2008-2009 Concert Season


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Past Performances

October 23, 2008

School of Music I. J. Paderewskiego
Cieszyn, Poland

S.E.M. Ensemble performing with Ostravska Banda
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Steven C. Wilson, Countertenor (New York)
Michal Capka, Narrator (Ostrava)
Daan Vandewalle, Piano (Gent)

Program:
Galina Ustwolskaja, Symphony No. 5 >>Amen<<, for narrator and ensemble
Petr Kotik, John Mary, text by Gertrude Stein, for soprano, countertenor and ensemble
Martin Smolka, Oh My Beloved C Minor
Morton Feldman, For Franz Kline, for soprano and ensemble Sebastian Claren, Potemkin I: Baby Baby Dialogues, for piano and orchestra

October 24, 2008

St. Wenceslas Church
Ostrava, Czech Republic
7pm

S.E.M. Ensemble performing with Ostravska Banda
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Steven C. Wilson, Countertenor (New York)
Michal Capka, Narrator (Ostrava)

Program:

Galina Ustwolskaja, Symphony No. 5 >>Amen<<, for narrator and ensemble
Petr Kotik, John Mary, text by Gertrude Stein, for soprano, countertenor and ensemble
Martin Smolka, Oh My Beloved C Minor
Sebastian Claren, Potemkin I: Baby Baby Dialogues, for piano and orchestra

October 27, 2008

Archa Theatre
Prague, Czech Republic
8pm

S.E.M. Ensemble performing with Ostravska Banda
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Olga Krumpholzova, Soprano (Prague)
Steven C. Wilson, Countertenor (New York)
Michal Capka, Narrator (Ostrava)
Daan Vandewalle, Piano (Gent)

Program:
Galina Ustwolskaja, Symphony No. 5 >>Amen<<, for narrator and ensemble
Petr Kotik, John Mary, text by Gertrude Stein, for soprano, countertenor and ensemble
Martin Smolka, Oh My Beloved C Minor
Morton Feldman, For Franz Kline, for soprano and ensemble Sebastian Claren, Potemkin I: Baby Baby Dialogues, for piano and orchestra
Elliot Carter, Dialogues, for piano and orchestra

October 29, 2008

Akademie der Kunste
Berlin, Germany
7 pm

S.E.M. Ensemble performing with Ostravska Banda
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Olga Krumpholzova, Soprano (Prague)
Steven C. Wilson, Countertenor (New York)
Xenia Noetzelmann, Narrator (Berlin)
Daan Vandewalle, Piano (Gent)

Program:
Galina Ustwolskaja, Symphony No. 5 >>Amen<<, for narrator and ensemble
Petr Kotik, John Mary, text by Gertrude Stein, for soprano, countertenor and ensemble
Martin Smolka, Oh My Beloved C Minor
Morton Feldman, For Franz Kline, for soprano and ensemble Sebastian Claren, Potemkin I: Baby Baby Dialogues, for piano and orchestra
Elliot Carter, Dialogues, for piano and orchestra

November 2, 2008

Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Liedsche Rijn
Utrecht, The Netherlands
8:30pm

S.E.M. Ensemble performing with Ostravska Banda
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Jos Zwaanenburg, Conductor (Hilversum)
Daan Vandewalle, Piano (Gent)
Joseph Kubera, Piano (New York)
Cristina Zavalloni, Soprano (Bologna)
Monica Germino, Violin (Amsterdam)

Program
Elliot Carter, Dialogues, for piano and orchestra
Martin Smolka, Oh My Beloved C Minor
Morton Feldman, For Franz Kline, for soprano and ensemble John Cage, Concert for Piano and Orchestra, version for two pianos and two orchestras
Louis Andriessen, La Passione, text by Dino Campana, for soprano, violin and orchestra

November 27 and 28, 2008

Fundacion Proa
1929 Av. Pedro de Mendoza
Buenos Aires, Argentina
7:30pm

Petr Kotik, Director, Flutist
Sylvie Robert, Soprano
Renata Spisarova, Soprano
Roberto Neuberger, Tenor
Arauco Yepes, Percussion

Program:
Marcel Duchamp, La Mariee mise a nu par ses celibataires meme, Erratum Musical(1913-22)
Marcel Duchamp, Sculpture Musical
John Cage, Music of Changes (1951)

Monday, December 15, 2008

Willow Place Auditorium
26 Willow Place, Brooklyn Heights

S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Director
Martha Cluver, Soprano
Steven Wilson, Tenor

Program:

Marcel Duchamp, La Mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même. Erratum Musical (1913-22)
John Cage, Solos (1958)
Christian Wolff, For 5 People (1962)
Petr Kotik, John Mary; text by Gertrude Stein (1972)

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Paula Cooper Gallery
534 West 21st Street
8pm

S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Director
Martha Cluver, Soprano
Steven Wilson, Tenor

Program:

Marcel Duchamp, La Mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même. Erratum Musical (1913-22)
John Cage, Solos (1958)
Christian Wolff, For 5 People (1962)
Petr Kotik, John Mary; text by Gertrude Stein (1972)

February 10-11, 2009

(Reading of New Scores Workshop)
Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn

S.E.M. Ensemble

Readings of new works by G. Douglas Barrett, Chrisitan Wolff, Michael Winter and Petr Kotik

Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 8pm

Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn
26 Willow Place, Brooklyn Heights

G. Douglas Barrett Derivation XIII 6 (2009)
Christian Wolff Trio for Robert Ashley (2009)
Michael Winter Room & Seams (2008)
Petr Kotik Quartet No. 1 (2007-09)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 8pm

Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Ostravská banda
Flux Quartet
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Han Kotkova, Violin
Daan Vandewalle

Christian Wolff Three Trios (premiere)

Salvatore Sciarrino

 Vento d'ombra (premiere)
Petr Kotik String Quartet No. 1
  Erinnerungen an Jan (premiere)
Elliott Carter Dialogues
  For Piano and Orchestra
György Ligeti Concerto for Violin and Orchestra