1964 Copenhagen

Jury

Mogens Andersen
Karl-Birger Blomdahl
Alexander Goehr
Eigel Kruttge
Witold Lutosławski

Concerts

Thursday, 28 May 1964
+ Paul Hindemith (Germany/United States 1895-1963): Konzertmusik for Wind Orchestra, op. 41 (1926) [15′] performed by the Copenhagen Symphonie Band conducted by Ib Eriksson [in memoriam Hindemith];
Tadeusz Baird (Poland, b. 1928; d. 1981): Muzyka epifaniczna for orchestra (1963) [12′];
Antonio Tauriello (Argentina, b. 1931; d. 2011): Ricercari 1-6 for orchestra (1963);
Vittorio Fellegara (Italy, b. 1927; d. 2011): Mutazioni, four choreographic fragments (1962-64) [17′];
Per Nørgård (Denmark, b. 1932): Fragment VI for six orchestra groups [world premiere of Nos. 4 and 5?] [withdrawn].

Friday, 29 May 1964
Ilja Zeljenka (Czechoslovakia [Slovakia], b. 1932; d. 2007]): Quintet for Piano, Clarinet, and String Trio (1958) [9′];
Bogusław Schaeffer (Poland, b. 1929; d. 2019): Four Pieces for String Trio (1962) [7′];
Hans Werner Henze (West Germany, b. 1926; d. 2012): Being Beauteous [Arthur Rimbaud] for coloratura soprano, 4 violoncellos and harp (1963) [15′] sung by Ingeborg Hallstein conducted by the composer;
Gunnar Berg (Denmark, b. 1909 in Switzerland; d. 1989): ‘… pour violon et piano’ (1959-60) [13′];
+ Mauricio Kagel (West Germany, b. 1931 in Argentina; d. 2008): Sonant for guitar, harp, doublebass, and skin instruments (1960) [20′];
Jan Bark (Sweden, b. 1934; d. 2012) / Folke Rabe (Sweden, b. 1935; d. 2017): Bolos for 4 trombones (1962) [7′].

* Saturday, 30 May 1964 – Special Concert of Danish Music
Paul Rovsing Olsen (Denmark, b. 1922; d. 1982): Passacaglia for flute, violin, violoncello, and piano;
Ib Nørholm (Denmark, b.  1931; d. 2019): Direction: inconnue op. 26 for violin solo (1963);
Axel Borup-Jørgensen (Denmark, b. 1924; d. 2012): Cantata, op. 42, for contralto with flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano, percussion, viola, and violoncello (1962);
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (Denmark, b. 1932; d. 2016): In Terra Pax for clarinet, piano, and percussion (1961) [7′].

Monday, 1 June 1964
Günther Becker (West Germany, b. 1924; d. 2007): Diaglyphen for chamber orchestra (1962) [11′];
Karl Heinz Füssl (Austria, b. 1924; d. 1992): Concerto Rapsodico [Gerard Manley Hopkins] for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1957) [7′];
Kazuo Fukushima (Japan, b. 1930): Hi-Kyo for flute, piano, strings, and percussion (1961) [9′];
Girolamo Arrigo (Italy, b. 1930; in France since 1968): Tre occasioni for soprano and chamber orchestra (1959) [14′];
+ Edgard Varèse (United States, b. 1883; d. 1965): Offrandes [texts: Vicente Huidobro and José Juan Tablada] for soprano and chamber orchestra (1921) [7′];
Henryk Górecki (Poland, b. 1933; d. 2010): Genesis II, Canti strumentali for 15 instrumentalists (1962) [8′].

Tuesday, 2 June 1964 *
Franco Donatoni (Italy, b. 1927; d. 2000): Movimento for harpsichord, piano, and nine instruments (1959) [5′];
Dieter Schönbach (West Germany, b. 1931; d. 2012): Lyric Songs II for mezzo-soprano and two pianos;
György Kurtág (Hungary, b. 1926): String Quartet, op. 1 (1959) [14′];
Yitzkhak Sadai (Israel, b. 1935 in Bulgaria; d. 2019): Impressions d’un Choral for harpsichord (1964?);
Harrison Birtwistle (United Kingdom [England], b. 1934): The World is Discovered, six instrumental movements after Heinrich Isaac (1961) [12′].

Wednesday, 3 June 1964
Enrique Raxach (Netherlands, b. 1932 in Spain [Catalonia]): Metamorphose II for orchestra (1958) [12′];
Jean-Claude Éloy (France, b. 1938): Équivalences for 18 instrumentalists (1963) [9′];
+ Olivier Messiaen (France, b. 1908; d. 1992): Sept haïkaï: esquisses japonaises for piano and small orchestra (1962) [21′];
Witold Szalonek (Poland, b. 1927; d. 2001): Wiznania (Confessions) [text: Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna] for reciter, chorus and orchestra (1959);
Erik Bergman (Finland, b. 1911; d. 2006): Fåglarna (Birds) [text: Solveig von Schoultz] for baritone, chorus, and orchestra (1962) [6′];
Ingvar Lidholm (Sweden, b. 1921; d. 2017): Nausikaa ensam [text: Eyvind Johnson] for soprano, chorus, and orchestra (1963) [21′].

Significant interpreters

Vocalists: Gurli Plesner, Helle Haiding, Karen Heerup, Birgit Bastian, Carla Henius, Wojciech Siemion, Jan Arnholtz, Karin Langebo.
Piano: Rudolf Macudzinski, Beatrice Berg, Friedrich Gürtler, Bernhard Kontarsky, Eckart Sellheim, Yvonne Loriod, Niels Henrik Nielsen (celesta).
Violin: Antonin M. Novak, Stanislav Kawalla, Niels Nielsen, Jörgen Fischer Larsen.
Viola: J. Podjukl, Arthur Paciorkiewicz.
Violoncello: Jaroslav Chovanec, Janina Chyla, Siegfried Palm, Helmut Küfer, Klaus Storck, Peter Gollwitzer, Jorgen Friisholm
Doublebass: Georg Nothdorf.
Harp: Helga Storck, Dodo Metelmann.
Guitar: Karlheinz Böttner.
Flutists: Kjeld Mardahl, M. Noguchi.
Percussionists: Mauricio Kagel, Siegfried Rockstroh, Poul Leerhoy.
Ensembles: Weiner-Quartett, Collegium Musicum Chamber Orchestra, Kölner Ens. für Neue Musik, Groupe de Percussion de Strasbourg.
Orchestras and Choruses: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tivoli Konzerthaus Orchestra, Danish Radio Chor.
Conductors: Francis Travis, Peter Ernst Lassen, Eifred Eckart-Hansen, Lavard Friisholm, Ole Schmidt, Tamás Vető

Note

* There is an additional work listed on the 2 June 1964 program by Slonimsky–
Gilbert Amy (France, b. 1936): Alpha-Beth for piano and wind quintet (1963) [14′].
But according to Haefeli, although it was scheduled, it was not performed which is more likely since it was programmed again and actually performed, according to both Haefeli and Slonimsky, during the 1965 ISCM Festival in Madrid.

Sources

Anton Haefeli, Die Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik (IGNM), Ihre Geschichte von 1922 bis zur Gegenwart (Atlantis Musikbuch-Verlag, 1982), pp. 522-523.

Nicolas Slonimsky, Music Since 1900, Sixth Edition edited by Laura Kuhn (Schirmer Reference, 2001), pp. 578-579.

(annotated by Frank J. Oteri, in progress)