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Reggello International Festival
of Contemporary & Classical Music

Artistic Director - Gwyn Pritchard

THE 2nd REGGELLO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY & CLASSICAL MUSIC

July 2004

with the financial support of  La Regione Toscana, La Provincia di Firenze, and  La Comunità Montana Montagna Fiorentina

The second year of the Reggello International Festival was a far more substantial event than the modest Festival of 2003. The performers came from countries as far afield as Norway, Iceland, Finland, Switzerland, Mexico, Great Britain, Ireland and Italy. The International Composers' Competition also underlined the Festival's commitment to a policy of maintaining a truly international character.

The Festival programme was as follows:

¨      12 July 9.30 pm, Pieve di San Pietro a Cascia, Reggello
Concert by
Trio Norn

      Bjørnar Habbestad (flute), Anne Korhonen (viola), Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir (harp)

 

Toru Takemitsu                    Then I knew 't was Wind
Salvatore Sciarrino               Canzona di Ringraziamento
André Jolivet                        Petite Suite

Maurice Ravel                      Sonatine a Trio (arr. Salzedo)

Kaia Saariaho                      New Gates

Claude Debussy                   Sonata for flute, viola & harp

 

¨       13 July 9.30 pm, Polivalente, Saltino di Vallombrosa, Reggello
Concert by Ensemble InterPlay

Siegfried Kutterer, Gustavo Aguilar, Florian Arbenz, Barni Palm (percussion), 
Michael Arbenz (pianoforte), Daniel Almada (electronics), Gwyn Pritchard (conductor)

 

            Daniel Almada                     Juegos de Azar (1st perf. in Italy)

            Siegfried Kutterer                 IndieGanjur (1st perf. in Italy)

            Gwyn Pritchard                    Demise (1st perf. in Italy)

                                            

¨       14 July  - 9.30 pm, Pieve a Pitiana, Donnini, Reggello 
Concert by San Felice ContempoEnsemble

Anna Aurigi (soprano), Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Francesco Gesualdi (accordion), Giovanni Ricciardi (violoncello)

 

            J S Bach (arr. A Pritchard)    Aria: "Höchster" from Cantata 51

            Luciano Berio                      Sequenza III for voice

            J S Bach (arr. Gesualdi)       Contrapunctus no.1 from The Art of Fugue BWV 1080

            Bruno Maderna                    Serenata per un satellite

            J S Bach                             Prelude and Fugue from Sonata no.1 in G minor for solo violino, BWV1001

            Sofia Gubaidulina                 In Croce for solo violoncello

            J S Bach (arr. A Pritchard)    Aria: "Ich habe Genug" BWV82a

                

¨       15 July 9.30 pm, Spazio Energia, Reggello
Concert by Uroboros Ensemble
Rowland Sutherland (flute), Christopher Redgate (oboe), Roger Heaton (clarinet),

Darragh Morgan (violin), Rose Redgrave (viola), Robin Michael (violoncello), Mary Dullea (pianoforte)

Gwyn Pritchard (conductor)

 

            Johann Christian Bach       Quintet in C major, Op.11 no.1

            Michael Finnissy               Judgment in that Day (1st perf. in Europe)

            Elliott Carter                      Enchanted Preludes

            Franz Schubert                 String Trio in B flat major D471

            Olivier Messiaen                Quartet for the End of Time

                                                  

¨       16 July Spazio Energia, Reggello
Public workshop/rehearsal:
Composition Competition: rehearsal by Uroboros Ensemble of the three finalists pieces followed by the announcement of the prize winners

 

            Paolo Geminiani               Voci

            Christopher McClelland     [f]

            Tristan Rhys Williams       Deadly Nightshade

                                      

¨       16 July 9.30 pm, Spazio Energia, Reggello.  
Solo piano recital by Jonathan Powell

                                        

            Alexander Scriabin           Fantasie, Op.28

            Claudio Ambrosini            Preludio, a sguardi …

                                                   Rondò di forza

            Karol Szymanowski          Sonata no.3, Op.35

            Kaikhosru Sorabji             Passeggiata veneziana sopra la Barcarola di Offenbach (1st perf. in Italy)

            Luke Stoneham                Altawhid (1st perf. in Italy)

            Jonathan Powell               Barcarola (1st perf. in Italy)

            Leopold Godowsky           Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes of Johann Strauss; three waltz-paraphrases: 
no.2, Die Fledermaus

           

¨       17 July9.30 pm, Spazio Energia, Reggello
Concert by Uroboros Ensemble   

 

            W A Mozart                      Quartet in F major for oboe and strings, K370

            Joe Cutler                         Three Quiet Pieces (1st perf. in Italy)

            Competition winner 1         ??? (1st perf.)

            Igor Stravinsky                  The Soldier’s Tale  (version for trio)

            Competition winner 2          ??? (1st perf.)

            Robert Schumann             Quartet in E flat major for piano and strings, Op.47

           

¨       18 July - 11.00 am, Sala Consiliare, Municipio, Reggello
S
olo ‘cello recital by Robin Michael

                                             

            J S Bach                          Suite no.3 in C major, BWV1009

            Bernd Alois Zimmerman    Sonata for violoncello solo (1960)

            J S Bach                          Suite no.6 in D major, BWV1012