Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Utrecht/ de Ysbreker Amsterdam
Focus on the period 1917-1940
1. Futurism
Ysbreker 17 October 1993; Vredenburg 18 October 1993
Daniele Lombardi, piano
-Francesco Pratella from ‘La Guerra’: La Battaglia op. 32 #2 (1913) (Dutch premiere)
-Silvio Mix (De Re) Profilo Sintetico Musicale di F.T. Marinetti (1923) (Dutch premiere)
-Aldo Giuntini Sintesi Musicale Futurista ‘LeMacchine’ (1933) (Dutch premiere)
-Giacinto Scelsi Rotative (1930) (Dutch premiere)
-George Antheil Sonata The Death of Machines (1922); Sonata Sauvage (1923) (Dutch premiere)
-Henry Cowell The Tides of Manaunaun (1912)/ Dynamic Motion (1914)/ Antinomy (1914)/ Aeolian Harp (1923)/ Sinister Resonance (1930)/ Tiger (1928)
-Leo Ornstein Suicide in an Airplane (1913) / Three Moods (1914) / A la Chinoise (1918)
2. Composers who crossed over to the United States because of the political climate (1)
5 November 1993
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra cond. by Mark Foster
Ralf Lukas, baritone
-Ernst Toch Pinocchio, a Merry Overture (1935) (Dutch premiere)
-Arnold Schoenberg Suite (1934)
-Kurt Weill Four Walt Whitman Songs (1942); Suite from the Dreigroschenoper
3. Jazz Symphony
28 November 1993
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by Jac van Steen
Dmitri Ferschtman, cello
-Roger Sessions Suite from The Black Maskers (1923) (dedicated to Ernest Bloch) (Dutch premiere)
-Ernest Bloch Schelomo, Hebraic Phantasy (1916)
-Carl Ruggles Sun-treader (1926/’31)
-George Antheil Jazz Symphony , original version 1925 (Dutch premiere)
4. Composers who crossed over to the United States because of the political climate (2)
Ysbreker 8 December 1993; Vredenburg 12 December 1993
Raphael Quartet
-Howard Hanson String Quartet (1923) (Dutch premiere)
-Erich Korngold String Quartet #2 op. 26 in Es (1935) (Dutch premiere)
-Béla Bartòk String Quartet #6 in D (1939)
5. Broadway 1920-1940
16 &17 January 1994
Trio Lex Jasper
Elaine DelMar and Danny Street
6. Lou Harrison
4 February 1994
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra cond. by Mark Foster
Netherlands Radio Choir
Martin Wright, choir conductor
René Eckhardt, piano
–A Joyous Procession (1962) (Dutch premiere)
–Piano Concerto (1985) (Dutch premiere)
–A Solemn Procession (1962) (Dutch premiere)
–Symphony on G (1948/’61) (Dutch premiere)
7. Pupils of Nadia Boulanger
13 February 194 Vredenburg; 14 February Ysbreker 1994
The Utrecht String Quartet
-Walter Piston String Quartet #2 (1935) (Dutch premiere)
-Quincy Porter String Quartet #3 (1930) (Dutch premiere)
-Elliott Carter String Quartet #1 (1951)
8. Jazz influences in Western Europe
19 March Ysbreker 1994; 20 March Vredenburg 1994
Frederic Rzewski, piano
-Scott Joplin Euphonic Sounds (1909)
-Darius Milhaud Trois Rag-Caprices
-Steve Lacy Precipitation Suite (Dutch premiere)
-Garrett List 3 Abas (1993) (world premiere)
-George Lewis New Piece (1993) (world premiere)
-Misja Mengelberg New Piece (1993) (world premiere)
-George Gershwin Three Preludes (1926)
-Michael Finissy 3 or 4 selections from Gershwin Arrangements (Dutch premiere)
-Igor Strawinsky Piano Rag Music (1919)
-Anthony Braxton Composition 139 (Dutch premiere)
-Erwin Schulhoff Blues (for Paul Whiteman) (Dutch premiere)
-Frederic Rzewski Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
9. Neo-tonality in de United States versus Europe
6 May 1994
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra cond. by Mark Foster
-Michael Torke Ash (1989) (Dutch premiere)
-Giya Kancheli Abii Ne Viderem (1992) (Dutch premiere)
-Bronius Kutavicius Dzukische Variaties (1974) (Dutch premiere)
-John Adams Shaker Loops (1978)
10. Reconstruction of the first percussion concert on 7 February1943 in the Museum of Modern Art in New York
(Dutch premiere)
8 May Vredenburg 1994; 9 May 1994 Ysbreker
The Hague Percussion Group
John Cage Construction in Metal
Lou Harrison Counterdance in the Spring
Henry Cowell Ostinato Pianissimo
Lou Harrison Canticle
John Cage Imaginary Landscape #3
Jose Ardévol Preludio a 11
John Cage Amores
Amadeo Roldín Ritmicas V & VI
11. Netherlands Radio Metropole Orchestra cond. by John McGlinn
3 June 1994
Elisabeth Futral, soprano
John Hancock, baritone
-Victor Herbert Yolanda Overture (Dutch premiere); Columbus Suite op. 35 (1899/1902) (Dutch premiere)
-Jerome Kern They Didn’t Believe Me (The Girl From Utah – 1914); The Song Is You (Music in the Air – 1932); In the Heart of the Dark (Very Warm For May – 1939); The Folks Who Live On the Hill (High, Wide and Handsome – 1936 ) I’m the Echo (I Dream Too Much (1935)
-Cole Porter/ Within the Quota (1923) (Dutch premiere)
-Charles Koechlin
-Jerome Kern Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Roberta – 1933); The Way You Look Tonight (Swing Time – 1937); Go, Little Boat (Miss 1917-1917); The Last Time I Saw Paris (1940); A ll the Things You Are (Very Warm For May – 1939)