NEW MUSIC INDABA 2003

• Director
  Michael Blake
  

Sponsors

The New Music Indaba wishes to thank the following organizations for their kind assistance:

• Standard Bank
• Eastern Cape Government
• Gaudeamus Foundation
• Royal Netherlands Embassy
• MMINO, South African-Norwegian Education and Music Programme
• Distell Foundation for the Performing Arts
• Die Rupert-Musiekstigting
• SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts
• Institut Francais Afrique du Sud
• University of Stellenbosch

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PROGRAMME

Full notes on performers, composers, and works will be available at Indaba events.

Programmes and artists subject to change.

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Day 1
Friday 27 June

COMPOSERS IN CONVERSATION 1

Friday 27 June 18h00-18h45 | Café Workshop

OperaWorks director Mary Rörich talks to Dutch composers Theo Loevendie and Christina Viola Oorebeek prior to the South African prèmières of several of their works.

OPERAWORKS - THE CONCERT

Friday 27 June 19h00-20h30 | Beethoven Room

Beth Griffith soprano
Walter Butt tenor
Michael Blake piano
Pauline Post & Nora Mulder piano duo
Matteo Fargion amplified cardboard boxes

Sontonga String Quartet:
Marc Uys & Waldo Alexander violins
Xandi van Dijk viola
Brian Choveaux cello
Corinne Cooper sound

Theo Loevendie
Sonata for Solo Voice ***

Matteo Fargion
Donna che beve **

Mauricio Kagel
Recitativarie for Singing Harpsichordist

Ernest H.Papier
Tête à queue ni tête **

Christina Viola Oorebeek
Satie and his Sense of Shoelaces **

Theo Loevendie
The Barpianist **

— Interval —

Participants in OperaWorks - The Course
Opera Excerpts ***

Sponsored by Gaudeamus Foundation, Royal Dutch Embassy and MMINO.

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Day 2
Saturday 28 June

COMPOSERS IN CONVERSATION 2

Saturday 28 June 10h30-11h15 | Café Workshop

Indaba director Michael Blake talks to composers Jürgen Bräuninger and Matteo Fargion whose music is performed during the following days.

FLOWERS OF THE NATION

Saturday 28 June 14h00-c15h20 | Cathedral

Indaba Festival Singers:
Joy of Africa conducted by Makhaya Mjana
Siyakhula Choral Group conducted by Sizwe Bali
Siyaphakama Adult Choir conducted by Thomas T K Kolo
Beth Griffith soprano

Johan Rautenbach guitar

Makhaya Mjana
New Music Indaba

Lihle Biata
Kumnandi ***

T T Mahlangeni
Emv'ekhaya

Benjamin Tyamzashe
Ezants'e Coalbrook

Priaulx Rainier
Ubunzima **

W A Majola
Udumo

Benjamin Myataza
Ingoma Phezu Kodonga Lomlambo

Christian Ngqobe
Amandla Omthandazo

Priaulx Rainier
Dance of the Rain **

Shalati Khosa
Afrika Tsonga

Michael Moerane
Della

Joseph Motuba
Rorisang Morena

Igor Stravinsky
Three Sacred Choruses

Sponsored by the Eastern Cape Government and SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts.

STOCKHAUSEN'S MANTRA

Saturday 28 June 19h00-20h00 | Beethoven Room

Pauline Post piano
Nora Mulder piano
Jan Panis electronics

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Mantra for two pianists **

Sponsored by the Gaudeamus Foundation and Royal Netherlands Embassy.

SONTONGA QUARTET - LATE NIGHT SESSIONS

Saturday 28 June 21h30-22h30 | Beethoven Room

Sontonga Quartet:
Marc Uys & Waldo Alexander violins
Xandi van Dijk viola
Brian Choveaux cello

Arvo Pärt
Fratres

Henryk Gorecki
String Quartet No 2 Op 64 (Quasi una fantasia) **

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Day 3
Sunday 29 June

COMPOSERS IN CONVERSATION 3

Sunday 29 June 10h30-11h15 | Café Workshop

Christine Lucia talks to composer Kevin Volans, prior to a performance of his recent Piano Études.

ESSENTIALLY ÉTUDES

Sunday 29 June 11h30-12h30 | Beethoven Room

Jill Richards piano

Matteo Fargion
Opera Studies

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Klavierstück 9

György Ligeti
From Études for Piano (Book 1: Nos. 2-4)

Kevin Volans
Three Études

Sponsored by Rupert Musiekstigting.

THE CHAMELEON, THE LIZARD AND OTHER MUSICIANS

Sunday 29 June 14h00-15h30 | Rhodes Chapel

University of Pretoria Chorale
Indaba Festival Orchestra
Mokale Koapeng conductor

Mokale Koapeng
Fatlhego sa gago

Motsumi Makhene
Skhumbule

Mzilikazi Khumalo
Inkondlo Kambayi

Podu Mamabolo
Thuto

Mthunzi Namba
Isoka Tam

Laurence Chonco
Inqwele

Stanley Glasser/Lewis Nkosi
The Chameleon and the Lizard **

Sponsored by the Eastern Cape Government and University of Pretoria.

INVUSELELO MOYANDUMISO (REVIVAL OF THE SPIRIT)

Sunday 29 June 17h00-c18h10 | Nombulelo Hall

SDASA Choir
Victor Koapeng conductor

PAULINE POST & NORA MULDER

Sunday 29 June 19h00-20h30 | Beethoven Room

Pauline Post piano
Nora Mulder piano
Jan Panis electronics

Ernest H.Papier
Tête à queue ni tête

Eric de Clercq
1+1=3 **

Matteo Fargion
Double Dickie ***

Barbara Monk Feldman
Two Pianos **

— Interval —

Patricio Wang
Two Sisters **

Martijn Padding
Legatos **

Mayke Nas
Digit #2 **

Sponsored by the Gaudeamus Foundation and Royal Netherlands Embassy.

SONTONGA QUARTET - LATE NIGHT SESSIONS

Sunday 29 June 21h30-22h30 | Beethoven Room

Sontonga Quartet:
Marc Uys & Waldo Alexander violins
Xandi van Dijk viola
Brian Choveaux cello

Kevin Volans
String Quartet No 4 (The Ramanujan Notebooks) **

Henryk Gorecki
String Quartet No 2 Op 64 (Quasi una fantasia)

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Day 4
Monday 30 June

THE BOW: SOUTH AFRICA'S WEAPON OF MUSIC

Monday 30 June 11h00-11h45 | Café Workshop

A lecture-demonstration on the uhadi bow and its music by Professor Andrew Tracey, director of the International Library of African Music.

THE BOW PROJECT

Monday 30 June 12h00-13h00 | Beethoven Room

Mantombi Matotiyana bow singer
Pumeza Matshikiza soprano

Sontonga String Quartet:
Marc Uys violin
Waldo Alexander violin
Xandi van Dijk viola
Brian Choveaux cello

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
Inxembula

Martin Scherzinger
My Friend, the Ugly One

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
unTsiki

Trad/Dywili arr. Hanmer
unTsiki ***

Paul Hanmer
Mtwazana ***

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
Umzi kaMzwandile

Trad/Dywili arr. Prince
Umzi kaMzwandile ***

Lloyd Prince
Lines ***

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
Nguwe l'udal' inyakanyaka

Trad/Dywili arr. Fargion
Nguwe l'udal' inyakanyaka ***

Matteo Fargion
String Quartet No.4 ***

Sponsored by Distell Foundation for the Performing Arts.

STOCKHAUSEN'S KONTAKTE

Monday 30 June 19h00-20h30 | Beethoven Room

Ancuza Aprodu piano
Thierry Miroglio percussion
Corinne Cooper sound

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Tierkreis (version for vibraphone and piano)
Zyklus for solo percussion **
Klavierstücke 1-4

— Interval —

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Kontakte for piano, percussion and tape **

Sponsored by the Institut Francais Afrique du Sud.

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Day 5
Tuesday 1 July

THE BOW: SOUTH AFRICA'S WEAPON OF MUSIC 2

Tuesday 1 July 11h00-11h45 | Café Workshop

Some of the composers who have contributed to the Bow Project Phase 2 in discussion with Indaba director Michael Blake who conceived the project.

THE BOW PROJECT

Tuesday 1 July 12h00-13h00 | Beethoven Room

Mantombi Matotiyana bow singer
Pumeza Matshikiza soprano

Sontonga String Quartet:
Marc Uys violin
Waldo Alexander violin
Xandi van Dijk viola
Brian Choveaux cello

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
uMagungqel' indawo

Trad/Dywili arr. Khumalo
uMagungqel' indawo

Andile Khumalo
uMagungqel' indawo

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
Nontyolo

Trad/Dywili arr. Miller
Nontyolo ***

Philip Miller
Nontyolo Part 2 ***

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
Latshon'ilanga

Trad/Dywili arr. Raynham
Latshon'ilanga ***

Julia Raynham
Malingatshoni ***

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
Umyeyezolo

Trad/Dywili arr. Koapeng
Umyeyezolo ***

Mokale Koapeng
Komeng ***

Sponsored by Distell Foundation for the Performing Arts.

THE ZAP DREAM - CONCERT FOR KIDS (AND GROWNUPS)

Tuesday 1 July 15h00-16h00 | Nombulelo Hall

Beth Griffith soprano & narrator
Michael Blake piano
Dumisa Mpupha narrator
Pauline Post & Nora Mulder piano duet

Ruth Crawford Seeger
The Adventures of Tom Thumb **

Beth Anderson
Country Time **

John Cage
A Flower

Beth Anderson
Cat Songs **

Aaron Copland
I Bought Me a Cat

Mayke Nas
Digit #2

Christina Viola Oorebeek
The Zap Dream **

Sponsored by the Gaudeamus Foundation and Royal Netherlands Embassy.

ANCUZA APRODU & THIERRY MIROGLIO

Tuesday 1 July 19h00-20h30 | Nombulelo Hall

Ancuza Aprodu piano
Thierry Miroglio percussion
Corinne Cooper sound

Daniel Teruggi
Phonic Streams **

Alicia Terzian
Yagua Ya Yuca **

Maurice Ohana
Etude XII (Imitations-Dialogues) **

— Interval —

Enrico Correggia
Turbata serenità degli incanti **

Dominique Lemaitre
Al Uzza (1999) **

Michael Blake
Ways of the dance **

Sponsored by the Institut Francais Afrique du Sud.

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Day 6
Wednesday 2 July

ELECTRONIC EXHIBITION

Wednesday 2 July 12h00-18h00 | Electronic Music Gallery

Cobi van Tonder curator
Beth Griffith soprano
Corinne Cooper sound

Electronic Music Gallery programme

MIRRORING MAYA DEREN

Wednesday 2 July 17h00-18h00 | Nombulelo Hall

Marcus Wyatt trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
Carlo Mombelli electric bass, voice, loops
Michael Blake piano, percussion
Helen Hacksley cello
Corinne Cooper sound

With simultaneous screening of the films by Maya Deren

Jürgen Bräuninger
Transfigured Ritual ***

Carlo Mombelli
Meshes of the Afternoon ***

Michael Blake
At Land ***

Improvisation
A Study in Choreography for Camera

Sponsored by the National Arts Festival.

KEMUS ENSEMBLE PLAYS MIKROPHONIE 1

Wednesday 2 July 19h00-20h30 | Beethoven Room

John Pringle, Claire Nozaïc, David West, Chris Coetzee, Jan-Hendrik Harley performers
Mario Cronjé computer programming
Hanno Smit sound technician
Theo Herbst musical director

Hans Roosenschoon
Helios

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Mikrophonie 1 for tam-tam, microphones, filters and potentiometers

— Interval —

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Mikrophonie 1 (second performance)

Theo Herbst
Dialoog ***

Sponsored by the Rupert Musiekstigting and University of Stellenbosch.

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Day 7
Thursday 3 July

FORUM: MUSIC AND GENDER

Thursday 3 July 11h00-11h55 | Café Workshop

With renowned music journalist and IAJ director Gwen Ansell in the chair, a number of Indaba personalities and guests discuss some of the issues raised by one of the two festival themes 'Sisters in the Mix'.

BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL

Thursday 3 July 12h00-13h00 | Beethoven Room

Beth Griffith soprano
Michael Blake piano

Caroline Wilkins
Pas **

Meredith Monk
One Man Cha-Cha **

Beth Anderson
Tyger **

Ruth Crawford
Seeger Sacco, Vanzetti **

Johanna Beyer
Sky Pieces ***

Sorrel Hays
Anybody is

MIRRORING MAYA DEREN

Thursday 3 July 17h00-18h00 | Olive Schreiner Hall

Marcus Wyatt trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
Carlo Mombelli electric bass, voice, loops
Michael Blake piano, percussion
Helen Hacksley cello
Corinne Cooper sound

With simultaneous screening of the films by Maya Deren

Jürgen Bräuninger
Transfigured Ritual ***

Carlo Mombelli
Meshes of the Afternoon ***

Michael Blake
At Land ***

Improvisation
A Study in Choreography for Camera

Sponsored by the National Arts Festival.

THE SONTONGA QUARTET

Thursday 3 July 20h00-21h30 | Nombulelo Hall

Marc Uys & Waldo Alexander violins
Xandi van Dijk viola
Brian Choveaux cello
Philip Miller sampler
Corinne Cooper sound

Kevin Volans
String Quartet No.4 (The Ramanujan Notebooks)

Braam du Toit
trip songs for string quartet ***

— Interval —

Philip Miller
Z3 Song Cycle for string quartet and samples ***

Priaulx Rainier
String Quartet

Sponsored by the Eastern Cape Government.

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Day 8
Friday 4 July

COMPOSERS INDABA PREMIÈRES

Friday 4 July 12h00-13h00 | Beethoven Room

Pauline Post & Nora Mulder piano duo
Ancuza Aprodu & Thierry Miroglio piano & percussion

A concert of short new pieces for piano duo or piano & percussion written by the participants in the Composers Indaba during the preceding ten days. A unique programme of premières with the ink still wet on the page.

The concert will be preceded by a two-hour open rehearsal starting at 09h00 which is free to the public.

Sponsored by the Gaudeamus Foundation, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Institut Francais Afrique du Sud, MMINO and SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts

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Day 9
Saturday 5 July

ANCUZA APRODU & THIERRY MIROGLIO

Saturday 5 July 12h00-13h30 | Wits Theatre

Ancuza Aprodu piano
Thierry Miroglio percussion

Maurice Ohana
Etude n.XII (Imitations - Dialogues)

Daniel Teruggi
Phonic Streams

Betsy Jolas
Music For Joan **

Michael Blake
Ways of the dance

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Kontakte

Sponsored by the Institut Francais Afrique du Sud

ESSENTIALLY ÉTUDES

Saturday 5 July 14h30-15h30 | Wits Theatre

Jill Richards piano

Matteo Fargion
Opera Studies

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Klavierstück 9

György Ligeti
From Études for Piano (Book 1: Nos. 2-4)

Kevin Volans
Three Études

Sponsored by the Rupert Musiekstigting.

KEMUS ENSEMBLE PLAYS MIKROPHONIE 1

Saturday 5 July 14h00-15h30 | Wits Theatre Downstairs

John Pringle, Claire Nozaïc, David West, Chris Coetzee, Jan-Hendrik Harley performers
Mario Cronjé computer programming
Hanno Smit sound technician
Theo Herbst musical director

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Mikrophonie 1 (2 performances)

Sponsored by the Rupert Musiekstigting and University of Stellenbosch

BETH GRIFFITH IN CONCERT

Saturday 5 July 18h00-19h00 | Wits Theatre

Beth Griffith soprano
Michael Blake piano

Alvin Curran
Madonna and Child

Mauricio Kagel
Recitativarie for Singing Harpsichordist

John Cage
The Wonderful Widow of 18 Springs
Nowth upon Nacht
A Flower

John McGuire
A Cappella

STOCKHAUSEN'S MANTRA

Saturday 5 July 20h00-21h30 | Wits Great Hall

Pauline Post piano
Nora Mulder piano
Jan Panis electronics

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Mantra for two pianists **

Sponsored by the Gaudeamus Foundation and Royal Netherlands Embassy.

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Day 10
Sunday 6 July

THE BOW PROJECT - PART 1

Sunday 6 July 12h00-13h00 | Atrium, Wits University

Mantombi Matotiyana bow singer
Pumeza Matshikiza soprano

Sontonga String Quartet:
Marc Uys violin
Waldo Alexander violin
Xandi van Dijk viola
Brian Choveaux cello

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
Inxembula

Martin Scherzinger
My Friend, the Ugly One

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
unTsiki

Trad/Dywili arr. Hanmer
unTsiki ***

Paul Hanmer
Mtwazana ***

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
Umzi kaMzwandile

Trad/Dywili arr. Prince
Umzi kaMzwandile ***

Lloyd Prince
Lines ***

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
Nguwe l'udal' inyakanyaka

Trad/Dywili arr. Fargion
Nguwe l'udal' inyakanyaka ***

Matteo Fargion
String Quartet No.4 ***

Sponsored by Distell Foundation for the Performing Arts.

THE BOW PROJECT - PART 2

Sunday 6 July 14h00-15h00 | Atrium, Wits University

Mantombi Matotiyana bow singer
Pumeza Matshikiza soprano

Sontonga String Quartet:
Marc Uys violin
Waldo Alexander violin
Xandi van Dijk viola
Brian Choveaux cello

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
uMagungqel' indawo

Trad/Dywili arr. Khumalo
uMagungqel' indawo

Andile Khumalo
uMagungqel' indawo

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
Nontyolo

Trad/Dywili arr. Miller
Nontyolo ***

Philip Miller
Nontyolo Part 2 ***

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
Latshon'ilanga

Trad/Dywili arr. Raynham
Latshon'ilanga ***

Julia Raynham
Malingatshoni ***

Trad/Nofinishi Dywili
Umyeyezolo

Trad/Dywili arr. Koapeng
Umyeyezolo ***

Mokale Koapeng
Komeng ***

Sponsored by Distell Foundation for the Performing Arts.

DOUBLE BILL

Sunday 6 July 19h30-22h30 | Bassline, Melville

Sontonga Quartet:
Marc Uys violin
Waldo Alexander violin
Xandi van Dijk viola
Brian Choveaux cello

Carlo Mombelli and The Prisoners of Strange:
Carlo Mombelli basses, loops
Siya Makuzeni voice
Marcus Wyatt trumpet, flugelhorn
Sidney Mnisi saxophones
Lloyd Martin drums

Arvo Pärt
Fratres

Kevin Volans
String Quartet No 4 (The Ramanujan Notebooks)

— Interval —

Music by Carlo Mombelli

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