presto finale’ he writes, ‘but otherwise related motifs tend to flow one from the other organically through the course of the work.’ ‘Another find: Vine’s disparate ideas knitted with rare skill into a 15-minute movement… new music which deserves to become standard repertoire.’ Piano Sonata No.4 The Artsdesk (Graham Rickson), 13 July 2019 A skilled pianist himself, Vine has created a substantial body of work for the instrument, displaying a scintillating command of sonority and space as well as a versatility and wit, which has led to the pieces being performed across the world. He recently completed his Fourth Piano Sonata, commissioned by American pianist Lindsay Garritson who will give the first performance at the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, on 11 November. She will then present the 15-minute work in performance and workshop at London’s Royal College of Music and at the Melbourne Recital Centre in early 2020. Other upcoming premieres include Then & Now, a setting of words by the remarkable activist and artist Oodgeroo Noonuccal, for Katie Noonan and the Australian String Quartet. The 5-minute work will be performed in an extensive Australian tour beginning at the Sydney Opera House on 30 October. Peter Sculthorpe Revisting: Nourlangie One of Peter Sculthorpe’s most evocative works, Nourlangie, will be revived on 21 February by David Tanenbaum and the members of the San Francisco Conservatory conducted by Nicole Paiement. Scored for solo guitar, strings and percussion (1 player) with optional didjeridu, it unfolds as one 20-minute movement. It was premiered by the guitarist John Williams and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and takes its name from an enormous rock formation (now known as Burrunggui) in the Kakadu National Park. ‘While writing this music,’ wrote Sculthorpe ‘I often dreamed of a lost guitar in the sea, lying there since 1606, when a Spanish expedition led by Luis Vaz de Torres vainly sailed through waters to the north.’ Carl Vine Forthcoming performances V 12.9.19, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Symphony Orchestra/ Alondra de la Parra Smith’s Alchemy 20.10.19, Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY, USA: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Dale Barltrop Then & Now World premiere 30.10.19, Sydney Opera House, NSW, Australia: Katie Noonan/ Australian String Quartet (12-date national tour) String Quartet No.6 9.11.19, Ukaria Cultural Centre, Mt Barker Summit, South Australia; 17.11.19, Huntington Estate Music Festival, Mudgee, NSW; 21.11.19, Goldner String Quartet Piano Sonata No.4 World premiere 11.11.19, Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY, USA: Lindsay Garritson UK premiere 28.1.20, Royal College of Music, London, UK: Lindsay Garritson Australian premiere 16.4.20, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Lindsay Garritson Peter Sculthorpe Forthcoming performances Small Town 8.9.19, Springwood, NSW, Australia: Blue Mountains Orchestra A Song for Neilma 15-16.10.19, Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Genevieve Lacey/Flinders Quartet From Oceania Japanese premiere 20.10.19, Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra/Kentaro Kawase String Quartet No.12 Japanese premiere 30.11.19, Shibuya Hall, Tokyo, Japan: Renko Sugihara/Yukiko Ikeda/Kiyoshi Shigemichi/Minoru Nagasue/Kenichi Mizukoshi Nourlangie 21.2.20, Caroline H Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA, USA: David Tanenbaum/San Francisco Conservatory/Nicole Paiement PHOTOS: CARL VINE 9
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