FESTIVAL OF ARTS

OF THIS CENTURY.

97

July 5, 1971 8:00 P.M.

MAE ZENKE ORVIS AUDITORIUM

OLO A 0 E SEMBLE CO CERT

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THE JUILLI RD E SE BLE

Program

DENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES, conductor

Anne Diener, fluteJoel Timm, oboeDavid Shifrin, clarinetCharles Nussbaum, bassoonRonald Romm, trumpetDavid Jolley, French hornGarrett List, tromboneGordon Gottlieb, percussion

Roy Pennington, percussion

Max Lifchitz, pianoRomuald Teco, violinLinda Gottlieb, violinMarna Street, violaEric Wilson, celloDonald Palma, double bassElizabeth Kane, harp

Arnold Schoenberg

Stephan Wolpe

Luigi Dallapiccola

Chou Wen-chung

Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (1910)(For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, organ, celeste, two violins, viola, cello,double bass)

RacheMassigeGehende

First Performance in Hawaii

In Two Parts for Six Players (1961-1962)(For violin, clarinet, trumpet, cello, harp, piano)

First Performance in Hawaii

Piccola Musica Notturna (1968)(For flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, celeste, violin, viola, cello)

First Performance in Hawaii

Vu·n (1968)(For flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion)(Vun from the expression 'chi-yun', foremost principle of Chineseart and poetry, means 'reverberations in nature'.)

First Performance in Hawaii

Int rm Ion

George Crumb Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land) (1970)(For string quartet)

I. DEPARTU E ( um rology)

r--------- 1. (Tutti) Threnody I: Night of the Electric Insects 13 Times 7 and 1'-__-----.

7 times 13

,..---- 2. (Trio) Sounds of Bones and Flutes

.---- 3. (Duo) Lost Bells

,.----4. (Solo: Cadenza accompagnata) Devil-music

-------5. (Duo) Danse Macabre(Duo alternativo: Dies 'rae)

I 7 in 131-----------­

113 over 71-----,

!7and 13 11113 times 71, I

II. AB E CE

6. (Trio) Pavana. Lachcrymae (Der Tod und das Madchen) 113 under 13 I(Solo obbligato: Insect Sounds)

1 7. (Tutti) Threnody II: BLACK ANGELS I

1

7 times 7 and13 times 13

\-----8. (Trio) Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura(Solo obbligato: Insect Sounds) 113 over 131

---- 9. (Duo) Lost Bells (Echo)(Duo alternative: Sounds of Bones and Flutes) 17 times 131

III. RE UR

/13 and 71----

!70ver13! 3113 in 71

7 times 13 and13 times 7

------10. (Solo: Aria accompagnata) God-music

'-----11. (Duo) Ancient Voices

'----12. (Trio) Ancient Voices (Echo)

"'""---- 13. (Tutti) Threnody III: Night of the Electric Insects

First Performance in Hawaii

Harvey SolbergerSolos for Violin and Five Instruments

(1962, revised June 1971)(Flute, clarinet, horn, double bass, piano)

First Performance in Hawaii

About the Artists

STEFAN WOLPE was born in Berlin in 1902 and received his musical training in that city. His musical de­velopment was strongly influenced by Busoni and later by Anton Webern, whom he met in Vienna in 1933.He spent four years in Jerusalem before coming to New York, where he now resides.

The 1971 Festival renews prof.essional and personal acquaintances with five Asian composers who have beenvisiting composers in past festivals: Lucrecia Kasilag (Philippines) (1963): Toru Takemitsu (Japan) (1964);Chou Wen-chung (China-United States) (1967); Jose Maceda (Philippines) (1967); Yoshiro Irino (Japan) (1968).Tonight's honored composer is:

CHOU WEN-CHUNG, Chinese-American composer, was born in Chefoo, China. As a faculty member of Colum­bia University, he teaches composition and Chinese classical music. He has received awards from the Rocke­feller and Guggenheim foundations; commissions were received from the Louisville Orchestra and theAmerican Wind Symphony Orchestra. His works have been performed by major orchestras and societiesin the United States, South America, Europe and Japan.

GEORGE CRUMB, winner of the 1968 Pulitzer Prize, was born in West Virginia in 1929. He has beenthe recipient of grants from the Fulbright Commission (1955), the Rockefeller (1964), Koussevitsky (1965)and Guggenheim (1967) Foundations and the National Institute of Arts and Letters (1967).

HARVEY SOLLBERGER was born in Grand Rapids, Iowa, in 1938. He studied composition with Jack Beesonand Otto Luening at Columbia University where he is currently a member of the faculty. In addition to hisactivities as a composer, Mr. Sollberger is widely known as a flutist.

DENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES, co-director with Luciano Berio of the Juilliard Ensemble (New Music Ensemble1971-1972), has, since 1969, completed two seasons as conductor and Musical Director of the NorwalkSymphony Orchestra. During the 1970-1971 season he has appeared as conductor of four concerts in theNew and Newer Music series at Lincoln Center and five concerts with the Juilliard Repertory Orchestra. Guestappearances have included the San Francisco Spring Opera Theater, the Lexington Symphony Orchestra, theAmerican Opera Center in New York where he conducted the premiere of Hall Overton's opera, HUCKLE­BERRY FINN, and the University of Virginia, where he assisted in a chamber music workshop. Next season,1971-1972, Mr. Davies will be making his debut with the S1. Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota.

The JUILLIARD ENSEMBLE, to be known in the coming season as the NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE, is mak­ing its third consecutive appearance as the featured performing group in the Festival of the Arts of ThisCentury. Founded by Luciano Berio and co-directed by Dennis Russell Davies for the purpose of performingon the highest possible level the new music of our times, the Ensemble has, since early 1968, presentedconcerts in Copenhagen, Rome, Peruggia and London, the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto and the RoyanInternational Festival of Contemporary Music. The Ensemble has recorded for the West German Radio,the Danish State Radio, the British Broadcasting Corporation and the National Education Television Net­work in the United States.

Commercial recording conducted by Berio and Davies have been released by Philips and RCA. Duringthe 1970-1971 season, the Ensemble gave a series of four concerts on Lincoln Center's NEW AND NEWERMUSIC series, including world premieres of works by Henri Pousseur, Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio andGeorge Costinescu. The series concluded with a concert under the direction of Pierre Boulez. The Ensem­ble will return to the NEW AND NEWER MUSIC series next season with four concerts.