Download Don't get too comfortable, Artistic Director David Pay's essay and conversation about the ideas and music of Louis Andriessen, published as part of Music on Main's April 2009 Louis Andriessen festival. This essay is also available online at Carnegie Hall.
Music on Main presents: Composers' chat with Louis Andriessen | Friday April 3, 2009
2:00 pm, The Cascade Room
(2616 Main Street, just up from Broadway, between 10th & 11th Avenues)
Amsterdam’s Louis Andriessen is one of today’s most influential, important and exciting composers. Famed for collaborations with film makers Peter Greenaway and Hal Hartley and director Robert Wilson, Andriessen has changed the face of music history.
Music on Main and the Hard Rubber Orchestra launch the international celebrations of his 70th Birthday April 3-8, 2009 in Vancouver. The celebrations continue for the coming year at the Canberra International Music Festival, Amsterdam’s Holland Festival, Los Angeles’ Disney Hall, and New York’s Carnegie Hall.
The April 3 composers’ chat will include students and faculty from UBC, SFU, and VCC alongside Vancouver composers and Festival Pass Holders. Email us for more information.
Doors open at 1:45 PM. Event runs until 4:00 PM.
Hard Rubber Orchestra presents "M is for Man, Music, Mozart" | Sunday, April 5, 2009
8:00 pm, The Roundhouse Community Arts Centre
John Korsrud's Lowest Tide (2007)
Music on Main presents: The Rusquartet | Monday, April 6, 2009
8:00 pm, Heritage Hall
Moscow's Rusquartet, winner of the 2006 Shostakovich Competition, performs Louis Andriessen's complete string quartets.
Quartet in Two Movements (1957)
Facing Death (1990)
-intermission-
Garden of Eros (2002)
...miserere... (2006/2007)
J.S. Bach's Prelude in B minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier BWV 869
Andante, arranged for string quartet, the first six bars augmented with a viola part by Igor Stravinsky, completed by Louis Andriessen (2006)
Rusquartet
Anna Snezhina, violin
Anna Yanchishina, violin
Ksenia Zhuleva, viola
Alexandra Negodaeva, cello
This concert is produced with the support of the Banff Centre.
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Single Tickets: $30 ($15 students with valid ID)
Music on Main presents: The Colin MacDonald Pocket Orchestra | Monday, April 6, 2009
10:00 pm, Heritage Hall
Vancouver's genre-defying Colin MacDonald Pocket Orchestra plays a hypnotic and hard driving programme of post-minimalism alongside the iconic music of Terry Riley. Come hear five decades of Andriessen's influence on music from Britain and Canada.
Graham Fitkin's Ironic III (1997)
Terry Riley's Tread on the Trail (1965)
Steve Martland's Mr. Anderson's Pavane (1994)
Stefan Hintersteininger's Shameless (2009)
Colin MacDonald's 5-Chambered Heart (2005)
Colin MacDonald Pocket Orchestra
Colin MacDonald (soprano saxophone) | David Branter (alto & soprano saxophones) | Geeta Das (trumpet & flugelhorn) | Brad Muirhead (bass trombone) | Martin Fisk (percussion) | Jared Burrows (bass guitar) | Anna Levy (piano) | Paul Luchkow & Elyse Jacobson (violin) | Doug Gorkoff & Stefan Hintersteininger (cello)
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Single Tickets: $15
Music on Main presents: Turning Point Ensemble | Tuesday, April 7, 2009
8:00 pm, Heritage Hall
Andriessen Inspired
Turning Point Ensemble is Vancouver's gold standard when it comes to top flight performances of 20th Century music. To celebrate Louis Andriessen's 70th Birthday, they perform a concert of shimmering music, both earthy and transcendent.
Andriessen's exploration of physical matter in Zilver ("Silver") is heard alongside the remarkable music of Claude Vivier, whose inventive orchestrations and personal style inspired Andriessen, and a piece by Andriessen's earliest influence, his father Hendrik. Also on the programme are composers greatly influenced by Andriessen: Vancouver's John Korsrud and Rodney Sharman, and New York's Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang, who wrote sweet air for Andriessen's 60th Birthday.
David Lang's sweet air (1996)
Hendrik Andriessen's Intermezzo (1950)
Claude Vivier's Et je reverrai cette ville etrange (1981)
-intermission-
Rodney Sharman's Four Seasons, One Tree (2001)
John Korsrud's Epilogue Dedicated to the memory of Lola McLaughlin (1998)
Louis Andriessen's Zilver (1994)
Turning Point Ensemble
Jeremy Berkman and Owen Underhill, Co-Artistic Directors
Lorna McGhee (flute) | François Houle & Caroline Gauthier (clarinet) | Brent Akins (violin) | Marcus Takizawa (viola) | Brian Mix (cello) | David Brown (bass) | Chris Mitchell (trumpet) | Jane Hayes (piano) | Heidi Krutzen (harp) | Sal Ferreras & Brian Nesselroad (percussion) | Owen Underhill (conductor)
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Single Tickets: $30 ($15 students with valid ID)
Music on Main presents: Louis Andriessen, piano | Tuesday, April 7, 2009
10:00 pm, Heritage Hall
Louis Andriessen, piano
with Viviane Houle & Cristina Zavalloni, vocals
Louis Andriessen improvises with two stunning vocalists: Vancouver's Viviane Houle & Italy's Cristina Zavalloni.
Viviane Houle is a vocalist, improviser and songwriter known for creating a huge array of sounds. Whether beautiful or bizarre, unearthly, playful or just completely unexpected, her wide-ranging tonal palette touches listeners wherever she is heard.
From the Montreaux Jazz Festival to La Scala, Amsterdam's Bimhuis to New York's Carnegie Hall, Cristina Zavalloni is one of the most sought-after and diverse vocalists in the world. Louis Andriessen has written numerous pieces for her, including the lead role in his latest opera, La Commedia, and she's equally renowned for her jazz projects.
Save a bundle with a Festival Pass. Just $90 ($60 for students) gives you premium access to all performances. Click here to purchase a Festival Pass.
Single Tickets: $15
Music on Main presents: One Night Stand, Louis Andriessen | Wednesday, April 8, 2009
7:00 PM, Heritage Hall
Concerts on the hour. Bar open between sets.
Your ticket gives you access to the entire evening.
What's a One Night Stand?
Music on Main's One Night Stands are like one night mini-festivals featuring the music of one composer. With short concerts on the hour and a bar open between sets, it's a fun way to hear some new music, have a few drinks, and meet other music lovers. If you don't know the featured composer, a One Night Stand is an easy and instantly gratifying way to test the waters. If you're already familiar with their work, the night will let you get even more intimate with a favourite composer.
One Night Stand: Louis Andriessen
Short concerts at 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 9:00 PM & 10:00 PM
featuring Cristina Zavalloni, vocalist; Monica Germino, violin; Andrea Rebaudengo, piano; and the Music on Main All-Star Band
7PM CONCERT
Film TBD
8PM CONCERT
Cristina Zavalloni, voice (Bologna); Monica Germino, violin (Amsterdam); Andrea Rebaudengo, piano (Bologna)
Four Beatles Songs (1966)
Yesterday | You've got to hide your love away | Michelle | Ticket to ride
XENIA (2005)
Trois pièces (1961)
Passeggiata in tram America e ritorno (1998)
9PM CONCERT
Cristina Zavalloni, voice (Bologna); Monica Germino, violin (Amsterdam); Andrea Rebaudengo, piano (Bologna)
Le Voile de Bonheur (1966-71)
Base (1994)
Letter from Cathy (2003)
Y Despues (1983)
Plus! Join Cristina, Monica, Andrea and Louis for a chat from the stage.
10 PM CONCERT
Vancouver’s Music on Main All-Star Band (Vancouver) with
Andrea Rebaudengo, piano (Bologna)
Workers Union (1975)
Music on Main All-Star Band
Sal Ferreras & Vern Griffiths, percussion | François Houle, clarinet | Jeremy Berkman, trombone | John Korsrud, trumpet | Tommy Babin, bass
with Andrea Rebaudengo, piano
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Single Tickets: $35 ($15 students with valid ID)
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