1969 Hamburg
Jun 20, 1969 – Jun 27, 1969
Hamburg
Festival info
Start: Jun 20, 1969
End: Jun 27, 1969
Locations: Hamburg
Hosting member(s)
co-organized with NDR Hamburg
Jury
Wolfgang Fortner
Klaus Huber
Kazimierz Serocki
Zbyněk Vostřák
Concerts
Friday, 20 June 1969 – operatic performance at the Hamburg State Opera conducted by Henryk Czyż
Krzysztof Penderecki (Poland, b. 1933; d. 2020): Die Teufel von Loudon [libretto by the composer after the novel by Aldous Huxley] (1968-69) [120′] featuring Tatiana Troyanos, Andrzej Hiolski, and Bernard Ładysz [world premiere].
Saturday, 21 June 1969
Josef Maria Horváth (Hungary, b. 1931; d. 2019): Redundanz 2 for string quartet (1967) [14′];
László Kalmár (Hungary, b. 1931; d. 1995): Trio for flute, marimbaphone, and guitar (1968);
Yoriaki Matsudaira (Japan, b. 1931): Distributions for string quartet and ring modulator (1966-67);
Jürg Wyttenbach (Switzerland, b. 1935): Paraphrase for flute and piano/electric organ (1966) [7′] featuring Aurèle Nicolet with the composer at the keyboards;
Ton de Kruyf (Netherlands, b. 1937; d. 2012): Serenata for flute, clarinet, harp, and string quartet (1968) [11′] [world premiere].
Sunday, 22 June 1969, afternoon
Yehuda Yannay (Israel, b. 1937 in Romania; currently resides in the United States): Mutatis Mutandis for six players and conductor (1968) [European premiere];
Jan Kapr (Czechoslovakia, b. 1914; d. 1988): Cvičení pro Gydli for soprano, flute and harp (1967) [9′];
Marek Kopelent (Czechoslovakia, b. 1932): Zátiší (Still Life) for chamber ensemble (1968) [9′];
Jacob Gilboa (Israel, b. 1920 in Czechoslovakia; d. 2007): Crystals for flute, viola, cello, piano/celesta, and percussion (1967) [6′] [world premiere];
Zbyněk Vostřák (Czechoslovakia, b. 1920; d. 1985): Kantáta na text F. Kafky, op. 34, [text: Franz Kafka] for chorus, winds, and percussion (1964) conducted by the composer.
Sunday, 22 June 1969, evening
Argyris Kounadis (Greece, b. 1924 in Turkey; d. 2011 in Germany): Heterophonika Idiomela for orchestra (1967) [world premiere];
Heinz Holliger (Switzerland, b. 1939): Siebengesang for oboe, orchestra, singers and loudspeaker (1966-67) [21′];
Paul Méfano (France, b. 1937; d. 2020): Paraboles for dramatic soprano and chamber orchestra (1964) [25′];
Bernadetta Matuszczak (Poland, b. 1937; d. 2021): Septem Tubae for mixed choir, organ, and orchestra (1969) [13′] [world premiere].
Monday, 23 June 1969
Mogens Winkel Holm (Denmark, b. 1936; d. 1999): Sonata for Wind Quintet, op. 25 (1965) [18′];
Ivo Malec (France, b. 1925 in Yugoslavia [Croatia]; d. 2019): Cantate pour Elle for soprano, harp and 4 loudspeaker groups (1966) [16′];
Yoritsune Matsudaira (Japan, b. 1907; d. 2001): Portrait B for 2 pianos and 2 percussion (1969);
Mauricio Kagel (West Germany, b. 1931 in Argentina; d. 2008): Hallelujah for voices (1967-68) [c. 15-40′].
Tuesday, 24 June 1969
Tadeusz Baird (Poland, b. 1928; d. 1981): Quatre Novelettes for chamber orchestra (1967) [11′];
Helmut Lachenmann (West Germany, b. 1935): Consolation II for 16 voices (1968) [7′];
Hans-Joachim Hespos (West Germany, b. 1938): Break for piano and orchestra (1968; revised later) [11′] [world premiere];
+ Dieter Schnebel (West Germany, b. 1930; d. 2018): AMN for 16 vocalists (1958 revised 1966-67) [c. 14-25′];
Kazimierz Serocki (Poland, b. 1922; d. 1981): Continuum for six percussionists (1966) [12′].
Wednesday, 25 June 1969
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (Austria, b. 1919 in Poland; d. 1994): Symphony K (1967) [20′];
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (West Germany, 1918; d. 1970): Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, En forme de «pas de trois» (1965-66) [24′];
Witold Szalonek (Poland, b. 1927; d. 2001): Mutazioni for chamber orchestra (1966) [world premiere];
Luis de Pablo (Spain, b. 1930): Imaginario II for an orchestra of 69 musicians (1967) [18′].
Friday, 27 June 1969
Henryk Górecki (Poland, b. 1933; d. 2010): La Musiquette 2, op. 23 for 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 5 percussionists, and 2 pianos (1967) [8′];
Hifumi Shimoyama (Japan, b. 1930): Reflection for 3 string orchestras (1968) [9′];
Arne Nordheim (Norway, b. 1931; d. 2010): Eco [text: Salvatore Quasimodo] for soprano, children’s choir, mixed choir and orchestra (1968) [20′];
Giuseppe Giorgio Englert (Switzerland, b. 1927; d. 2007 in France): Le Roman de Kapitagolei for orchestra (1966-67) [11′] [world premiere];
John Tavener (United Kingdom [England], b. 1944; d. 2013): In alium for soprano, orchestra, and electronics sounds (1968) [14′].
??? In memoriam *
+ Guillaume Landré (Netherlands, 1905-1968): String Quartet No. 4 (1965) [10′];
Karl-Birger Blomdahl (Sweden, 1916-1968): Altisonans for fixed media electronic sounds and video (1966) [1′].
* ??? other opera performances
Gian-Carlo Menotti (United States, b. 1911 in Italy; d. 2007): Hilfe, Hilfe, die Globolinks! (Help, Help, the Globolinks!) [libretto by the composer] (1968) [70′];
Lars Johan Werle (Sweden, b. 1926; d. 2001): Resan (Die Reise / The Journey) [libretto: Lars Runsten] (1969) [190′];
Igor Stravinsky (United States, b. 1882 in Russia; d. 1971): The Rake’s Progress [libretto: W.H. Auden] (1948-51) [150′];
Paul Hindemith (West Germany, 1895-1963): Mathis der Maler [libretto by the composer] (1935) [180′];
Humphrey Searle (United Kingdom [England], b. 1915; d. 1982): Hamlet (1964-68) [libretto by the composer] [155′];
Alexander Goehr (United Kingdom [England], b. 1932): Arden muss sterben (Arden Must Die) [German libretto: Erich Fried] (1966) [130′];
??? an evening of ballet performances which included Igor Stravinsky: Apollon musagète (1927-28, rev. 1947) [30′].
Significant interpreters
Singers: Jana Jonášová, Bertha Kai, Colette Herzog, Taru Valjakka, Dorothy Dorow.
Pianists: Jacqueline Méfano, Peter Roggenkamp, Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky.
Harpists: Gérard Devos, Libuše Váchalová.
Cellist: Siegfried Palm.
Guitar: András Kecskés.
Flute: Václav Žilka, Henrik Pröhle.
Oboe: Heinz Holliger.
Percussion: Ferenz Petz (Marimbaphon), Christoph Caskel, Richard Armbruster, Bruno Hinz.
Ensembles: Kammermusikvereinigung des Österreichischen Rundfunks, Assmann-Quartett, Musica Viva Pragensis, Dänische und Niederländische Ensembles, Gaudeamus-Quartett.
Orchestra and Chorus: Chor des NDR Hamburg, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orch., Kölner Rundfunkchor, Sinfonieorch. des NDR, SWF-Orch. Baden-Baden, Hamburger Knabenchor St. Nicolai.
Conductors: Helmut Franz, Michael Gielen, Ernest Bour, Jan Krenz.
Note
* These two works are listed at the end of Haefeli’s summary of the festival as being presented in memoriam but they are not included in any of the concerts he listed nor in any of the concerts listed by Slonimsky. Perhaps they were added to programs.
Sources
Anton Haefeli, Die Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik (IGNM), Ihre Geschichte von 1922 bis zur Gegenwart (Atlantis Musikbuch-Verlag, 1982), pp. 527-528.
Nicolas Slonimsky, Music Since 1900, Sixth Edition edited by Laura Kuhn (Schirmer Reference, 2001), pp. 631-633.
(annotated by Frank J. Oteri, in progress)