Selected Overseas Performances 2008

 

7 January

Régis Campo: Fancy (Lemoine) World Premiere

Kiyonori Sokabe, trumpet; Kanako Abe, piano

Osaka, Japan

 

11 January

Qigang Chen: Enchantements oubliés (Billaudot) World Premiere

Bamberger Symphoniker; J. Nott, director

Futh, Germany

 

15 – 18 January

Benjamin de la Fuente: Le Cri de l’Oie (Jobert) World Premiere

Valérie Philippin, soprano; François Mulard, baritone; Michel Hermon, bass; Rosalind Crisp, choreography; Ensemble Ars Nova; Philippe Naon, director

Le Phénix, Valenciennes, France

 

15 January

Stephen Montague: Almost a Lullaby (UMP)

Isabel Ettenauer, toy piano

Nicossia, Cyprus

 

16 January

Stephen Montague: Almost a Lullaby (UMP)

Isabel Ettenauer, toy piano

Limassol, Cyprus

 

16 January

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Saxophone Quintet (Presser) World Premiere

Ashu, saxophone; Chicago Chamber Musicians

Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson, Arizona, USA

 

16 January

Régis Campo: Fancy (Lemoine) French Premiere

Kiyonori Sokabe, trumpet; Kanako Abe, piano

Maison de la culture du Japon, Paris, France

 

17 January

Karol Beffa: “Création” (Billaudot) World Premiere

Orchestre National de Capitole de Toulouse; R. Capuçon, violin

Festival Présences à Toulouse, France

 

18 January

Krystof Maratka: Chant G’Hai (Jobert) French Premiere

Orchestre National de France; Hu Chenyun, suona; Krystian Järvi, director

Festival Présences, Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, France

 

20 January

Stephen Montague: String Quartet No. 1: in memoriam (UMP)

Smith Quartet

WCNY-FM "Fresh Ink 2008" series, USA

 

21 January

Raoul Lay: La mort marraine (Billaudot) World Premiere

Ensemble Télémaque; J. Cordier, narrator; R. Lay, director

Théatre du Cadran, Briançon, France

 

24 January

Edith Canat de Chizy: Corazon Loco (Lemoine) Netherlands Premiere

Ensemble Vocal Sequenza 9.3; Catherine Simonpietri, director

Teater Chassé, Breda, Netherlands

 

26 January

François Paris: Handspiel 4 (Billaudot) World Premiere

Ensemble Musicatreize; R. Hayrabedian, director

Musée d’Art Contemporain de Marseille, France

 

31 January

Philippe Leroux: L’entourage intime (Billaudot) World Premiere

Ensemble Musicatreize

Arsenal de Metz, France

 

 

3 – 10 February

Philippe Hurel: D’un trait (Lemoine) World Premiere

Concours international de violoncelle “Note et Bien”

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

 

4 February

Régis Campo: Les cris de Marseille (Lemoine) World Premiere

Régis Campo: Trois chansons pour Claude Lejeune (Lemoine) World Premiere

Régis Campo: Io, Galileo (Lemoine) World Premiere

Régis Campo: Quatuor à cordes No. 3 “Ombra Selice” (Lemoine) World Premiere

Régis Campo: Note-Book pour quatour à cordes (Lemoine) World Premiere

Ensemble Clément Janequin et Dominique Visse; Quatuor Diotima

Péniche Opéra, Paris, France

 

7 February

William Bolcom: Octet: Double Quartet (Presser) World Premiere
based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Gloria Nissenson

Guarneri String Quartet; Johannes String Quartet

Krannert Center, Univeristy of Illinois, USA

 

8 February

Jean-Marc Singier: New Work (Lemoine) World Premiere

Saxophone and ensemble

2e2m

CNR, Paris, France

 

8 February

Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber: Tintamarre (Jobert) World Premiere

Ensemble Vortex & Ensemble Hic et nunc

Radio Suisse Romande

Geneva, Switzerland

 

9 February

Lowell Liebermann: String Quartet No. 4 (Presser) World Premiere

Orion String Quartet

Canandaigua Lake Chamber Music Festival

Temple B’rith Kodesh, Rochester, New York, USA

and 22 February, Mannes School of Music

 

9 February

Richard Wernick: Suite No. 2 for Unaccompanied Cello (Presser) World Premiere

Gwendolyn Krosnick, cello

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, USA

 

10 February

Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit (Heugel)

musikFabrik

Bayer Erholungshaus, Leverkusen, Germany

 

11 February

Xu Shuya: In Nomine II (Jobert) Netherlands Premiere

Nieuw Ensemble; Ed Spanjaard, director

Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

16 February

Gérard Pesson: Siegfried Idyll (Treppenmusik) (Lemoine) Italian Premiere

Accentus Chamber Choir; Laurence Equilbey, director

Pérouse, Italy

 

17 February

Lowell Liebermann: Strong Quartet No. 3 (Presser) World Premiere

Ying Quartet

Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, USA

 

20 February

Erik Satie / Régis Campo: Sports et Divertissements (Lemoine) World Premiere

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal; Kent Nagano, director

Palais des Arts, Montréal, Canada

 

20 February

Krystof Maratka: Luminarium (Jobert) Turkish Premiere

Abank Chamber Orchestra; Hen Halevy, clarinet; Cem Mansur, director

Salle Philharmonique, Istanbul, Turkey

 

25 February

Ralph Shapey: Piano Quintet (Presser) World Premiere

Gilbert Kalish, piano; The Juilliard Quartet

Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School, New York, USA

 

27 February

Chen Yi: Momentum (Presser) Canadian Premiere

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Toronto, Canada

and 28 February

 

28 February

William Bolcom: Eighth Symphony (Presser) World Premiere

Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor

Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, USA

and 29 February

and 1 March

 

29 February

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: A Poem for Elliott (Presser) World Premiere

Jeffrey Mumford: a celebration of Elliott (Presser) World Premiere

Part of “Ten for Carter” series, in celebration of Elliott Carter’s 100th Birthday

Network for New Music Concert, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre, Symphony Space, New York, USA

 

29 February

Edward Cowie: Don Quixote (UMP) Southern Hemisphere Premiere

Richard Hand, guitar

Concert Hall, New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand.

 

2 March

Martin Matalon: “Création” (Billaudot) World Premiere

Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada

 

4 March

Edith Canat de Chizy: Burning (Lemoine) World Premiere

Concours International de Piano d’Orléans

Carré Saint-Vincent Scène Nationale, Orléans, France

 

6 March

Marc-André Dalbavie: Sonnets (Billaudot) World Premiere

Orchestre National de Lyon; P. Jaroussky, counter-tenor; T. Fischer, director

Lyon, France

and 8 March

 

6 March

Martin Matalon: La Makina (Billaudot) World Premiere

McGill University, Montreal, Canada

 

8 March

Samuel Adler: A Bridge to Understanding (Presser) World Premiere

Empire State Youth Orchestra; Helen Cha-Pyo, conductor

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, New York, USA

 

8 March

Behzad Ranjbaran: Fountains of Fin (Presser) World Premiere

Bargemusic

Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, New York, USA

 

11 March

Jeffrey Mumford: in soft echoes… a world awaits (Presser) World Premiere

Emma Shook, violin; Eliesha Nelson, viola; Martha Baldwin, cello

Cleveland Institute of Music, OH, USA

 

11 March

William Bolcom: Lucrezia (Presser) World Premiere

Comic Opera, libretto by Mark Campbell

New York Festival of Song

Weill Recital Hall, New York, USA

 

12 March

Philippe Hurel: New work for saxophone and orchestra (Lemoine) World Premiere

Ensemble United Berlin; Zsolt Nagy, director

Märzmusik, Berlinerfestpiele, Berliner Philharmonie, Germany

 

12 March

Martin Matalon: Har le tailleur de pierres (Billaudot) World Premiere

Trio Suo Tempore

TNS de Lyon, France

 

13 March

Franck Bedrossian: Manifesto (Billaudot) World Premiere

Ensemble 2e2m; P. Roullier, director

Conservatoire National de Région de Paris, France

 

13 March

Chen Yi: From the Path of Beauty (Presser) World Premiere

Chanticleer, Shanghai Quartet

San Francisco Conservatory of Music, CA, USA

and 14, 15, 16 March

 

14 March

Colin Roche: Navet Blanc Buren (Jobert) World Premiere

Trio 3D

Auditorium de l’Ecole de Musique, Colombes, France

 

15 March

Marc Neikrug: Quintessence: Symphony No. 2 (Presser) World Premiere

New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Alan Gilbert, conductor

Avery Fisher Hall, New York, USA

 

15 March

Olivier Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecote (Leduc)

Naji Hakim: Le Tombeau d’Olivier Messiaen (UMP)

Naji Hakim, organ

Hofkirche, Luzern, Switzerland

 

15 March

Martin Matalon: Trame VIII (Billaudot) World Premiere

Nouvel Ensemble Moderne; L. Vaillancourt, director

Lyon, Musique en Scène, France

 

15 March

Michaël Lévinas: Se briser (Lemoine) World Premiere

Ensemble L’Itinéraire

Festival Aspects des musiques d’aujourd’hui, Caen, France

 

15 March

Régis Campo: Le printemps d’après Saint-Saëns (Les Saisons françaises) (Lemoine) World Premiere

Orchestre des Musiciens de la Prée; Pejman Memarzadeh, director

Jouars, France

 

16 March

Jeffrey Mumford: billowing pockets brightly layered (Presser) World Premiere

Darrett Adkins, cello; Cleveland Chamber Symphony; Steven Smith, conductor

Cleveland Music School Settlement, OH, USA

 

16 March

Chen Yi and Steven Stucky: Two Chinese Folk Songs (Presser) World Premiere

Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club; Scott Tucker, conductor

Beida Centenary Hall, Peking Univeristy, Beijing, China

(US Premiere: 28 March, Cornell University)

 

17 March

William Kraft: Encounters XIII (Presser) World Premiere

Lynn Vartan, percussion; members of Southwest Chamber Music Society

Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 

25 March

Dan Welcher: Dante Dances (Presser) World Premiere

Richard MacDowell, clarinet; UT New Music Ensemble; Dan Welcher, conductor

Bates Recital Hall, University of Texas at Austin, USA

 

27 March

Edith Canat de Chizy: Heaven (Lemoine) World Premiere

Ensemble Soli-Tutti; Quatuor Rascher

Eglise de la Sainte-Famille, Le Pré Saint-Gervais, France

 

27 March

Stephen Montague: Tongues of Fire (UMP) US Premiere

Margaret Leng Tan, piano

Merkin Concert Hall, New York City, USA

 

29 March

Régis Campo: New Work (Lemoine) World Premiere

Jory Vinikour, harpsichord

Live at Mission Blue, Mission Blue Centre, Brisane, USA

 

3 April

Ton That Tiet: Contemplation (Billaudot) World Premiere

B. Pasquier, alto; Orchestre

Boulogne, France

 

4 April

Martin Matalon: Traces VII (Billaudot) World Premiere

D. Michel-Dansac, soprano

Le Quartz de Brest, France

 

8 April

Raphaël Cendo: Refones (Billaudot) World Premiere

Les Percussions de Strasbourg

Aresnal de Metz, France

 

10 April

Roger Redgate: Residue (UMP)

Jane Chapman, harpsichord

Merkin Concert Hall, New York, USA

 

10 April

Alain Louvier: Envols d’Écailles (Leduc)

Alain Louvier: Études pour Agresseurs (Editions Musicales Européennes) World Premiere

Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt, Boulogne, France

 

11 April

Stephen Montague: Phrygian Tucket (UMP)

Elisabeth Chojnacka, harpsichord

Bourgoin, France

 

13 April

Stephen Montague: Horn Concerto (UMP)

The Art Guys, soloists; Rob Smith, conductor

Houston, Texas, USA

 

13 April 

Stephen Montague: Southern Lament (UMP)

Philip Mead, piano

WCNY-FM "Fresh Ink 2008" series, USA

 

17 April

Joshua Fineberg: Lolita (Billaudot) World Premiere

Ensemble Fa

Festival “Les Musiques”, Marseille, France

 

23 April

Roger Redgate: Residua (UMP)

Jane Chapman, harpsichord

Hertz Concert Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

 

29 April

Olivier Messiaen: