08/10/2010 - 19:30
Irvine Arditti and his ensemble are presenting a range of all-new string quartets, half of them commissioned by musikprotokoll: the composition of Vienna-based Italian Pierluigi Billone, whose fine, non-tonal webs of sound have an almost sculptural quality, is followed by the premi–re of Olga Neuwirth’s latest piece, whose first string quartet opened musikprotokoll in 1995. The programme broadens to include distinctive European positio ns, with new pieces by Hugue Dufourt and James Clarke.
James Clarke (GB) Streichquartett Nr. 2 (Austrian première)
Pierluigi Billone (I) Muri III b per Federico de Leonardis (Austrian première)
Olga Neuwirth (A) In the realms of the Unreal (Austrian première)
Hugues Dufourt (F) Streichquartett Nr. 2 Uneasiness (Austrian première)
Kajsa Boström (S), Musical direction / Thomas Musil (A), Electronics / Alois Mayer Haagston (A), Instrument maker / Martin Huth (A), Technical project realisation / With Musicians of Kunstuniversität Graz & Grazer BläserVielharmoniE. A project from the BIG Art Kunst & Bau series. In co-operation with steirischer herbst, Graz University of Technology and ORF musikprotokoll. In collaboration with Institute for Electronic Music an Acoustics, Grazer BläserVielharmoniE & the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.