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Argento invites you to the Moving Sounds Festival, September 2-5, 2010

Moving Sounds is a 4-day festival of music, visual media, and aesthetic dialogue. Through concerts and symposia, the festival explores sound and its musical and societal implications.

Following last year’s highly successful festival, Moving Sounds 2010 continues its investigation of sonic phenomena by pairing contemporary music with electronic performances. Argento will give world premieres of works by Austrian composers Georg Friedrich Haas and Bernhard Lang. Concerts will also feature Austrian guitarist and electronic sound artist Christian Fennesz, Japanese-American acousmatic composer Steven Takasugi, and Austrian alternative singer-songwriter Soap&Skin. Bridging the electronic and acoustic worlds, Argento will also perform the world premiere of American composer Ed Campion’s concerto for the new electronic instrument, the Yamaha AvantGrand.

Events take place at the Austrian Cultural Forum, Le Poisson Rouge, and the Czech Center. For the full festival schedule, visit www.argentomusic.org/movingsounds.

Focus on Georg Friedrich Haas

THURSDAY, SEP 2, 7:00 and 8:30 PM
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022
Subway: B/D/F trains to Rockefeller Center; 6 train to 51 St; E/V trains to 5 Ave
Suggested Donation at the Door; Ticket Reservation

Program

Georg Friedrich Haas - Atthis for octet
World premiere
Argento Chamber Ensemble – Michel Galante, conductor

Steven Takasugi - The Flypaper for electronic tape

Georg Friedrich Haas - Phantasien for viola and clarinet
U.S. premiere – Carol McGonnell, clarinet ; Stephanie Griffin, viola

The Spatialized Sonic Experience

FRIDAY, SEP 3, 7:00 PM
Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021
Subway: 6 train to 77 St
Suggested Donation at the Door; Ticket reservation

Program

Victor Adán - Fonoptera B for custom made surround sound instruments
World premiere

Georg Friedrich Haas - Unheimat for spatialized string ensemble
U.S. premiere
Argento Chamber Ensemble – Michel Galante, conductor

Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen for string ensemble
Argento Chamber Ensemble – Michel Galante, conductor

FRIDAY, SEP 3, 8:30 PM
Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021
Subway: 6 train to 77 St
Suggested Donation at the Door;Ticket reservation

Program

Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen for string ensemble
Argento Chamber Ensemble – Michel Galante, conductor

Georg Friedrich Haas - Unheimat for spatialized string ensemble
Argento Chamber Ensemble – Michel Galante, conductor

Edmund Campion - Flow-Debris-Falls - concerto for AvantGrand electronic keyboard and 17 instruments – World premiere – Joanna Chao, AvantGrand
Argento Chamber Ensemble – Jonathan Yates, conductor

Symposium

SATURDAY, SEP 4, Time TBA
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022
Subway: B/D/F trains to Rockefeller Center; 6 train to 51 St; E/V trains to 5 Ave

Symposium program and ticket reservation

Moderator: Brian Kane, Yale University

Lang and Kane

SAUTRDAY, SEP 4, 7:00 PM, Doors Open at 6:00 PM
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street (at Thompson), New York, NY 10012
Subway: A/B/C/D/E/F/M to West 4 St; 6 train to Bleecker St; 1 train to Houston St or Christopher Street; R to Prince St
Tickets

Program

Bernhard Lang - Differenz/Wiederholung 21 for flute, percussion, and electronics
World premiere – Due East: Erin Lesser, flute ; Greg Beyer, percussion

Brian Kane – 0.215 for contrabass flute and electronics
World premiere – Erin Lesser, flute

Soap & Skin

SAUTRDAY, SEP 4, 8:30 PM
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street (at Thompson), New York, NY 10012
Subway: A/B/C/D/E/F/M to West 4 St; 6 train to Bleecker St; 1 train to Houston St or Christopher Street; R to Prince St
Tickets

Concert by Soap & Skin.

Christian Fennesz, guitar/electronics

SAUTRDAY, SEP 4, 10:00 PM
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street (at Thompson), New York, NY 10012
Subway: A/B/C/D/E/F/M to West 4 St; 6 train to Bleecker St; 1 train to Houston St or Christopher Street; R to Prince St
Tickets

Concert by Christian Fennesz, electronics

Focus on Haas

SUNDAY, SEP 5, 1:00 PM
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022
Subway: B/D/F trains to Rockefeller Center; 6 train to 51 St; E/V trains to 5 Ave
Suggested Donation at the Door;Ticket Reservation

Program

Steven Takasugi - Die Klavierübung (2010 version)
World premiere

Georg Friedrich Haas - Duo for viola and prepared piano
U.S. premiere – Miranda Cuckson, viola ; Joanna Chao, piano

SUNDAY, SEP 5, 8:00 PM
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022
Subway: B/D/F trains to Rockefeller Center; 6 train to 51 St; E/V trains to 5 Ave
Suggested Donation at the Door;Ticket reservation

Program

Georg Friedrich Haas - String Quartet No. 3 performed in darkness
Jack Quartet

Post concert discussion with the performers and the composer

Moving Sounds Festival 2010 is supported in part by grants from the Fritz Reiner Fund.

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