Tzlil Meudcan 2014 | 04-10 July

MONDAY 07/07 – FELICJA BLUMENTAL MUSIC CENTER, TEL AVIV

18:45 LECTURE // YUVAL SHAKED (ISR): THE PERFECTION OF ABSOLUTE
Composer Yuval Shaked on tortuousness and elusiveness of complexity in Brian Ferneyhough’s works

20:00 – FESTIVAL OPENING EVENT // CONCERT IN 2 ACTS
Part I : Percussion quartet – Ensemble This Ensemble That (CH)
Brian Ferneyhough – Fanfare for Klaus Huber for percussion (1987)
Part II : Ensemble Modern – Piano trio (DE)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Présence for vln, vlc & pno (1961)
José María Sánchez-Verdú – Hekkan II – Trio IV for vln, vlc & pno (2008)
Ruben Seroussi – Ancla for vln, vlc & pno (2010) WP
Robin Hoffmann  – Schleifers Methoden for cello solo (2005)
Avshalom Ariel – Food Porn for vln, vlc & pno (2014) WP

21:30 CONCERT // FLUTE RECITAL – ERIK DRESCHER (DE)
Michael Maierhof – splitting 39 for glissando flute, amplified headjoint extention and tape (2012)
Brian Ferneyhough – Cassandra’s Dream Song for flute solo (1970)
Esaias Järnegard – Anima for flute solo (2014) WP
Nicolaus A. Huber –  SISTERS SOUNDS for glissando flute with 4 singing bowls and triangle (2012/2013)
Peter Ablinger – SS. GIOVANNI & PAOLO for glissando flute and tape (2012)

TUESDAY 08/07 – FELICJA BLUMENTAL MUSIC CENTER, TEL AVIV

18:45 PROJECT // MUSRARA MIX PART I
Students from the department of new music and sound art at the Musrara Arts School present their new harvest of works alongside additional performances of experimental repertoire explored in the passing year.
20:00 CONCERT // CELLO RECITAL – SÉVERINE BALLON (FR)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Sonate for cello solo (1960)
Rebecca Saunders – Solitude for cello solo (2013)
Marek Poliks – a tabulation / an unmarking for Cello solo (2013)
Evan Gardner – New piece for cello solo (2014) WP

21:30 CONCERT // PERCUSSION QUARTET – ENSEMBLE THIS ENSEMBLE THAT (CH)
George Aperghis – Les guetters de sons for percussion trio (1981)
Marianthi  Papalexandri-Alexandri – Kein Thema for percussion trio (2007)
Yoav Chorev – My Spine for percussion quartet (2014) WP
Simon Steen-Andersen – Difficulties Putting it Into Practice for percussion duo (2007/10)
Beat Furrer – Music for Mallets for percussion trio (1985)

WEDNESDAY 09/07 – FELICJA BLUMENTAL MUSIC CENTER, TEL AVIV

18:45 PROJECT // MUSRARA MIX PART II
Students from the department of new music and sound art at the Musrara Arts School present their new harvest of works alongside additional performances of experimental repertoire explored in the passing year.

20:00 CONCERT // GUITARS BACK 2 BACK – OH MENSCH DUO (BE/BR)
Matthias Spahlinger – Entfernte Ergänzung for guitar duo (2012)
Larry Polansky – Tritune for guitar duo (2013)
Alex Mincek – Strata for amplified solo guitar (2012)
Bnaya Halperin – Har Kachol (Blue Mountain {as sand}) for 2 steel string guitars (2014) WP
Arthur Kampela – Percussion Study Nr. 3 for solo guitar  (1998)
Bryan Ferneyhough – no time (at all) for guitar duo (2004)

21:30  CONCERT // DUO WEINSTEIN – LEGMANN (ISR)
Morton Feldman – Patterns in a Chromatic Field and Untitled for Cello and Piano (1981)

THURSDAY 10/07 – FELICJA BLUMENTAL MUSIC CENTER, TEL AVIV

18:45 SCREENING // BRIAN FERNEYHOUGH FOCUS
A collection of video excerpts following focal points in the music and career of Brian Ferneyhough

20:00 CONCERT // ENSEMBLE NIKEL (ISR)
Mark Andre – iv12 for saxophone solo (2013/14)
Jason Thorpe Buchanan – Antistasis for sax, perc and pno (2014) WP
Brian Ferneyhough – Opus Contra Naturam, a shadow play for speaking pianist (2000)
Alex Mincek – Nucleus for saxophone and drum set (2007)
Abel Paul – Geografia del pliegue for sax, perc and pno (2014) WP

21:30  FESTIVAL CLOSING EVENT // TRIO AMOS (AT)
Bernhard Lang – Monadologie XXI – …for Franz II for fl, acc and vlc (2014) WP
Nimrod Sahar – Garden Path (Holzwegeffekt) for fl, acc and vlc (2014) WP
Klaus Lang – Origami for fl, acc and vlc (2011)
Zesses Seglias – trio amoroso, omaggio a Claudio Monteverdi for fl, acc and vlc (2014) WP
Robert Dahm – wie verschlafenes haar auf einem hübschen gesicht for fl, acc and vlc (2014) WP

Composer in Focus:
BRIAN FERNEYHOUGH

Composition Faculty:
Pierluigi Billone &
 José María Sánchez-Verdú

Invited Composers:
Jason Thorpe Buchanan
Yoav Chorev
Robert Dahm
Esaias Järnegard
Evan Gardner
Bnaya Halperin
Abel Paul