New Century Players
New Century Players:
Friendly Monsters from the Boot:
Two Nights of Italian Music
New Century Players:
Friendly Monsters from the Boot:
Two Nights of Italian Music
"The New Century Players perform with wonted skill and poise; one hears the music and doesn’t worry about the very real difficulties of executing it." Los Angeles Times
New music aficionados have the rare opportunity to savor a superb collection of contemporary Italian works as CalArts’ vaunted ensemble presents a two-concert survey built around compositions by Sylvano Bussotti -- one of the most aesthetically inventive provocateurs of his generation. Famed for defiantly complex syntax and unconventional graphic notation, Bussotti also has broken barriers with jaunty sensual and erotic insinuations. The program includes Bussotti’s Concerti grossi all’ara degli ulivi, for chamber ensemble, and Fragmentations, for harps; Luciano Berio’s Points on the curve to find, for piano and 22 instruments; and pieces by Ada Gentile, Carlo Alessandro Landini, Luca Lombardi, Luigi Nono and Salvatore Sciarrino.
In person: Sylvano Bussotti
Friday Program: 2.23.07
8:30 pm
Ada Gentile: Quartet for winds
Luigi Nono: Guai ai gelidi mostri for chamber ensemble and live electronics, U.S. premiere
Intermission
Ada Gentile: perviolinosolo with soloist Mark Menzies, U.S. premiere
Salvatore Sciarrino: Esplorazione del bianco II for quartet
Luca Lombardi: Schattenspiel for bass flute with soloist Rachel Rudich
Salvatore Sciarrino: Melencolia for cello and piano, Ashley Walters and Vicki Ray
Carlo A. Landini: Elegy for clarinet with soloist William Powell
Sylvano Bussotti: work tba
Saturday Program: 2.24.07
8:30 pm
Ada Gentile: Misty for flute and French horn, Rachel Rudich and Daniel Katzen
Sylvano Bussotti: Fragmentations for two harps, one player with soloist Susan Allen
Ada Gentile: Zapping for winds and strings quartet
Sylvano Bussotti: Concerti grossi all’ara degli ulivi for chamber ensemble, U.S. premiere
Intermission
Luigi Nono: Fragmente-Stille, an Diotoma, The Formalist Quartet
Luciano Berio: Points on the curve to find for piano solo and chamber ensemble with soloist Liam Viney
Funded in part by grants from the Istituto Italiano di Cultura and by Federazione CEMAT (Sonora), supported by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Cultural Affairs - Department for Performing Arts. Thanks for the assistance of Luciano Chessa.
Associated Images:
| Date/Time | G | ST | CA |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRI 2/23 8:30 pm | $20 | $16 | $10 |
| SAT 2/24 8:30 pm | $20 | $16 | $10 |
G - General Audience
M - REDCAT Members
ST - Students
CA - CalArts Students/Faculty/Staff
