Los Angeles/San Francisco
23 February 2007 - 02 March 2007
U.S.A.
LOS ANGELES
RedCat Festival - CalArts Disney Hall
"Friendly Monsters from the Boot": Two Nights of Italian Music
New Century Players,CalArts and Italian Culture Institut of Los Angeles
February 23th - 8.30 pm
Ada Gentile Quartet for winds
perviolinosolo
Sylvano Bussotti Ara degli ulivi no. III
for voice and strings]
Salvatore Sciarrino Esplorazione del bianco II
for flute, clarinet, violin, guitar
Melencolia for cello and piano
Luigi Nono Guai ai gelidi mostri
for 2 A, va, vc, db, fl, cl, tuba, live electronics
Luca Lombardi
work for bass flute
February 24th - 8.30 pm
Ada Gentile Zapping for flute, clarinet, violin and viola
Misty for flute and horn
Sylvano Bussotti Concerto grosso all'ara degli ulivi
for celesta, oboe, clarinet, violin, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, bass
Fragmentations for two harps, one player
Luigi Nono Fragmente-Stille, an Diotima
for string quartet
Luciano Berio Points on the curve to find
for piano and 22 instruments
"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, Luca Lombardi, Luigi Nono and Salvatore Sciarrino.
In person: Sylvano Bussotti and Ada Gentile
www.calarts.edu/redcat/season/0607/mus/ncp.php
SAN FRANCISCO
UC Berkeley and Italian Culture Institute of San Francisco
March, 2 - Berkeley University Elkus Room 3 pm
Department Composer Colloquium Series