EVENTS WITH FREE ADMISSION
PROGRAMME
16:00-20:30
FOYERS
16:00-17:00
All through the building
James Tenney (1934-2006)
Swell Piece No. 3 "for La Monte Young" (1965-71)
for wind ensemble
3rd Floor Foyer
John Cage (1912-1992)
Composed Improvisation for electric bass (1987, 1990)
4th Floor Foyer
John Cage (1912-1992)
Composed Improvisation for snare drum (1987, 1990)
3rd Floor Foyer
Christian Marclay (b. 1955)
Shuffle (2007) 1st set
for ensemble of improvisators
Coordinated by Gareth Davis
2nd Floor Foyer
Vocal improvisation
John Cage (1912-1992)
Mirakus2 (1984)
Featuring Anna Pangalou
17:00-17:20
3rd Floor Foyer
Christian Wolff (b. 1934)
Another Possibility (2004)
Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar (1966)
reconstruction
Featuring Alexandros Drymonitis
17:20-17:40
4th Floor Foyer
Kyle Gann (b. 1955)
Snake Dance 1+2 (1991-95)
Featuring the Athens Percussion Group
17:40-18:00
3rd Floor Foyer
Christian Marclay (b. 1955)
Shuffle (2007) / 2nd set
18:00-18:30
2nd Floor Foyer
John Cage (1912-1992)
Selkus2 (1985)
Eight Whiskus (1985)
Featuring Angelica Kathariou
3rd Floor Foyer
Virgil Thompson, Henry Cowell, John Cage, Lou Harrison
Party Pieces (circa 1945)
18:30-19:00
3rd Floor Foyer
Charlemagne Palestine (b. 1947)
A Major Seventh (1973)
Featuring Dimitris Ventourakis (piano)
19:00-19:45
Ground Floor Lobby
Elliott Sharp (b. 1951)
Sylva Sylvarum (2014)
Featuring Gareth Davis (bass clarinet)
19:45-20:00
2nd & 3rd Floor Foyers
John Cage (1912-1992)
Sonnekus2 (1985)
alongside Cabaret songs by Erik Satie
Featuring Angelica Kathariou, Anna Pangalou & Nikos Tsalikis
20:00-20:30
Ground Floor Lobby
Rhys Chatham (b. 1952)
Waterloo 2 (1985)
Julius Eastman (1940-1990)
Stay on It (1973)
for small ensemble
Adapted & led by Andreas Levisianos
UPPER STAGE
16:00-16:20
Christian Wolff (b. 1934)
For Magnetic Tape (1952)
for magnetic tape
From "Project for Music for Magnetic Tape"
16:20-16:40
Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
The King of Denmark (1964) / first version
John Cage (1912-1992)
Child of Tree (1975)
Morton Feldman
The King of Denmark (1964) / second version
Featuring Miquel Bernat, Michael Weilacher (Ictus Ensemble)
16:40-17:20
Earle Brown (1926-2002)
Hodograph I (1959)
for flute, piano and cello
Featuring Zacharias Tarpagos (flute), Yorgos Konstantinou (piano) & Alexandros Botinis (cello)
Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
Why Patterns? (1978)
for flute, glockenspiel and piano
Featuring Zacharias Tarpagos (flute), Yorgos Konstantinou (piano) & Thodoris Vazakas (glockenspiel)
17:20-18:00
Annie Gosfield (b. 1960)
The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon (2010)
for string quartet
Meredith Monk (b. 1942)
Stringsongs (2005)
for string quartet
Featuring Dimitra Triantafyllou (1st violin), Dorian Idrizi (2nd violin), Elias Sdoukos (viola), Nastos-Alexios Karaiskakis (cello)
18:00-18:10
Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
The O'Hara Songs (1962)
for baritone voice, string trio, piano and chimes
Soloist: Kostas Mavrogenis
Featuring the Ensemble Continuum
18:10-18:30
Bunita Marcus (b. 1952)
But To Fashion A Lullaby For You (1988, revised 1998)
for solo piano
Featuring Lorenda Ramou
18:30-18:50
Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Wichita Vortex Sutra (1988)
for solo piano
Philip Glass
Mad Rush (1979)
for solo piano
Featuring Nikos Tsalikis
18:50-19:00
Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
Intersection (1953)
for magnetic tape
From "Project for Music for Magnetic Tape"
Earle Brown (1926-2002)
Octet I (1953)
for magnetic tape
From "Project for Music for Magnetic Tape"
19:00-19:40
John Cage (1912-1992)
String Quartet in Four Parts (1949-50)
for string quartet
Earle Brown (1926-2002)
String Quartet (1965)
for string quartet
Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
Structures (1951)
for string quartet
Featuring Iro Sira (1st violin), Franc Shestani (2nd violin), Patrick Evans (viola), Alexandros Botinis (cello)
19:40-20:30
Earle Brown (1926-2002)
Twenty-Five Pages (1953)
for two pianos
John Cage (1912-1992)
Winter Music (1957)
for two pianos
Featuring Beata Pincetic & Christos Sakellaridis
MAIN STAGE
16:00-17:00
Charlemagne Palestine (b. 1947)
Jamaica Heinekens in Brooklyn (1998)
Drones and Field Recordings
17:00-17:40
Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Music in Similar Motion (1969)
Saxophone Quartet (1995)
Featuring the sax quartet S.T.A.B.
17:40-18:00
Laurie Anderson (b. 1947)
Time to Go (For Diego) (1977)
New York Social Life (1977)
Τape
18:00-18:40
David Lang (b. 1957)
Cheating, Lying, Stealing (1993, revised 1995)
Michael Gordon (b. 1956)
I Buried Paul (1996)
Julia Wolfe (b. 1958)
Singing in the Dead of Night (2008)
Featuring the Ionian Festival Ensemble
Led by Andreas Levisianos
18:40-19:00
Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Come Out (1966)
Τape
19:00-19:40
Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938)
Les Moutons de Panurge (1968)
for any number of melody instruments
Coming Together (1971)
for speaker and varied ensemble
Attica (1972)
for speaker and varied ensemble
Text: Sam Melville
19:40-20:00
Henry Flynt (b. 1940)
Celestial Power (1980)
Τape
20:00-20:30
Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Marimba Phase (1967)
Clapping Music (1972)
Nagoya Marimbas (1994)
Featuring Miquel Bernat, Michael Weilacher (Ictus Ensemble)
Parallel Events
At the ground floor lobby, there will be a continuous video wall screening of John Cage’s work 49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs (1977), at the video version directed by Don Gillespie, Roberta Friedman and Gene Caprioglio, interrupted only by the performance of Elliot Sharp’s work.
At the 5th floor foyer, there will be a continuous screening of the films FluxFilm Anthology by George Maciunas, Points in Space: Merce Cunningham Dance by Merce Cunningham, John Cage and Elliot Caplan, and Ellis Island / Book of Days by Meredith Monk.
The events at the foyers are based on events scores by George Brecht, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Alison Knowles, John Cage, Dick Higgins et al.
A small wind ensemble intervenes with folk and other music, adapted by Anargyros Deniozos. Pianist Dimitris Ventourakis performs Tom Johnson’s (b. 1939) work The Chord Catalogue (1986).
Music played on the speakers of the elevators is from the original soundtrack of the film Forbidden Planet (1956), scored by Bebe and Louis Barron.
MAIN STAGE CONCERT PROGRAMME
21:00
Indeterminacy
John Cage (1912-1992)
Music for Eight (1984-87)
for eight performers
Christian Wolff (b. 1934)
Tilbury (1969-70, 1996)
for small ensemble
Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
Intersection 1 (1951)
for instrumental ensemble
Christian Wolff
Summer (1961)
first version for string quartet
Earle Brown (1926-2002)
December 52, from Folio (1954)
first version for instrumental ensemble
Intermission
Earle Brown
December 52, from Folio (1954)
second version for instrumental ensemble
Christian Wolff
Summer (1961)
second version for string quartet
Morton Feldman
Ixion (1958)
for instrumental ensemble
Christian Wolff
Tilbury (1969-70, 1996)
for small ensemble
John Cage
Concert for chamber orchestra (1957-58)
Aria (1958)
Fontana Mix (1958)
solos for instruments, voice and magnetic tape
Musical Direction: Andreas Levisianos
Realisations: Anargyros Deniozos, Andreas Levisianos
Concept, Arrangement, Museological & Directorial oversight, Realisations, Orchestrations, Organization: Anargyros Deniozos
Musical direction: Andreas Levisianos
Lighting and Videos: Manos Arvanitakis
Programming and Electronics: Nikos Palamaris
Assistant: Pythagoras Kotsoulas
Organizational oversight: Katerina Tsesmetzi
With (in alphabetical order):
Spiros Arkoudis (trumpet), George Arnis (contrabass), Alexandros Botinis (cello), Kostas Botinis (percussion), Ana Chifu (cello), Alexandros Drymonitis (electric guitar), Patrick Evans (viola), Guido De Flavis (saxophone), Kostas Gerantonis (perfomer), Dimitris Gkogkas (trumpet), Giannis Gounaris (horn), Paul Grennan (cello), Dorian Idrizi (violin), Aleksios Karaiskakis-Nastos (cello), Charalampos Karasavvidis (violin), Aggeliki Kathariou (mezzo soprano), Marina Kolovou (cello), George Konstantinou (piano), Anastasia Kotsali (mezzo soprano), Pithagoras Kotsoulas (electric-bass), George Kriberis (trombone), Vasillis Liarmakopoulos (bass), Kostas Mavrogenis (baritone), Stathis Mavromatis (saxophone), Alexandros Michaelides (clarinet), Menelaos Moraitis (tuba), Stefanos Nasos (piano), Panos Ntallas (drums), Nick Palamaris (electronics), Anna Pangalou (mezzo soprano), Despoina Papachristopoulou (perfomer), Beata Pincetic (piano), Lorenda Ramou (piano), Christos Sakellaridis (piano), Ilia Samsonov (saxophone), Elias Sdoukos (Viola), Kostas Seremetis (percussion), Iro Sira (violin), Zacharias Tarpagkos (flute), Andreas-Rolandos Theodorou (trumpet), Kostas Tzekos ( clarinet, saxophone), Spyros Tzekos (clarinet), Marinos Tranoudakis (percussion), Dimitra Triantafyllou (violin), Nikos Tsalikis (piano), Nafsika Tsara (flute), Yannis Tselikas (oboe), Thodoris Vazakas (percussion), Dimitris Ventourakis (piano), Manos Ventouras (corno), Fanis Vernikos (trumpet) and more.
With:
Miquel Bernat, Michael Weilacher και Τom De Cock – Ictus Ensemble
Gareth Davis
Ionian Festival Ensemble
Athens Percussion Group
S.T.A.B. Saxophone quartet
Ensemble Continuum (@Athens)
