19. Review of Composers
19th International Review of Composers will be held from 19-23.11.2010. in the Hall of the National Bank of Serbia, the Bitef Theater and Yugoslav Drama Theater.
MUSIC AND THEATRE
Friday, November 19, at 5:30 pm – Hall of the Composers Association of Serbia
Božo Banović: Four Ends of the Kingdom, for flute and guitar
Branka Popović: in nuce, for viola
Anica Sabo: Dreamrealm, for narator, flute, violin, and viola
Jasna Veljanović–Ranković: Variations without a Theme for flute
Dragana Jovanović: Let’s Play, for flute and violin
Predrag Repanić: Co-llage from the Isle of the Dead, monodrama for solo clarinet (in memory of the Dead Composers Society)
Svetlana Maksimović: Voices for violin ‘monodrama for a violinist’
Friday, November 19, at 8 pm – Bitef theatre
Cage’s Music Circus – House Full of Music
A project by Nada Kolundžija, Scott Fielding and International Review of Composers in collaboration with the US Embassy in Belgrade
Participants: Svetozar Cvetković, actor; Nada Kolundžija, prepared piano; Katarina Jovanović, soprano and 16 musicians, 8 actors and 2 dancers
Saturday, November 20, at 6 pm – Hall of the National Bank of Serbia
Ensemble Alternance (Paris, France)
Frédéric Baldassare, violoncello
Jean-Marie Cottet, piano
Jacques Ghestem, violin
Valeria Kafelnikov, harp
Jean-Luc Menet, flute
Claire Merlet, viola
Chiaki Tsunaba, clarinet
Raphael Cendo: Affront (world premiere), for flute, violin, violoncello, and piano
Mark André: Iv 2, for violoncello
Gérard Pesson: Mes Béatitudes, for violin, viola, violoncello, and piano
Ivan Brkljačić: Three Little Absurdities, for flute, viola, and harp
Milica Đorđević: GREY, for alto flute, bass clarinet, viola, violoncello, and piano
Milorad Marinković: Little Opera –(International Review commission, world premiere), for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, piano, and harp
Saturday, November 20, at 8 pm – The Great Hall of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre
Ensemble Cantus (Croatia)
Conductor, art director: Berislav Šipuš
Choreographer: Dinko Bogdanić
Soloist: Marta Babić, mezzo-soprano
Luciano Berio: Opus Number Zoo, children’s wind quintet
I Barn Dance
II The Fawn
III The Grey Mouse
IV Tom Cats
Mauricio Kagel: Match, for three players
Berislav Šipuš: Ten Hotti, for voice and chamber ensemble
BREAK
Mauricio Kagel: Kontra→danse, ballet for non-dancers
Ivana Stefanović: The Poet in a Box of Glass – Fairytale, for soprano and chamber ensemble
Silvio Foretić: Valse macabre, for voice and salon orchestra
Sunday, November 21, at 5:30 pm – Hall of the National Bank of Serbia
Jelena Dabić: Varying moods, for alto saxophone and percussions
Dušan Bavdek (Slovenia): Croquis, for oboe and bassoon
Ljubomir Nikolić: Drops,for percussions
Marko Matović: Four Vagabonds, for trumpet, horn, trombone and bassoon
Mirjana Živković: Circular Melody, for oboe with pantomime
Milana Stojadinović – Milić: Aeolus,for three violoncellos
Aleksandar Vujić: Niška Banja (The Spa of Niš) , for four trombones
Dejan Despić: Serenade for Strings
Sunday, November 21, at 8. pm – Hall of the National Bank of Serbia
Ivan Božičević: Tracing – in Quest for Simplicity, for piano, flute, violin and violoncello (one harmonic and three melodic instruments)
Ana Gnjatović: Dialogue, quasi una serenata, for two voices
Marcin Stancyk (Poland): Three Afterimages for double bass
Teodora Stepančić: Alluminium Obsession, for voice
Vladimir Tošić: Silabial, for flute, bassoon, and piano
Nataša Bogojević: Le beau est toujours bizzare, for male soprano, baritone, violoncello and piano
Miloš Zatkalik: Seemingly Innocent Game, for violoncello, vibraphone and piano
Monday, November 22, at 8 pm – Hall of the National Bank of Serbia
Harp to harp
Jasna Veličković: ‘shadow study #6’ for amplified harp, percussions and electronic
Raymond Murray Schafer (Canada): The Crown of Ariadne, for harp with percussions
I Ariadne awakens
II Ariadne’s dance
III Dance of the night insects
IV Sun dance
Srđan Hofman: Looking at Mirrors by Amish Kapoor, for two amplified harps and Logic Pro software sound processors
George Aperghis (France): Compagnie, for cimbalom, percussions and harp
Milan Mihajlović: Green Waves, for four harps
Belgrade Harp Quartet – Ljiljana Nestorovska, Milena Stanišić, Ivana Pavlović i Dijana Sretenović
Monday, 22 November, at 9:30 pm – Hall of the National Bank of Serbia
Poem and Vortando
Iulia Narcisa Cibisescu-Duran (Romania): Poems, for viola solo
Saša Mirković
Duo Irinel Anghel, & Sorin Romanesku (Romania): Vortando project – Connecting to the Inner Power
Irinel Anghel, voice and keyboards, Sorin Romanescu, electric guitar
Visual concept and instalation: Raluca Ghideanu
Tuesday, 23 November, at 8 pm – The Hall of the National Bank of Serbia
Mokranjac Award 2009 Ceremony
Marko Nikodijević: Cvetić, kućica… la lugubre gondola (recording)
Duo LP – Sonja Lončar, piano; Andrija Pavlović, piano
Pepe Garcia Rodrigez, percussions
Kim Helveg (Denmark): Blue edge, for two pianos
John Adams (USA): Halleluyah Junction, for two pianos
Ivan Brkljačić: The Great Little J. for marimba
Simeon Ten Holt (Netherlands): Canto Ostinato, for two pianos, marimba, and video