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
=&0=& The First Time I Stood [WP] – Milla Dickens, APO/Hamish McKeich – 25 May, Museum
=&1=& Melodies for orchestra – APO/Andrew Gourlay – 27 Aug, ATH
=&2=& [new work] [WP] – NZTrio – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
=&3=& Relish in Immature Bombast – Tim Noon, Jono Sawyer, APO/David Kay – 11 Apr, ATH
=&3=& [new work] [WP] – Yvette Audain & Robbie Ellis – 19 Apr, Rannoch
=&5=& From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs – Atamira Dance Company, APO/[conductor?] – 14 Oct, Aotea
=&5=& Shadow of the Hawk – Edward King & John Chen – (18 Aug HAM, 22 Aug WLG)
=&7=& [new work] – NYO/José Luis Gómez – (2 Jul WLG)
=&8=& 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)
=&8=& Violin Concerto – Ilya Gringolts, APO/Garry Walker – 19 Feb, ATH
=&10=& Allegro for strings – Turnovsky Jubilee Ensemble – 12 June, ATH
=&10=& Aotearoa Overture – APO/Rumon Gamba – 18 June, ATH
=&10=& Chaconne – Michael Houstoun – 2 & 4 Oct, ATH CC
=&10=& Diversions for strings – Turnovsky Jubilee Ensemble – (18 June WLG)
=&10=& Sonata for violin & piano (1950) – Natalie Lin & John Chen – 30 Aug, ATH CC
=&10=& Symphony No 2 – NZSO/Christian Lindberg, 2 May, ATH
=&16=& Au Revoir [WP] – Jarvis Dams, APO/Hamish McKeich – 25 May, Museum
=&17=& Lightbox – NZTrio – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
=&18=& Seeking Answers to the Riddle [WP] – [Horomona Horo?], APO/Hamish McKeich – 25 May, Museum
=&19=& Scientists [WP] – Robbie Ellis & Corwin Newall – 19 Apr, Rannoch
=&20=& 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
=&21=& burlesques mécaniques – NZTrio – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
=&22=& Your Letter [WP] – Elizabeth Mandeno, APO/Hamish McKeich – 25 May, Museum
=&23=& Symphony No 1, Letters from the Front [WP] – George Henare?, Madeleine Pierard?, NZSO/Benjamin Northey – 23 Apr, ATH
=&24=& In Paradisum [WP] – Patricia Wright, Graduate Choir, Choir of Holy Trinity Cathedral, APO/Kenneth Young, Tim Gruchy – 4 Mar, ATH
=&24=& [Gallipoli Armistice commission] [WP] – St Kentigern College Choir, APO/Hamish McKeich – 25 May, Museum
Living Foreign “New Music” Composers’ Music
=&26=& Short Ride in a Fast Machine – APO/Garry Walker – 19 Feb, ATH
=&27=& Prelude, Fugue & Riffs – APO/Eckehard Stier – 16 July, ATH
=&28=& Oesteoblast – Aucktet – 10 Aug, St Michael’s Remuera + 11 Aug, Takapuna Methodist
=&29=& Flute Concerto, Pied Piper Fantasy – Adam Walker, APO/Eckehard Stier – 5 Nov, ATH
=&30=& Bruckner Etude – Aucktet – 10 Aug, St Michael’s Remuera + 11 Aug, Takapuna Methodist
=&31=& Clarinet Concerto – Kari Kriikku, NZSO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya – 6 Nov, ATH
=&32=& War Music [WP] – Madeleine Pierard?, NZYC, NZSO/Benjamin Northey – 23 Apr, ATH
=&33=& Perú Negro – NZSO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya – 6 Nov, ATH
=&34=& Danzón No 2 – APO/Andrew Sewell – 7 Mar, Govt House
=&35=& Echoes of Eternity – Christian Lindberg, David Bremner, NZSO – 2 May, ATH
=&36=& No 2 from Sei Capricci for violin – Justine Cormack – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
=&37=& Trumpet Concerto – Tine Thing Helseth, APO/Eivind Gulberg Jensen – 6 May, ATH
=&38=& Für Bálint András Varga – Vienna Piano Trio – 23 Oct, ATH
Dead Foreign “New Music” Composers’ Music
=&39=& Piano Trio – NZ Chamber Soloists – 23 May, ATH CC=&40=& Adagio for strings – APO/Alejo Pérez – 22 Oct, ATH
=&41=& Dance Suite – APO/Ilyich Rivas – 14 May, ATH
=&41=& String Quartet No 5 – Brodsky Quartet – (18 Mar HAM, 26 Mar WLG)
=&41=& Violin Concerto No 2 – Benjamin Schmid, APO/Rumon Gamba – 18 Jun, ATH
=&44=& Folk Songs – Fiona Campbell, APO/Ilyich Rivas – 14 May, ATH
=&45=& Songs from West Side Story – Anna Leese, APO/Andrew Sewell – 7 Mar, Govt House
=&46=& Four Sea Interludes – NZSO/Thomas Søndergård – 22 May, ATH
=&46=& Poème – Brodsky Quartet – (18 Mar HAM, 26 Mar WLG)
=&46=& Simple Symphony Op 4 – Turnovsky Jubilee Ensemble – 12 June, ATH
=&46=& Suite for violin & piano Op 6 – Natalie Lin & John Chen – (18 Aug HAM, 22 Aug WLG)
=&46=& Violin Concerto – Anthony Marwood, NZSO/Thomas Søndergård – 22 May, ATH
=&51=& Clarinet Concerto – Julian Bliss, APO/Eckehard Stier – 16 July, ATH
=&51=& Fanfare for the Common Man – NZSO/Benjamin Northey – 23 Apr, ATH
=&53=& Tout un monde lointain – Nicolas Altstaedt, APO/Eckehard Stier – 16 Apr, ATH
=&54=& Girl Crazy – APO/Eckehard Stier – 16 July, ATH
=&55=& Pampeana No 2 – Edward King & John Chen – 30 Aug, ATH CC
=&56=& Excerpts from Gayane Suites – APO/Andrew Gourlay – 27 Aug, ATH
=&57=& Cello Sonata – Ashley Brown & Sarah Watkins – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
=&57=& Cordes à vide – Sarah Watkins – (7 May PN, 9 May WLG)
=&57=& Melodien – APO/Gergely Madaras – 26 Feb, ATH
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