Prepared-Piano a Sellout Event

John Beckwith celebrates his 8oth!

New Music Concerts second-last concert was a sell-out event, and there was great excitement about lesser-known repertoire: ’sixteenth-tone’ music may finally have come of age!

‘I feel the air of another planet.’*

…Happy Birthday, John!

‘Cello fans: the last NMC concert on Sunday, June 3rd is a must-see, featuring a World Premiere by Brian Current and Berio’s Sequenza XIV for Solo Cello…an international line-up:

Sunday June 3, 2007
Rohan’s Cello
The Music Gallery at Saint George the Martyr | 197 John St.
Introduction 7:15 | Concert 8:00 | Box Office 416 204-1080
Guest Artists: Rohan de Saram and David Hetherington

Luciano Berio (Italy, 1925-2003) Sequenza XIV (2002)
Santiago Lanchares (Spain, 1952) – Espera, Luz, Espera*** (2006) for solo cello
James Dillon (Scotland, 1950) – Eos (1999) for solo cello
Iannis Xenakis (Greece/France 1922-2001) – Kottos (1977) for solo cello
Alexander Shchetynsky (Ukraine, 1960) Pas de Deux (1996) for 2 cellos
Sven Lyder Kahrs (Norway, 1959) – Mais tes désir ont la couleur du vent*** (2004)
Guido Baggiani (Italy, 1932) – Duo Concertante*** (1991) for 2 cellos
Brian Current (Canada, 1972) – *New work** (2007) for 2 cellos

* Canadian work | ** World premiere | *** Canadian premiere

This year Rohan de Saram is setting out on a solo career after 25 years as cellist with the Arditti String Quartet. Having known him since the age of 19 and appreciated his amazing talents for some forty years, Bob Aitken is pleased to feature him on a concert with New Music Concerts’ own phenomenal cellist David Hetherington. Toronto composer Brian Current has been commissioned to write a work for the occasion. Rohan will of course play Luciano Berio’s Sequenza XIV which was composed for him, and Kottos by Iannis Xenakis, a work he has recorded on several occasions, most recently for Mode Records in New York.

* www.carleton.ca/ssac/music/schoenberg/