The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
2004/05 Season

Performances

August 21-27, 2005
Ostrava, Czech Republic
S.E.M. Ensemble
Ostravska Banda
Ostrava Days 2005 Festival
for more info www.ocnmh.cz

May 28, 2005
Prague Spring Festival, Smetana Hall, Prague
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Sabine Hogrefe, Soprano
Hana Kotkova, Violin
John Cage FIve
Morton Feldman Violin & Orchestra
J-P Rameau Orchestra Suite TBA
Richard Wagner Overture and Liebestod
for more info Prague Spring Festival

May 6, 2005
Philharmonic Hall, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Sabine Hogrefe, Soprano
Hana Kotkova, Violin
John Cage Five
Morton Feldman Violin & Orchestra
J-P Rameau Orchestra Suite TBA
Richard Wagner Overture and Liebestod

Thursday, April 14, 2005, 8pm
Merkin Concert Hall, Manhattan
S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Thomas Buckner, Baritone
Alvin Singleton Say You Have This Ball of Meaning (premiere)
Jacques Bekaert La Aurora de Nueva York
Somei Satoh new work

Monday, March 14, 2005, 7:30pm
Zankel Hall at Carnegie
S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Quartet of St. Vavrinec
Anton Webern Symphonie op. 21
Petr Kotik Devin
Morton Feldman The Turfan Fragments Alvin Lucier The Exploration of the House
J.P. Rameau Les Indes Galantes

Friday, February 4, 2005 Herbst Theater, San Fransisco
S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Annea Lockwood Luminesence
Blue Gene Tyranny String Quartet
Petr Kotik excerpt from Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

Tuesday, December 14, 2004 Paula Cooper Gallery, Manhattan
Zs
S.E.M. Ensemble
The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Petr Kotik For Zs (premiere)
Phill Niblock Disseminate
Petr Kotik The Plains at Gordium (premiere)

Thursday, October 14, 2004
LaMama, Sounds Like Now, Manhattan
S.E.M. Ensemble
Thomas Buckner, Baritone
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Annea Lockwood Luminesence
Petr Kotik The Plains at Gordium (excerpt)
Alvin Lucier Kirilics
Buckner & Kubera Duo Improvisation

Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Ostrava Festival, Czech Republic Petr Kotik, Flute
Quartet of St. Vavrinec
Dama Dama Percussion Ensemble
Petr Kotik Devin
Petr Kotik There Is Singularly Nothing
Jon Gibson Equal Distribution
Bohuslav Martinu

Monday, September 20, 2004
Opava Festival, Czech Republic
Petr Kotik, Flute
Quartet of St. Vavrinec
Dama Dama Percussion Ensemble
Petr Kotik Devin
Petr Kotik There Is Singularly Nothing
Jon Gibson Equal Distribution
Bohuslav Martinu

Previews/Open Rehearsals/Workshops

Monday, April 11, 2005 (Preview/Open Rehearsal)
Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn
Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Thomas Buckner, Baritone
Francisco Feliciano Five Songs of Rainer Maria Rilke
Jacques Bekaert La Aurora de Nueva York
Philip Mantione Traffic
Alvin Singleton Say You Have This Ball of Meaning (premiere)
Somei Satoh The Last Song

Sunday, March 13, 2005, 8pm (Preview/Open Rehearsal)
Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn
S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Quartet of St. Vavrinec
Anton Webern Symphonie op. 21
Petr Kotik Devin
Morton Feldman The Turfan Fragments Alvin Lucier The Exploration of the House
J.P. Rameau Les Indes Galantes

February 18, 2005 (Workshop performance)
Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn
The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Thomas Buckner, Baritone
Stephen Clarke, Piano
Nina Kellman, Harp
Matthew Welch Self/Non-Self and Luminosity in the Bardo for Harp and Orchestra
Jacques Bekaert La Aurora de Nueva York for Baritone and Orchestra
Udo Kasemets fraCtal fibONaCciErto for Piano and Orchestra
Phillip Mantione Traffic for Strings
Alvin Singleton Say You Have This Ball of Meaning for Baritone, Accordion, Percussion, Harp and Strings

February 14-17, 2005 (Composer’s Workshop)
Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn
The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Readings of New Scores Workshop

Monday, October 11, 2004 (Preview/Open Rehearsal)
Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn
S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Thomas Buckner, Baritone
Annea Lockwood Luminesence
Petr Kotik The Plains at Gordium (excerpt)
Alvin Lucier Kirilics