Donaueschinger Musiktage 2007 Vol. 1–3 & NOW Jazz (4SACD)

Vol. 1

Hans Zender (*1936)

32:41 Logos – Fragmente (2007) for 32 singers and three orchestral groups

[01] 15:02 Fragment I (Johannes I, 1–17)

[02] 04:39 Fragment V (Valentinus)

[03] 13:00 Fragment VI (Evangelium nach Thomas, Text aus Nag Hamadi)

SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

Celso Antunes, rehersals

SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg

Sylvain Cambreling, conductor

World Premiere ∙ Work commissioned by SWR

Klaus Huber (*1924)

[04] 22:46 Quod est Pax? Vers la Raison du Coeur ... (2007)

for five solo voices, arabic percussion, percussion and orchestra

to texts by Jacques Derrida, Octavio Paz, Simone Weil, Klaus Huber, et al.

Nora Thiele, Arabic percussion

les jeunes solistes:

Anne-Marie Jacquin, soprano ∙ Lucie Lacoste, mezzo-soprano

Sebastian Amadieu, countertenor ∙ Hubert Mayer, tenor ∙ Alain Lyet, bass

Rachid Safir, rehersals

SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg

Rupert Huber, conductor

German Premiere ∙ Work commissioned by SWR

total time: 55:27

Vol. 2

Hans Thomalla (*1975)

[01] 17:17 Ausruff (2007) for large ensemble

Ensemble Modern:

Dietmar Wiesner, flute/piccolo/alto flute

Christian Hommel/Maryse Steiner, oboe/English horn

Nina Janßen, B flat clarinet/E flat clarinet

Matthias Höfer, clarinet/bass clarinet/contrabass clarinet ∙ Winfried Rager, bass clarinet

Malte Refardt, bassoon ∙ Lucas Rössner, bassoon/contrabassoon

Saar Berger/Thomas Baumgärtel, horn ∙ Valentín Garvie/Sava Stoianov, trumpet

Uwe Dierksen, trombone ∙ Rumi Ogawa/David Haller, percussion

Hermann Kretzschmar, piano/keyboard ∙ Markus Bellheim, piano

Christopher Brandt, e-guitar ∙ Gunnhildur Einarsdottir, harp

Jagdish Mistry/Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne, violin ∙ Justin Caulley, viola

Eva Böcker/Olivier Marron, violoncello ∙ Aaron Baird, contrabass

Michael Nitschke, assistant sound director ∙ Jo Schlosser, sound technician

Michael Schmidt/Erik Hein, stage managers Ensemble Modern

Norbert Ommer, sound director

Johannes Kalitzke, conductor

World Premiere ∙ Work commissioned by SWR

James Saunders (*1972)

[02] 24:45 #211007 (2006/2007) for ensemble

Ensemble Modern

Johannes Kalitzke, conductor

World Premiere ∙ Work commissioned by SWR

Arnulf Herrmann (*1968)

[03] 10:53 Monströses Lied (2007) for solo clarinet, small ensemble and electronics

Nina Janssen, clarinet

Ensemble Modern

Johannes Kalitzke, conductor

Norbert Ommer, sound director

Wolfgang Heininger, programming

World Premiere ∙ Work commissioned by SWR

François Sarhan (*1972)

[04] 15:04 The Name of the Song (2007)

(Dear Me (Bobok)) for string trio, piano and Fender Rhodes, percussion, narrator and live electronics

ensemble recherche:

Melise Mellinger, voice/violin/straw fiddle ∙ Barbara Maurer, viola

Åsa Åkerberg, violoncello ∙ Christian Dierstein, percussion

Reinhold Braig, electronics ∙ François Sarhan, voice/sampler

EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO des SWR

Michael Acker/Reinhold Braig/Joachim Haas/Thomas Hummel,

music computing/sound direction ∙ Mathis Aubert, technician

World Premiere ∙ Work commissioned by SWR

total time 67:59

Vol. 3

Mark Andre (*1964)

[01] 21:40 …auf… III (2005–2007) for orchestra and live electronics

SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg

Sylvain Cambreling, conductor

EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO des SWR

Joachim Haas/Gregorio Karmann, music computing/sound direction

Alan Fabian, assistant sound direction

World Premiere ∙ Work commissioned by SWR

Helmut Oehring (*1961)

[02] 22:37 GOYA I – Yo lo vi (2006) for orchestra

based freely on the etching no. 44 from Francisco Goya’s cycle

“Los desastres de la guerra”  - with the use of a number of Beethoven quotations

SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg

Rupert Huber, conductor

World Premiere ∙ Work commissioned by SWR

Enno Poppe (*1969)

[03] 18:36 Keilschrift (2005/2006) for orchestra

SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg

Sylvain Cambreling, conductor

World Premiere ∙ Work commissioned by SWR

total time 62:53

Donaueschinger Musiktage 2007

SWR2 NOWJazz

WAR ZONES

Elliott Sharp (*1951)

[01] 23:54 Ripples From The Bang (2007)

World Premiere ∙ Work commissioned by SWR

Bernhard Lang (*1957)

[02] 39:48 Paranoia (2007)

World Premiere ∙ Work commissioned by SWR

total time 63:46

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, text & vocalist

mixmastertodd, vocalist

Philip Jeck, turntables

Hans Koch, reeds

Bernhard Lang, keyboard/electronics

Elliott Sharp, guitar/electric bass/electronics

Fredy Studer, drums/percussion