Louis Andriessen on the destruction of the Dutch Music Institute and the Music Centre Netherlands, as part of a grand assault on subsidized culture.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
"La Girò" Photo Log
Monica Germino in "La Girò", Milan, Sept 5th 2011, Teatro Dal Verme
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Monica Germino, Louis Andriessen after "La Girò" World premiere, Milan, Sept 5th 2011, Teatro Dal Verme
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All rights reserved by MITO SettembreMusica"La Girò" World Premiere
MITO Settembre Musica Festival: 5 & 6 September in Milan & Torino - world premiere of La Girò (2011) by Louis Andriessen
Louis Andriessen’s La Girò (2011), composed for violin and large ensemble, features Monica Germino as soloist, and has a distinctly Italian theme. The title refers to Anna Girò, a high-profile singer and muse of Antonio Vivaldi.
Andriessen: “In La Girò I am musing about a composer I admire a lot: maestro Antonio Vivaldi. The piece would not have become the 'performance' it is without its dedicatee, the violinist Monica Germino. The soloist (La Girò, perhaps?) does not only play the violin. She also sings an Italian song, whispers and talks, tells stories and dreams. The ensemble consists of a small chamber orchestra, with an added piano, harp, cimbalom and some percussion. The piece has four parts: the first three form a kind of concertino while the actual musical drama takes place in the fourth, slow part.”
World premiere: MITO Settembre Musica Festival (2011), Milan and Turin, Italy
5 September, 21.00: Teatro Dal Verme; Milano, Italy - Live broadcast by Italian National Radio 3
6 September, 21.00: Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi; Torino, Italy
Monica Germino, violin/voice; David Atherton, conductor; London Sinfonietta; Sound Intermedia
Info London Sinfonietta
Info MITO
Info Boosey
Netherlands premiere: 12 January 2012, 20.15
Donderdagavondserie-PROMS: The dreams of Anna Girò; Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam
Monica Germino, violin/voice; Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor; Asko|Schönberg
Live broadcast by Dutch National Radio 4 (NTR)
USA premiere: 28 February 2012, 20.00
Green Umbrella Series: Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Monica Germino, violin/voice; Cristina Zavalloni, voice; Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor; L.A. Philharmonic New Music Group
Louis Andriessen’s La Girò (2011), composed for violin and large ensemble, features Monica Germino as soloist, and has a distinctly Italian theme. The title refers to Anna Girò, a high-profile singer and muse of Antonio Vivaldi.
Andriessen: “In La Girò I am musing about a composer I admire a lot: maestro Antonio Vivaldi. The piece would not have become the 'performance' it is without its dedicatee, the violinist Monica Germino. The soloist (La Girò, perhaps?) does not only play the violin. She also sings an Italian song, whispers and talks, tells stories and dreams. The ensemble consists of a small chamber orchestra, with an added piano, harp, cimbalom and some percussion. The piece has four parts: the first three form a kind of concertino while the actual musical drama takes place in the fourth, slow part.”
World premiere: MITO Settembre Musica Festival (2011), Milan and Turin, Italy
5 September, 21.00: Teatro Dal Verme; Milano, Italy - Live broadcast by Italian National Radio 3
6 September, 21.00: Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi; Torino, Italy
Monica Germino, violin/voice; David Atherton, conductor; London Sinfonietta; Sound Intermedia
Info London Sinfonietta
Info MITO
Info Boosey
Netherlands premiere: 12 January 2012, 20.15
Donderdagavondserie-PROMS: The dreams of Anna Girò; Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam
Monica Germino, violin/voice; Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor; Asko|Schönberg
Live broadcast by Dutch National Radio 4 (NTR)
USA premiere: 28 February 2012, 20.00
Green Umbrella Series: Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Monica Germino, violin/voice; Cristina Zavalloni, voice; Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor; L.A. Philharmonic New Music Group
Monday, August 22, 2011
"Workers Union" and "De Volharding" in Seattle
The Box Is Empty performs Louis Andriessen's "Workers Union" and "De Volharding" (Perseverance).
Thursday 25 August 2011, 8:00 p.m., at the Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Seattle, WA.
With Ivan Arteaga, Holly Carlton, and Jay Gillespie, saxophones; Nicole Herrald, Chris McGann, and Erik Reed, trumpets; Steve Herrald, Jen Hinkle, and Masa Ohtake, trombones; Amanda Harris, piano; Maria Mannisto, amplified voice; and Evan Woodle, percussion. Jeremiah Cawley, conductor.
Thursday 25 August 2011, 8:00 p.m., at the Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Seattle, WA.
With Ivan Arteaga, Holly Carlton, and Jay Gillespie, saxophones; Nicole Herrald, Chris McGann, and Erik Reed, trumpets; Steve Herrald, Jen Hinkle, and Masa Ohtake, trombones; Amanda Harris, piano; Maria Mannisto, amplified voice; and Evan Woodle, percussion. Jeremiah Cawley, conductor.
Painting "Louis Andriessen" by Ward Schumaker
During 2009-10, an artist Ward Schumaker made a series of paintings named after different composers. This is the one named after Andriessen.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Symposium: Time, Realism and Convention in Recent Opera
Those of you in UK who read this blog may be interested to attend the symposium at Centre for research in Opera and Music Theatre, University of Sussex, Brighton, this Wednesday. The paper "Writing to Vermeer: Singing Letters and Opera after Drama" will be presented.
More info here.
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