Jury
[data entry in process]
Concerts
A total of 69 of the submissions were selected: 37 works from sections accepted plus 32 individual entries. In addition, works marked with an * were part of the concurrent ULTIMA Festival’s repertoire.
Saturday, September 22 – 1:00pm Diaphony, Spitersuppa
Opening happenings by
Alfred Janson (b1937NO)
Kåre Kolberg (1936-2014NO)
Rolf Wallin (b1957NO)
Saturday, September 22 – 7:30pm Bergen Philharmonic @ Oslo Konserhus
Uroš Rojko (b1954SI): Der Atem der verletzten Zeit {orch} (1988) [14’]
Unsuk Chin (b1961KR) f: Die Troerinnen (The Trojan Women) {3F,FVV,orch} (1986rev1990) [22’] [WP]
William Albright (1944-1998USA): Bacchanal {org,orch} (1981) [15’]
Alejandro Iglesias Rossi (b1960AR): The Howl of the Thousand Throats {S,B,chor,orch} (1988) [40’] [WP]
Sunday, September 23 – 1pm Microtonal Meetings I @ Emanuel Vigeland Museum
David Hykes (b1953USA):
Behind all this Going, Going toward Oneself ÷
Beginner’s Word ÷
Kyrie Opening ÷
Harmonic Mass ÷
Lines to a Great Lord ÷
Windhorse Riders ÷
Skywriter Tells, Who Knows, Whole Story ÷
The Singing in the Heart ÷
Sunday, September 23 – 1pm @ Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter
Kjell Bjørgeengen: video synthesizer; Jon Balke: piano, synth, perc [WP]
Sunday, September 23 – 4pm Norges Musikkhøgskole
Brenton Broadstock (b1952AU): … and No Birds Sing {P6} (1986) [12’]
Jorge Peixinho (1940-1995PT): Ouçam a Soma dos Sons que Soam {fl,cl,pf.perc,sqnt} (1986) [15’]
Mariano Etkin (1943-2016AR): Locus Solus {2perc} (1989) [$]
John Persen (1941-2014NO): Et Cetera {P6} (1987) [6’]
Sunday, September 23 – 5pm Universitetets Aula
Jonty Harrison (b1952UK): Rosaces 4 {4~V,~} (1983) [14’] *
Alejandro Viñao (b1951AR;inUK): Son Entero {4V,computer} (1988) [22’] *
Trevor Wishart (b1946UK): Vox II {4~V,harmonizer, delay,~} (1982-84) [13’]
Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988IT): Tre Cante Popolari {4+ V} (1958) [11’]*
Stephen Montague (b1943USA;inUK): Tigida Pipa {4~V,perc,~} (1983) [9’] ¢~ *
Sunday, September 23 – 9:30pm Den Gamle Logen
Willem Jeths (b1959NL): Novelette {vn,pf} (1986) [10’]
Karen Tanaka (b1961JP;nowinUSA) f: Crystalline {pf} (1988) [6’]
Hródmar Ingi Sigurbjörnsson (b1958IS): Variations {pf} (1988) [10’]
Giampaolo Coral (1944-2011IT): RAPS IV {vn} (1982-84) [7’]
Roseane Yampolschi (b1956BR) f: Ciclos {vc,pf} (1988)
Kaija Saariaho (b1952FI;inFR): Petals {vc,~} (1988) [9’]
Sunday, September 23 – 10pm Microtonal Meetings I @ Emanuel Vigeland Museum – David Hykes
Monday, September 24 – 1pm NO Chamber Music 1923-1990 @ Norges Musikkhøgskole
Pauline Hall (1890-1969NO) f: Suite {wqnt} (1945) [12’] ¢
Knut Nystedt (1915-2014NO): The Moment {S,cel,perc} (1968) [7’]
Olav Berg (b1949NO): Tre mellomspill (3 Interludes) {fl,gt} (1982) [11’]
Edvard Hagerup Bull (1922-2012NO): Concert {tp,tbn,hn} [14’]
Harald Sæverud (1897-1992NO): WQnt (1 or 2?) ¢
Monday, September 24 – 2pm Norges Musikkhøgskole
Gilles Gobeil (b1954CAN): Voix Blanche {Ondes,~} (1989) [13’]
Francis Dhomont (b1926FR;theninCAN): Météores {~} (1989) [11’]
Roderik de Man (b1941): Chordis Canam {hcd,~} (1989) [11’]
Lasse Thoresen: Qudrat {3perc,3synths} (1987) [15’] ¢?
Monday, September 24 – 7pm Microtonal Meetings II: Newband @ Universitetets Aula
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996JP): Rain Spell {fl,cl,pf,vbs,hp} (1982) [9’] ÷ *
John Cage (1912-1992USA): Haikai {fl,zoomo} (1984) [15’] ÷¢ *
Lasse Thoresen: Thus {fl,cl,DX7,zoomo,perc,stroke rods} [WP] (1990) [23’] ÷¢? *
Mathew Rosenblum: Continental Drift {cl,~hp,DX7,zoomo,perc}(1990) [8’] [WP] ÷¢ *
Dean Drummond: Incredible Time {fl,DX7,Korg perc,perc,zoomo} (1988) [13’] ÷¢? *
Monday, September 24 – 9:30pm Norwegian Chamber Orchestra @ Den Gamle Logen
Anders Nilsson (b1954SE): Ariel {ob,str,~} (1986) [19’]
Marta Ptaszynska (b1945PL;nowinUSA) f: Winter’s Tale {str} (1984) [10’]
Adina Izarra (b1959VE) f: Pitangus Sulphuratus {fl,str} (1987) [18’]
Santiago Vera-Rivera (b1950CL): Apocalíptika II {pf,str} (1988) [9’]
John Adams (b1947USA): Shaker Loops {7str} (1978) [28’] [][$]£¢ *
Monday, September 24 – 10pm Microtonal Meetings I @ Emanuel Vigeland Museum – David Hykes
Tuesday, September 25 – 1pm NO Chamber Music 1923-1990 @ Norges Musikkhøgskole
Johan Kvandal (1919-1999NO): WQnt (1971) [20’] ¢wqnt
??? Mark Adderley (b1960UK;inNO): Sonata for perc, pf
Sigurd Berge (1929-2002NO): Trio for tre horn (1986) [10’] [$]
Olav Anton Thommessen (b1946NO): Please Accept my Ears {vn,pf} (1981) [6’] [$ms]
Rolf Wallin (b1957NO): BQnt (1979) [9’]
Tuesday, September 25 – 2pm Norges Musikkhøgskole
Daniel Ott (b1960CH): Zampugn {4perc=29bells} (1987) [13’]
Bent Sørensen (b1958DK): Angel’s Music {sqt} (1988) [16’]
Martin Smolka (b1959CZ): Hudba pro přeladěné nástroje (Music for Re-tuned Instruments) {fl,vas,vc,pf} (1988) [22’]
??? Leonard Payton (USA): Third Quiet Music {8db} (1986)
Tonino Tesei (b1961IT): Gesta {12sx} (1987) [8’]
Tuesday, September 25 – 7:30pm Norwegian Radio Orchestra @ Oslo Konzerthus
Åse Hedstrøm (b1950NO) f: Saisir {ch orch} (1988) [13’] ¢?
Alfred Janson (b1937NO): Nasjonalsang {tp,tbn,orch,~} (1988) [24’]
Mauricio Kagel (1931AR-2008DE): Musik für Tastensintrumente und Orchester {2pf,2eorg,orch} (1988) [25’]
??? Tuesday, September 25 – 10pm 3rd Intl Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music @ Den Gamle Logen
Wednesday, September 26 – 12pm Norwegian Ancestors @ Universitetets Aula
Fartein Valen (1887-1952NO):
Three Motets {MVV} [9’] [WP] *
O Salutaris Hostia op15#1 (1931) & Quia vidisti me op15#2 (1931)
O store Konge Davids Søn op26 (1937)
https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/82d1c253a363924f8a84126856dc652c.nbdigital?lang=no#6
https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/373da051d3beb616349e6ddb5a76186f.nbdigital?lang=no#0
Gunnar Sønstevold (1912-1991NO): Intermezzo {S,vn,~} (1958) [9’] *
Bjørn Fongaard (1919-1980NO): Ste for microinterval gt (1971) [9’] ÷¢ *
Finn Mortensen (1922-1983): Sonata op6 {unacc fl} (1953) [17’] *
??? Harald Sæverud (1897-1992NO): My Ancestors {vn,pf} (1990) [WP] *
Wednesday, September 26 – 1pm Scandivanian Chamber Music 1923-1990 @ Norges Musikkhøgskole
John Frandsen (b1956DK): Seven Silly Songs {Mz,gt} (1987) [18’]
??? Icelandic Composer: Work TBA
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016FI): Serenades of the Unicorn (1977) {gt} [7’]
Antonio Bibalo (1922IT-2008NO): Cto da Camera {vn,str,hcd} (1974) [32’] [$]
Wednesday, September 26 – 2pm @ Norges Musikkhøgskole
Reynold Weidenaar (1915-1985USA): The Thundering Scream of the Seraphim’s Delight {¥ ,~} (1987) [14’]
Jürg Wyttenbach (b1935CH): Encore! {vc+Actress} (1987) [14’]
William Brunson (b1953SE) (with Robert Doukkali (USA/SE)):
Evidence of Things Unseen {slide projections ,~} (1987) [14’]
Kristi Allik (b1952CAN)f (with Robert Mulder (CAN)): Electronic Purgatory (Oslo Version) {kbd,¥,live~} (1989) [32’]
Wednesday, September 26 – 7pm
F-M UiItti, Jostein Stalheim, Teiko Kikuchi, Borealis, Christian Eggen @ Universitetets Aula
Hifumi Shimoyama (b1930JP; d. 2023): Ichigo no tsukikage {koto,vc,~} (1989) [14’]
Zbigniew Bargielski (b1937PL): Labyrinth {vc,acc} (1984-87) [10’]
Caroline Wilkins (b1953AU)f: Piece for Accordion with Screens (1986rev1988) [10’]
Louis Andriessen (b1939NL): La Voce {unacc vc} (1981) [8’] *
Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988IT): Ygghur {vc} (1957-65) [16’] *
György Kurtág (b1926HU):
Ligatura – Message to Frances-Marie: The Answered Unanswered Question {vc2bows} (1989) [WP] [4’] *
Iannis Xenakis (1922RO/GR-2001FR): Epicycles {vc+12} (1989) [12’] *
Wednesday, September 26 – 8:30pm Cuarteto Latinoamericano @ Den Gamle Logen
Simon Holt (b1958UK): Danger of the Disappearance of Things {sqt} (1989) [20’]
Zulema de la Cruz (b1958ES)f: Kinesis 2 {sqt} (1987)
Aleksander Lason (b1951PL): SQt2 (1987) [20’]
Stefano Scodanibbio (1956-2012IT): Visas {sqt} (1988) [20’]
Cecilie Ore (b1954NO)f: Praesens Subitus {sqt} (1989) [9’]
Thursday, September 27 – 1pm Scandivanian Chamber Music 1923-1990 @ Norges Musikkhøgskole
Finn Mortensen (1922-1983NO): WQnt (1951) [13’] ¢
Arne Nordheim (1931-2010NO): Response I {2perc,~} (1966) [19’]
Jan Sandstrøm (b1954SE): Två Sonnevisonetter {S,fl} (1987)
??? Erik Bech: Straight Flush {wqnt}
Thursday, September 27 – 2pm Norges Musikkhøgskole
??? Sergei Belchukov (USSR): Music for Oboe and Tape (1989)
Tor Halmrast (b1951NO): Oppbrudd ~ (1989) [9’]
John Oliver (b1959CAN): El Reposo del Fuego {synth,~} (1989) [16’]
Alejandro Viñao (b1951AR;inUK): TripleCto {fl,vc,pf,computer} (1984) [27’]
Thursday, September 27 – 7pm Swedish Radio Choir @ Universitetets Aula
Yinam Leef (b1953ISR): Sounds, Shadows… {8v} (1987)
Oliver Knussen (1952-2018UK): Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke {unacc S} (1988) [14’]
Anders Eliasson (1947-2013SE): Breathing Room: July [Tomas Tranströmer] {Chor} (1984) [20’]
Vinko Globokar (b1934SI;inFR): Kolo {Chor,tbn,~} (1988) [24’] %%
Thursday, September 27 – 9pm Ridehuset
Takehoto Shimazu (b1949JP): Yuki-Yiki-Te {Noh play + ~} [WP] *
Thursday, September 27 – 9:30pm Chamber Orchestra of Georgia @ Den Gamle Logen
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998USSR): CtoGrossoI {2vl,hcd,perppf,str} (1977) [28’] [$]
Osvaldo Golijov (b1960AR): Cronicas {22str} (1988-90) [26’] [WP]
Giya Kancheli (b1935GEthenUSSR): Morning Prayers {ch orch,~} (1990) [24’] ¢?
Friday, September 28 – 1pm Through the Wall (EEU) @ Norges Musikkhøgskole
Anna Jastrzebska (b1950NO)f: Labyrinth (1988) [13’]
György Ligeti (1923HU-2006AT): Ramifications {str} (1968-69) [9’] [$]¢
Lepo Sumera (1950-2000EE): Muusika kammerorkestrile (Music for Chamber Orchestra) {fl,hn,perc,str} (1977) [15’] ¢
Krzysztof Penderecki (b1933PL): VaCto (1983) [22’] £W’86¢vmm
Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013PL): Orawa {str} (1986) [10’]
Friday, September 28 – 4pm Oslo Sinfonietta – Microtonal Meetings III @ Universitetets Aula
Kaija Saariaho (b1952FI;inFR)f: Io {ch orch,~} (1987) [18’] ¢ *
Tristan Murail (b1947FR): Allégories {P6:pf=synth} (1990) [13’] *
Magnus Lindberg (b1958FI): UR {5+~} (1986) [14’] ¢ *
Gérard Grisey (1946-1998FR): Partiels {18} (1975) [19’] ¢ *
Friday, September 28 – 7:30pm Oslo Philharmonic @ Oslo Konserthaus
André Richard (b1944CH): Echanges {orch,~} (1986) [18’]
Per Nørgård (b1932DK): Helle Nacht {VnCto} (1987) [24’]
Akira Nishimura (b1953JP): Heterophony {2pf,orch} (1987) ¢CAN
Magnus Lindberg (b1958FI): Kinetics {orch} (1989) [14’] ¢
Friday, September 28 – 9pm Ridehuset
Takehoto Shimazu: Yuki-Yiki-Te {Noh play + ~} *
Friday, September 28 – 9:30pm Borealis @ Den Gamle Logen
? David Mak Chi Piu (HK): Listening to Fishermen’s Songs {P5+hn} (1989)
Dieter Mack (b1954WDE): Wantilan {afl+perc} (1988) [9’]
Karel Goeyvaerts (1923-1993BE-FLA): Litanie IV {S+P5} (1982) [15’] * ¢
Christos Hatzis (b1953GR;inCAN): Nadir {fl,va,~} (1988) [7’]
José Evangelista (b1943;inCAN): Ô Bali {fl,vns,vc,db,pf,vbs} (1989) [8’]
Saturday, September 29 – 3:00 Oslo Sinfonietta @ Norges Musikkhøgskole
James Dillon (b1950UK): L’ECRAN Parfum {6vn,3perc} (1988) [10’] *
Asbjørn Schaathun (b1961NO): Musical Graffiti (II) {~pf,ens,~} (1984) [27’]
Giorgos Koumendakis (b1959GR): Essete Imar {S,Bar,wqt,sqt,bcuo} (1986)
Hans Abrahamsen (b1952DK): Märchenbilder {ch orch} (1984) [13’]
Saturday, September 29 – 6:00 @ Den Nordske Opera
Antonio Bibalo: Macbeth (1989) [2hr] [WP] *
Saturday, September 29 – 9pm Ridehuset
Takehoto Shimazu: Yuki-Yiki-Te {Noh play + ~} [WP] *
Sunday, September 30 – 2pm Youth Brass Band of Nanset @ Oslo Konserthaus
Bjørn Hoemsnes (b1954NO): Opus Partis {wb} (1985)
Hanna Kulenty (b1961PL)f: Perpetuus {ch orch} (1989) [10’]
Karel Husa (1921CZ-2016USA): TpCto {+wb} (1973) [17’]
Graciela Paraskevaídis (1940AR-2017UR)f: Magma VII {14ww} (1984) [7’] [$]
Karel Husa (1921CZ-2016USA): Cto {wb} (1982) [22’]
Sunday, September 30 – 10pm Ridehuset
Takehoto Shimazu: Yuki-Yiki-Te {Noh play + ~} [WP] *
ALL DAYS @ Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter
Pierre Bastien (b1953FR): Mecano Orchestra ~ (1986)
David Keane (1943USA-2017CAN) (with Reinhard Reitzenstein (b1949DE;inCAN)): Sound Lodge ~ (1987)
Sources
Nicolas Slonimsky, Music Since 1900, Sixth Edition edited by Laura Kuhn (Schirmer Reference, 2001), pp. 769-772.
(annotated by Frank J. Oteri, in progress)