New Music Indaba 2002 Committee Director: Michael Blake Assitant Director: Grant Olwage Administrator: Sheila Jones Programme: Saturday 29 June | Sunday 30 June | Monday 1 July | Tuesday 2 July | Wednesday 3 July | Thursday 4 July | Friday 5 July | Saturday 6 July For ticket prices and booking see the National Arts Festival website ** South African premičre *** world premičre Programmes and artists subject to change DAY 1 Saturday June 29 11h30-c12h50 Beethoven Room DECONSTRUCTING TOSCA 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. Saturday June 29 14h00-c15h20 Cathedral KHUTHAZO! / SHOUT! 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 arr. Mzilikazi Khumalo 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 arr. Mzilikazi Khumalo Akhala amaqhude amabili Thomas Beversdorf Cathedral Music part 2 Phelelani Mnomiya Ihele arr. Mzilikazi Khumalo Akhala amaqhude amabili Neil Leachman March of Man Andile Khumalo Fanfare for Brass Stanley Glasser Khuthazo! Sponsored by the Eastern Cape Government. Saturday June 29 18h00-18h45 Café Workshop COMPOSERS in CONVERSATION 1 Indaba director Michael Blake talks to Dutch composers Theo Loevendie and Martijn Padding who are featured in the Insomnio concert that follows. Saturday June 29 19h00-c20h30 Beethoven Room INSOMNIO - Programme 1 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. [back to top] DAY 2 Sunday June 30 11h30-c12h50 Beethoven Room TILBURY plays FELDMAN 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 ** Sunday June 30 14h00-c15h30 Rhodes Chapel The CRUCIFIXION 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. Sunday June 30 16h00-17h15 Olive Schreiner Hall NEW MUSIC IMAGES 1 Portsmouth Sinfonia, director Rex Pyke A Walk Through H, director Peter Greenaway, music Michael Nyman Sunday June 30 17h00-18h00 Beethoven Room YOUNG PERFORMERS' CONCERT 1 Vuyani Ensemble: Daniel Hutchinson, Godfrey Motlhodi, Lekwakwe Mokgoko, Thembi Nkosi, Mike Fernandez, Jay Schutte, Reza Khota, Kyla Smith, Solly Tsotetsi, Rabasotho Palime, John Seotllola and Lucky Ngwaza An ensemble including strings, winds, guitar and percussion from Wits and Gauteng performs 'African minimalist' group compositions by members of the ensemble. Kippeology (composed by johnny dyani) On C Walking Songs Sunday June 30 21h30-22h40 Beethoven Room PHONOPHONIE/SAPPHO's BREATH Beth Griffith (soprano) with Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano) 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. [back to top] DAY 3 Monday July 1 09h00-10h30 Education Room 1 Improvisation Workshop - Part 1 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. Monday July 1 09h00-10h30 Café Workshop Taking Cues: Electronics Lecture-Demo 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. Monday July 1 11h00-11h45 Café Workshop Lecture: The Bow: South Africa's Weapon of Music 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. Monday July 1 12h00-13h00 Beethoven Room The BOW PROJECT 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 and umrhubhe songs Martin Scherzinger Across the Dancing Ground ** With assistance from Distell Foundation for the Performing Arts. Monday July 1 14h00-15h30 Beethoven Room SPECTRUM: The DEMO 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 Monday July 1 16h00-17h10 Olive Schreiner Hall NEW MUSIC IMAGES 2: Sound on Film 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. Monday July 1 17h00-18h00 Beethoven Room YOUNG PERFORMERS' CONCERT 2 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) John Cage Variations II Hannes Taljaard Easter Hymn-Sat Mater *** With support from The Information Centre for Southern African Music (ISAM) Monday July 1 21h30-c22h40 Beethoven Room LATE NIGHT LIVE with AMM John Tilbury (piano) Keith Rowe (electric guitar) Eddie Prévost (percussion) The legendary British free music group makes its South African debut. [back to top] DAY 4 Tuesday July 2 09h00-10h30 Education Room 1 Improvisation Workshop - Part 2 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. Tuesday July 2 09h00-10h30 Café Workshop Composing for Amateurs and Young Performers - Part 1 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. Tuesday July 2 11h00-11h45 Café Workshop Lecture: Madness, Creativity and the Musical Imagination 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 Tuesday July 2 12h00-13h00 Beethoven Room THREE CHEERS! 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 Tuesday July 2 14h00-16h00 Rhodes Chapel The GREAT LEARNING (Workshop) 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. Tuesday July 2 16h00-17h00 Olive Schreiner Hall NEW MUSIC IMAGES 3 Mantra, music Karlheinz Stockhausen Tuesday July 2 17h00-18h00 Beethoven Room YOUNG PERFORMERS' CONCERT 3 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 Tuesday July 2 19h00-c20h30 Beethoven Room INSOMNIO - Programme 2 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. Tuesday July 2 21h30-c22h40 Beethoven Room LATE NIGHT SAX 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 Ĺke 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. [back to top] DAY 5 Wednesday July 3 09h00-11h00 Café Workshop Stockholm Saxophone Quartet Workshop 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. Wednesday July 3 12h00-13h00 Beethoven Room SPECTRUM: The CONCERT ** Thalia Myers (piano) 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 Wednesday July 3 14h00-15h00 Rhodes Chapel The GREAT LEARNING (Performance) ** A performance by festival-goers and local learners of 'Paragraph Seven' of Cornelius Cardew's The Great Learning. The performance is free. Wednesday July 3 17h00-18h00 Beethoven Room YOUNG PERFORMERS' CONCERT 4 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 Wednesday July 3 19h00-20h15 Monument Theatre CONFESSIONS of ZENO ** Wednesday July 3 19h00-20h00 Nombulelo Hall SAX in TOWNSHIP TONIGHT 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 Ĺke 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. Wednesday July 3 21h30-c22h40 Beethoven Room LATE NIGHT LIVE with FRONT EAR TERRITORY Nishlyn Ramanna (piano) Rick van Heerden (sax) Lulu Gontsana (drums) Lex Futshane (bass) 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. [back to top] DAY 6 Thursday July 4 9h00-10h30 Café Workshop Composing for Amateurs and Young Performers - Part 2 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. Thursday July 4 11h00-11h45 Café Workshop COMPOSERS in CONVERSATION 2 John McGuire talks about his electronic music by way of introduction to the concert McGWIRED! Thursday July 4 12h00-13h00 Beethoven Room McGWIRED! Beth Griffith (soprano) John McGuire Pulse Music 3 ** John McGuire A Cappella ** This event is 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. Thursday July 4 14h00-15h15 Monument Theatre CONFESSIONS of ZENO Repeat performance. Thursday July 4 16h00-17h30 Olive Schreiner Hall NOSFERATU Live music by The Free Music Machine to the classic 1922 silent film Nosferatu, directed by FW Murnau. Thursday July 4 19h00-20h15 Monument Theatre CONFESSIONS of ZENO Repeat performance. [back to top] DAY 7 Friday July 5 19h00-c20h30 Beethoven Room NKUNA and The SONTONGAS 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 [back to top] DAY 8 Saturday July 6 12h00-1300h Beethoven Room ICISA PREMIERES 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. [back to top] Eastern Cape Government South African-Norwegian Education and Music Programme Royal Netherlands Embassy Gaudeamus Foundation National Arts Council of South Africa Die Rupert-musiekstigting/ The Rupert Music Foundation Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs 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)