NEW MUSIC INDABA 2002
- 29 June - 6 July
- National Arts Festival, Grahamstown
- Director
Michael Blake
- Assitant Director
Grant Olwage - Administrator
Sheila Jones
Sponsors
The New Music Indaba wishes to thank the following organizations for their kind assistance:
- National Arts Festival
- Eastern Cape Government
- MMINO: South African-Norwegian Education and Music Programme
- Royal Netherlands Embassy
- Gaudeamus Foundation
- Standard Bank
- National Arts Council
- Rupert-Musiekstigting
- Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs
- The Swedish Institute
- Helge Ax:son Johnsson Foundation
- Arts International
- Distell Foundation for the Performing Arts
- SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts
- The Information Centre for Southern African Music (ISAM)
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PROGRAMME
For ticket prices and booking see the National Arts Festival Web site.
Programmes and artists subject to change.
Legend:
- Presenter | Composer | Performer
- *** = World première
- ** = South African première
Programme navigation:
Day 1
Saturday 29 June
DECONSTRUCTING TOSCA
Saturday 29 June 11h30-c12h50 | Beethoven Room
Beth Griffith soprano
Michael Blake piano
Charles Ives
"The Things Our Fathers Loved"
"Memories"
"The Circus Band"
"At the River"
"Charlie Rutlage"
Henry Cowell
"Who wrote this fiendish 'Rite of Spring'?" **
"Spring Comes Singing" **
"Sunset" **
Susanne Meis
"Orthopaedic Songs" **
Marc Sabat
"theory" **
"numbers" **
Morton Feldman
"Only" **
Michael Blake
New Work ***
Sorral Hayes
"Afternoon in June" **
"Progenity" **
"Everybody is" **
— Interval —
John Cage
"The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs"
"Nowth upon Nacht" **
"A Flower"
Wolfgang von Schweinitz
"Sehr kleine Drachen" **
Matteo Fargion
"Tosca Songs" **
Participation of Beth Griffith has been made possible in part through support from The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions, a public-private partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. Department of State, The Pew Charile Trusts, and The Rockefeller Foundation, with additional support from the Doris Duke Charile Foundation, and administered by Arts International.
KHUTHAZO! / SHOUT!
Saturday 29 June 14h00-c15h20 | Cathedral
Indaba Festival Brass, director Erik Albertyn
Sounds of the South, conductor Nomkitha Nxu
Masakheke Youth Choir, conductor Radio Mcuba
Abancedisi Adult Choir, conductor Lonwabo Singatha
Dumisa Mpupha imbongi/praise poet
Andile Khumalo
"Fanfare for Brass" **
Phelelani Mnomiya
"Imvunge"
Mzilikazi Khumalo arr.
"Iph'indlela"
Benjamin Tyamzashe
"Iceba lomthi"
Thomas Beversdorf
"Cathedral Music" part 1
Alfred Assegai Kumalo
"Menzi wento zonke"
Benjamin Myataza
"UDanayi intshili"
Enoch Gwashu
"Iimini zemidudu"
Mzilikazi Khumalo arr.
"Akhala amaqhude amabili"
Thomas Beversdorf
"Cathedral Music" part 2
Phelelani Mnomiya
"Ihele"
Mzilikazi Khumalo arr.
"Akhala amaqhude amabili"
Neil Leachman
"March of Man"
Andile Khumalo
"Fanfare for Brass"
Stanley Glasser
"Khuthazo!"
Sponsored by the Eastern Cape Government.
COMPOSERS IN CONVERSATION 1
Saturday 29 June 18h00-18h45 | Café Workshop
Theo Loevendie and Martijn Padding
Indaba director Michael Blake talks to Dutch composers Theo Loevendie and Martijn Padding who are featured in the Insomnio concert that follows.
INSOMNIO — PROGRAMME 1
Saturday 29 June 19h00-c20h30 | Beethoven Room
Insomnio
Michael Finnissy
"Amphitheatre des Sciences" ***
Pierre Boulez
"Dérive" **
Theo Loevendie
"Venus and Adonis" **
— Interval —
Andrew Ford
"Ringing the Changes"
Theo Loevendie
"Canons" **
Kevin Volans
"Walking Song"
Theo Loevendie
"Bons" **
Sponsored by the Gaudeamus Foundation and the Royal Netherlands Embassy.
Day 2
Sunday 30 June
TILBURY PLAYS FELDMAN
Sunday 30 June 11h30-c12h50 | Beethoven Room
John Tilbury piano
Cornelius Cardew
"Croppy Boy"
"Father Murphy" **
"Unintended Piano Music" **
"February Piece No.4" **
Michael Blake
"Ways to put in the salt" ***
Morton Feldman
"Palais de Mari" **
— Interval —
Howard Skempton
"First Prelude" **
"Campanella 3" **
"Prelude 8" **
"Interlude 3" (from Images)
"Rumba" **
"Two Highland Dances" **
Dave Smith
"African Mosaic" **
THE CRUCIFIXION
Sunday 30 June 14h00-c15h30 | Rhodes Chapel
Sakhabengoma Choral Society, conductor Tanduxolo Mahlangeni
Modern Artists Vocal Association, conductor Xolani Nomanyama
Lihle Biata
"Umlilo"
Lihle Biata
"Ndim Lo"
Christian Ngcobe
"The Crucifixion" (excerpts)
Sponsored by the Eastern Cape Government.
NEW MUSIC IMAGES 1
Sunday 30 June 16h00-17h15 | Olive Schreiner Hall
Portsmouth Sinfonia, director Rex Pyke
"A Walk Through H"
Peter Greenaway director
Michael Nyman music
YOUNG PERFORMERS' CONCERT 1
Sunday 30 June 17h00-18h00 | Beethoven Room
Vuyani Ensemble
- Daniel Hutchinson
- Godfrey Motlhodi
- Lekwakwe Mokgoko
- Thembi Nkosi
- Mike Fernandez
- Jay Schutte
- Reza Khota
- Kyla Smith
- Solly Tsotetsi
- Rabasotho Palime
- John Seotllola
- Lucky Ngwaza
Johnny Dyani
"Kippeology"
Vuyani Ensemble
"On C"
"Walking Songs"
An ensemble including strings, winds, guitar and percussion from Wits and Gauteng performs 'African minimalist' group compositions by members of the ensemble.
PHONOPHONIE / SAPPHO'S BREATH
Sunday 30 June 21h30-22h40 | Beethoven Room
Beth Griffith and Pumeza Matshikiza sopranos
Mauricio Kagel
"Phonophonie"
Rodney Waschka II
"Sappho's Breath"
Participation of Beth Griffith has been made possible in part through support from The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions, a public-private partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. Department of State, The Pew Charile Trusts, and The Rockefeller Foundation, with additional support from the Doris Duke Charile Foundation, and administered by Arts International.
Day 3
Monday 1 July
IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP - PART 1
Monday 1 July 09h00-10h30 | Education Room 1
Eddie Prévost
Improvisation guru, percussionist Eddie Prévost of AMM, will lead a workshop in two parts on improvisation. Instrumentation can be of any kind, no particular cultural references will be made, and the focus will be on interaction.
TAKING CUES: ELECTRONICS LECTURE-DEMO
Monday 1 July 09h00-10h30 | Café Workshop
Keith Rowe
AMM guitarist Keith Rowe performs solo and discusses the preparations he uses on his instrument and the aesthetic cues he has taken from other forms to shape his own sound.
LECTURE: THE BOW — SOUTH AFRICA'S WEAPON OF MUSIC
Monday 1 July 11h00-11h45 | Café Workshop
Professor Andrew Tracey
A lecture-demonstration on the uhadi bow and its music by Professor Andrew Tracey, director of the International Library of African Music. The first phase of The Bow Project follows.
THE BOW PROJECT
Monday 1 July 12h00-13h00 | Beethoven Room
Sontonga String Quartet
- Marc Uys violin
- Waldo Alexander violin
- Xandi van Dijk viola
- Brian Choveaux cello
- Pumeza Matshikiza soprano
- Madosini bow singer
Nofinishi Dywili
"Umagungqel'indawo"
Andile Khumalo
"Elasticity" ***
Nofinishi Dywili
"Inxembula"
Martin Scherzinger
"My Friend, the Ugly One" ***
Madosini
"uhadi" song
"umrhubhe" song
Martin Scherzinger
"Across the Dancing Ground" **
With assistance from Distell Foundation for the Performing Arts.
SPECTRUM: THE DEMO
Monday 1 July 14h00-15h30 | Beethoven Room
Thalia Myers
Leading British pianist and pedagogue Thalia Myers talks about and demonstrates her unique collection of new piano works commissioned for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
Sponsored by Die Rupert-musiekstigting. ABRSM (Publishing) Ltd is pleased to be a sponsor of Thalia Myers' visit to South Africa
NEW MUSIC IMAGES 2: SOUND ON FILM
Monday 1 July 16h00-17h10 | Olive Schreiner Hall
"Pilgrimage"
Werner Herzog director
John Tavener music
"Sound"
Nicolas Roeg director
Adrian Utley music
"The New Math(s)"
Hal Hartley director
Louis Andriessen music
"In Absentia"
Brothers Quay director
Karlheinz Stockhausen music
Four short films from an ongoing BBC project that pair imaginative filmmakers with composers of note. Pilgrimage is a deeply spiritual work combining the talents of Werner Herzog and John Tavener. Nicolas Roeg and Portishead's Adrian Utley created the contemplative Sound. Hal Hartley's film The New Math(s) has music by Louis Andriessen. The surrealistic Brothers Quay direct In Absentia with music by Karlheinz Stockhausen. Footage of the directors and composers in conversation precedes each film.
YOUNG PERFORMERS' CONCERT 2
Monday 1 July 17h00-18h00 | Beethoven Room
Ensemble AD HOC
- Hannes Taljaard piano
- Erica Eloff soprano
- Liesl van der Merwe bassoon
- Gerhard Laurens clarinet/bass clarinet
Hannes Taljaard
"Wiegieliedjies (Book 2)"
John Coulter
"Three songs for soprano, clarinet and piano" ***
John Cage
"Solo no. 27 for voice" (from Song Books, vol. 1)
"Variations II"
Hannes Taljaard
"Easter Hymn-Sat Mater" ***
With support from The Information Centre for Southern African Music (ISAM)
LATE NIGHT LIVE WITH AMM
Monday 1 July 21h30-c22h40 | Beethoven Room
AMM
- John Tilbury piano
- Keith Rowe electric guitar
- Eddie Prévost percussion
AMM
The legendary British free music group makes its South African debut.
Day 4
Tuesday 2 July
IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP — PART 2
Tuesday 2 July 09h00-10h30 | Education Room 1
Eddie Prévost
Improvisation guru, percussionist Eddie Prévost of AMM, will lead a workshop in two parts on improvisation. Instrumentation can be of any kind, no particular cultural references will be made, and the focus will be on interaction.
COMPOSING FOR AMATEURS AND YOUNG PERFORMERS — PART 1
Tuesday 2 July 09h00-10h30 | Café Workshop
Thalia Myers and Michael Blake
In a two part series, Thalia Myers and Michael Blake talk about and demonstrate how to compose music for amateur and young performers. Part 1 is a demonstration and Part 2 is a workshop on participants' pieces.
LECTURE: MADNESS, CREATIVITY AND THE MUSICAL IMAGINATION
Tuesday 2 July 11h00-11h45 | Café Workshop
Dr Stephanus Muller
Polemical musicologist Dr Stephanus Muller gives a lecture in honour of the 80th birthdays of composers Stefans Grové and Hubert du Plessis. The lecture is followed by a tribute concert, Three Cheers!
Sponsored by Die Rupert-musiekstigting
THREE CHEERS!
Tuesday 2 July 12h00-13h00 | Beethoven Room
Hanna van Niekerk soprano
Anneke Lamont piano
Stefans Grové
"Vyf Liedere op Tekste van Ingrid Jonker"
Pieter de Villiers
"Op die Krovlak"
Hubert du Plessis
"Die Vrou"
Chris Lamprecht
"Aan die Noordweste"
Sponsored by Die Rupert-musiekstigting
THE GREAT LEARNING (WORKSHOP)
Tuesday 2 July 14h00-16h00 | Rhodes Chapel
Jim Pywell
A performance by festival-goers and local learners led by Jim Pywell of 'Paragraph Seven' of Cornelius Cardew's ground-breaking Mao-inspired work. The piece will be workshopped on Tuesday, with the performance on Wednesday. Both workshop and performance are free.
Price: FREE
NEW MUSIC IMAGES 3
Tuesday 2 July 16h00-17h00 | Olive Schreiner Hall
"Mantra"
Karlheinz Stockhausen music
YOUNG PERFORMERS' CONCERT 3
Tuesday 2 July 17h00-18h00 | Beethoven Room
Grethe Nöthling piano
Alexander Scriabin
"Etude op. 8 no.2"
Claude Debussy
"Feux d'artifice"
Serge Rachmaninoff
"Preludes Op 23 No 5 & 7"
Serge Prokofiev
"Suggestion Diabolique"
A Ben Yohanan
"Prelude and Toccata"
Hendrik Hofmeyr
"Chaconne"
Stefans Grové
"Skisofrenie"
Alexander Johnson
"Jazz Impromptu"
Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph
"Virtuoso 1"
INSOMNIO — PROGRAMME 2
Tuesday 2 July 19h00-c20h30 | Beethoven Room
Insomnio
Iannis Xenakis
"Plekto" **
Rüdiger Meyer
"Popular Memories" ***
Theo Loevendie
"Perquanti? III" **
Martijn Padding
"Shuffle" **
— Interval —
Toru Takemitsu
"Rain Spell" **
Martin Scherzinger
"The Whistle of the Circle Movement" **
Jacob Ter Veldhuis
"Heartbreakers" **
Sponsored by the Gaudeamus Foundation and the Royal Netherlands Embassy.
LATE NIGHT SAX
Tuesday 2 July 21h30-c22h40 | Beethoven Room
Stockhom Saxophone Quartet
- Sven Westerberg
- Jörgen Pettersson
- Leif Karlborg
- Per Hedlund
Arie Shapira
"Saxophone Quartet" **
Jürgen Bräuninger
"13 very short movies 4 saxophones 0 electronics" ***
Marie Samuelsson
"Signal" **
Maurizio Pisati
"Sax Stories" **
— Interval —
Åke Parmerud
"Retur" **
Carlo Mombelli
"Observations from the hideout" ***
Arne Mellnäs
"Stampede" **
Dror Feiler
"Anvil and Parachutes" **
Sponsored by the Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs, the Swedish Institute, and the Helge Ax:son Johnsson Foundation.
Day 5
Wednesday 3 July
STOCKHOLM SAXOPHONE QUARTET WORKSHOP
Wednesday 3 July 09h00-11h00 | Café Workshop
Stockholm Saxophone Quartet
The quartet gives a workshop on their instruments, electronics and repertoire together with members of the ICISA composition faculty.
Sponsored by the Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs, the Swedish Institute, and the Helge Ax:son Johnsson Foundation.
SPECTRUM: THE CONCERT
Wednesday 3 July 12h00-13h00 | Beethoven Room
Thalia Myers piano
Thalia Myers
"Spectrum" **
A recital of miniatures chosen from the three volumes of Myers' Spectrum project for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
Sponsored by Die Rupert-musiekstigting. ABRSM (Publishing) Ltd is pleased to be a sponsor of Thalia Myers' visit to South Africa
THE GREAT LEARNING (PERFORMANCE)
Wednesday 3 July 14h00-15h00 | Rhodes Chapel
Cornelius Cardew
"Paragraph Seven" **
A performance by festival-goers and local learners of 'Paragraph Seven' of Cornelius Cardew's The Great Learning.
Price: FREE
YOUNG PERFORMERS' CONCERT 4
Wednesday 3 July 17h00-18h00 | Beethoven Room
Margot Kelly soprano
Susan Harrop-Allin piano
Clare Loveday
"Pure, So Vast, Dream, Empty"
Ned Rorem
"A Dream of Nightingales"
"Spring and Fall"
Janice (Klette) Evans
"Seven Children's Songs"
Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph
"Boy on a Swing"
"Hell well Heaven"
Madeleine Dring
"Seven Shakespeare Songs" (excerpts)
Michael van der Walt
"Autumn in Cornwall"
"Platteland Safari"
CONFESSIONS OF ZENO
Wednesday 3 July 19h00-20h15 | Monument Theatre
"Confessions of Zeno" **
SAX IN TOWNSHIP TONIGHT
Wednesday 3 July 19h00-20h00 | Nombulelo Hall
Stockholm Saxophone Quartet
- Sven Westerberg
- Jörgen Pettersson
- Leif Karlborg
- Per Hedlund
Arie Shapira
"Saxophone Quartet"
Jürgen Bräuninger
"13 very short movies 4 saxophones 0 electronics"
Marie Samuelsson
"Signal"
Maurizio Pisati
"Sax Stories"
— Interval —
Åke Parmerud
"Retur"
Carlo Mombelli
"Observations from the hideout"
Arne Mellnäs
"Stampede"
Dror Feiler
"Anvil and Parachutes"
Sponsored by the Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs, the Swedish Institute, and the Helge Ax:son Johnsson Foundation.
LATE NIGHT LIVE WITH FRONT EAR TERRITORY
Wednesday 3 July 21h30-c22h40 | Beethoven Room
Front Ear Territory
- Nishlyn Ramanna piano
- Rick van Heerden sax
- Lulu Gontsana drums
- Lex Futshane bass
Front Ear Territory
Nishlyn Ramanna's new band, making their début, pushes at the frontiers of the standard jazz quartet in a series of mostly spare, quiet improvisation sets.
Day 6
Thursday 4 July
COMPOSING FOR AMATEURS AND YOUNG PERFORMERS — PART 2
Thursday 4 July 9h00-10h30 | Café Workshop
Thalia Myers and Michael Blake
In a two part series, Thalia Myers and Michael Blake talk about and demonstrate how to compose music for amateur and young performers. Part 1 is a demonstration and Part 2 is a workshop on participants' pieces.
COMPOSERS IN CONVERSATION 2
Thursday 4 July 11h00-11h45 | Café Workshop
John McGuire
John McGuire talks about his electronic music by way of introduction to the concert McGWIRED!
McGWIRED!
Thursday 4 July 12h00-13h00 | Beethoven Room
Beth Griffith soprano
John McGuire
"Pulse Music 3" **
John McGuire
"A Cappella" **
Price: FREE
Participation of Beth Griffith has been made possible in part through support from The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions, a public-private partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. Department of State, The Pew Charile Trusts, and The Rockefeller Foundation, with additional support from the Doris Duke Charile Foundation, and administered by Arts International.
CONFESSIONS OF ZENO
Thursday 4 July 14h00-15h15 | Monument Theatre
Repeat performance.
NOSFERATU
Thursday 4 July 16h00-17h30 | Olive Schreiner Hall
The Free Music Machine
"Nosferatu"
FW Murnau director
The Free Music Machine music
Live music by The Free Music Machine to the classic 1922 silent film Nosferatu, directed by FW Murnau.
CONFESSIONS OF ZENO
Thursday 4 July 19h00-20h15 | Monument Theatre
Repeat performance.
Day 7
Friday 5 July
NKUNA AND THE SONTONGAS
Friday 5 July 19h00-c20h30 | Beethoven Room
Musa Nkuna tenor
Sontonga String Quartet
- Marc Uys violin
- Waldo Alexander violin
- Xandi van Dijk viola
- Brian Choveaux cello
Leslie Nkuna
"Ku Veleka Vukosi" ***
Mokale Koapeng
"Malerato" ***
Péter Louis van Dijk
"I Inyembezi" **
— Interval —
Michael Blake
"Voice and String Quartet" ***
Arvo Pärt
"Ein Wallfahrtslied" **
Sponsored by Distell Foundation for the Performing Arts and SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts
Day 8
Saturday 6 July
ICISA PREMIÈRES
Saturday 6 July 12h00-13h00 | Beethoven Room
Insomnio
Highlights of work by ICISA participants written during the two-week composition course, and played by members of Insomnio.
The concert will be preceded by a two-hour open rehearsal commencing from 09h00 in the Beethoven Room, which is free to the public.
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