Robbie’s arbitrarily selective list of “new music” in 2015

Even though I’m not going to be in Auckland to hear (almost) any of this, I’m indulging in habit once more to produce a list of “new music” in the 2015 concert calendar. The APO, the NZSO and CMNZ have all released their seasons quite close to each other.

Points to note:

• Lilburn 100. I can’t find an official website for that but I presume it’s being run through the Lilburn Trust. Old Gordon was born in 1915, so there’s plenty of his music around in the 2015 season. Quite a lot of chamber music that we don’t hear all that much, and OMG Michael Houstoun’s doing the Chaconne live!
• Britten 102. You’d think it was his anniversary too, but no. Just coincidence that quite a lot of Benny-Boy is turning up.
• I’m not bothering with putting in nice photos to break up the long list, since I won’t get to see any of it. Well, except my own pieces and Corwin Newall’s one (obv) and the Dutilleux cello concerto in April. Long story.
• Kimmo Hakola is a mad bastard. Kari Kriikku is slightly less mad but still incredibly awesome. Well done NZSO for that concerto.

On with it!

New Zealand “New Music” Composers’ Music

BLACKMORE: The First Time I Stood [WP] – Milla Dickens, APO/Hamish McKeich – 25 May, Museum
BODY: Melodies for orchestra – APO/Andrew Gourlay – 27 Aug, ATH
COWAN: [new work] [WP] – NZTrio – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
ELLIS: Relish in Immature Bombast – Tim Noon, Jono Sawyer, APO/David Kay – 11 Apr, ATH
ELLIS: [new work] [WP] – Yvette Audain & Robbie Ellis – 19 Apr, Rannoch
FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs – Atamira Dance Company, APO/[conductor?] – 14 Oct, Aotea
FARR: Shadow of the Hawk – Edward King & John Chen – (18 Aug HAM, 22 Aug WLG)
S FISHER: [new work] – NYO/José Luis Gómez – (2 Jul WLG)
HARRIS: Fugue for piano [WP] – Michael Houstoun – 2 & 4 Oct, ATH CC
HARRIS: Piano Quintet [WP] – Stephen De Pledge & NZSQ – (16 May HAM)
HARRIS: Variation 25 – NZSQ – (16 May HAM)
HARRIS: Violin Concerto – Ilya Gringolts, APO/Garry Walker – 19 Feb, ATH
LILBURN: Allegro for strings – Turnovsky Jubilee Ensemble – 12 June, ATH
LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture – APO/Rumon Gamba – 18 June, ATH
LILBURN: Chaconne – Michael Houstoun – 2 & 4 Oct, ATH CC
LILBURN: Diversions for strings – Turnovsky Jubilee Ensemble – (18 June WLG)
LILBURN: Sonata for violin & piano (1950) – Natalie Lin & John Chen – 30 Aug, ATH CC
LILBURN: Symphony No 2 – NZSO/Christian Lindberg, 2 May, ATH
MANDENO: Au Revoir [WP] – Jarvis Dams, APO/Hamish McKeich – 25 May, Museum
MARGETIĆ: Lightbox – NZTrio – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
MORGAN: Seeking Answers to the Riddle [WP] – [Horomona Horo?], APO/Hamish McKeich – 25 May, Museum
NEWALL: Scientists [WP] – Robbie Ellis & Corwin Newall – 19 Apr, Rannoch
NORRIS: Claro [WP] – NZSO/Christian Lindberg – 2 May, ATH
PSATHAS: Corybas – NZ Chamber Soloists – 23 May, ATH CC
PSATHAS: Island Songs – NZ Chamber Soloists – 23 May, ATH CC
TAYLOR: burlesques mécaniques – NZTrio – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
WEBSTER: Your Letter [WP] – Elizabeth Mandeno, APO/Hamish McKeich – 25 May, Museum
WILLIAMS: Symphony No 1, Letters from the Front [WP] – George Henare?, Madeleine Pierard?, NZSO/Benjamin Northey – 23 Apr, ATH
K YOUNG: In Paradisum [WP] – Patricia Wright, Graduate Choir, Choir of Holy Trinity Cathedral, APO/Kenneth Young, Tim Gruchy – 4 Mar, ATH
K YOUNG: [Gallipoli Armistice commission] [WP] – St Kentigern College Choir, APO/Hamish McKeich – 25 May, Museum

Living Foreign “New Music” Composers’ Music

J ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine – APO/Garry Walker – 19 Feb, ATH
BERNSTEIN/FOSS: Prelude, Fugue & Riffs – APO/Eckehard Stier – 16 July, ATH
BOURGEOIS: Oesteoblast – Aucktet – 10 Aug, St Michael’s Remuera + 11 Aug, Takapuna Methodist
CORIGLIANO: Flute Concerto, Pied Piper Fantasy – Adam Walker, APO/Eckehard Stier – 5 Nov, ATH
CRESPO: Bruckner Etude – Aucktet – 10 Aug, St Michael’s Remuera + 11 Aug, Takapuna Methodist
HAKOLA: Clarinet Concerto – Kari Kriikku, NZSO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya – 6 Nov, ATH
LEDGER: War Music [WP] – Madeleine Pierard?, NZYC, NZSO/Benjamin Northey – 23 Apr, ATH
LÓPEZ: Perú Negro – NZSO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya – 6 Nov, ATH
MÁRQUEZ: Danzón No 2 – APO/Andrew Sewell – 7 Mar, Govt House
J SANDSTRÖM: Echoes of Eternity – Christian Lindberg, David Bremner, NZSO – 2 May, ATH
SCIARRINO: No 2 from Sei Capricci for violin – Justine Cormack – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
SØRENSEN: Trumpet Concerto – Tine Thing Helseth, APO/Eivind Gulberg Jensen – 6 May, ATH
STAUD: Für Bálint András Varga – Vienna Piano Trio – 23 Oct, ATH

Dead Foreign “New Music” Composers’ Music

BABAJANIAN: Piano Trio – NZ Chamber Soloists – 23 May, ATH CC
BARBER:  Adagio for strings – APO/Alejo Pérez – 22 Oct, ATH
BARTÓK: Dance Suite – APO/Ilyich Rivas – 14 May, ATH
BARTÓK: String Quartet No 5 – Brodsky Quartet – (18 Mar HAM, 26 Mar WLG)
BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No 2 – Benjamin Schmid, APO/Rumon Gamba – 18 Jun, ATH
BERIO: Folk Songs – Fiona Campbell, APO/Ilyich Rivas – 14 May, ATH
BERNSTEIN: Songs from West Side Story – Anna Leese, APO/Andrew Sewell – 7 Mar, Govt House
BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes – NZSO/Thomas Søndergård – 22 May, ATH
BRITTEN: Poème – Brodsky Quartet – (18 Mar HAM, 26 Mar WLG)
BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 – Turnovsky Jubilee Ensemble – 12 June, ATH
BRITTEN: Suite for violin & piano Op 6 – Natalie Lin & John Chen – (18 Aug HAM, 22 Aug WLG)
BRITTEN: Violin Concerto – Anthony Marwood, NZSO/Thomas Søndergård – 22 May, ATH
COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto – Julian Bliss, APO/Eckehard Stier – 16 July, ATH
COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man – NZSO/Benjamin Northey – 23 Apr, ATH
DUTILLEUX: Tout un monde lointain – Nicolas Altstaedt, APO/Eckehard Stier – 16 Apr, ATH
GERSHWIN: Girl Crazy – APO/Eckehard Stier – 16 July, ATH
GINASTERA: Pampeana No 2 – Edward King & John Chen – 30 Aug, ATH CC
KHACHATURIAN: Excerpts from Gayane Suites – APO/Andrew Gourlay – 27 Aug, ATH
LIGETI: Cello Sonata – Ashley Brown & Sarah Watkins – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
LIGETI: Cordes à vide – Sarah Watkins – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
LIGETI: Melodien – APO/Gergely Madaras – 26 Feb, ATH
LUTOSŁAWSKI: Concerto for orchestra – NZSO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya – 6 Nov, ATH
NANCARROW: Sonatina for piano – Sarah Watkins – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
PIAZZOLLA: Libertango – APO/Andrew Sewell – 7 Mar, Govt House
POULENC: Organ Concerto – David Briggs, APO
RUSSO: Street Music – Corky Siegel, APO/Eckehard Stier – 16 July, ATH
SCHOENBERG: Accompaniment to a cinematographic scene – APO/Giordano Bellincampi – 8 Oct, ATH
SCHOENBERG arr Steuermann: Verklärte Nacht – Vienna Piano Trio – (16 Oct WLG, 22 Oct HAM)
SCULTHORPE: Earth Cry – William Barton, APO/Andrew Gourlay – 27 Aug, ATH
STRAVINSKY: Firebird – APO/Richard Gill (unwrap) – 13 Aug, ATH
STRAVINSKY: Firebird Suite (1919) – APO/Giordano Bellincampi – 1 Oct, ATH
STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite – APO/Eckehard Stier – 9 July, ATH
STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring – NZSO/Jaime Martín – 27 Nov, ATH
TAKEMITSU: I hear the water dreaming – Katie Zagórski, APO/Kenneth Young – 4 Mar, ATH
TIPPETT: A Child of Our Time – Indra Thomas, Victoria Simmonds, Nicky Spence, Derek Welton, Voices NZ Chamber Choir, NZYC, APO/Eckehard Stier – 21 Mar, ATH
WALTON: Cello Concerto – Jakob Koranyi, NZSO/Jaime Martín – 27 Nov, ATH
WEBERN: Four Pieces for violin and piano – Justine Cormack & Sarah Watkins – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
WEBERN: Three Pieces for cello and piano – Ashley Brown & Sarah Watkins – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)