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Memory ofAges Quenched:(The Book of Days)

La Mémoiredes âges :(Le Livre des jours)

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Lundi 3 mars au vendredi 7 mars 2008 Monday, March 3 to Friday, March 7, 2008

EnsemblesCappella Antica , Valerie Kinslow, directriceCappella McGill , Peter Schubert, directeurChanteurs d’Orphée, Peter Schubert, directeurCorno di Caccia Ensemble, Denys Derome, répétiteurMcGill CME (Contemporary Music Ensemble), Denys Bouliane, directeurMcGill DCS (Digital Composition Studio), Sean Ferguson, directeurMcGill Percussion Ensemble, Aiyun Huang, Fabrice Marandola, directeursMcGill Wind Symphony, Alain Cazes, directeurSchulich String Quartet, André Roy, répétiteurUccello, Matt Haimovitz, répétiteur

Collaboration spécialeSociété de musique contemporaine du Québec, Walter Boudreau, directeur artistique

SolistesMira Benjamin, violonRogers Covey-Crumb, ténor (Hilliard Ensemble, Londres)Denys Derome, cor (Orchestre symphonique de Montréal)Dom Richard Gagné, chantre (directeur du Chœur de l’Abbaye de St-Benoît du Lac

et ancien directeur du Chœur de l'Abbaye de Solesmes)Matt Haimovitz, Chloé Dominguez, violoncellesKyoko Hashimoto, Sara Laimon, Julia den Boer, pianosAiyun Huang, Fabrice Marandola, percussionHank Knox, clavecinShawn Mativetsky, tabla - Julie Lebel, harmoniumIngrid Schmithüsen, Iris Luypaers, sopranosErika Donald, t-Stick soprano - Fernando Rocha, t-Stick ténor - Xenia Pestova, rulersJacinthe Riverin, piano (soliste SMCQ) - Alain Trudel, trombone (soliste SMCQ)

Composers, Lecturers, Round-table participantsJean Lesage, composer (McGill Schulich School of Music)Hank Knox, harpsichord (McGill Schulich School of Music)Dom Richard Gagné, Gregorian specialist (choir director, Abbaye de St-Benoît du Lac

and former choir director, Abbaye de Solesmes)Peter Schubert, choral conductor (McGill Schulich School of Music)Sean Ferguson, composer (McGill Schulich School of Music)Polo Vallejo, composer, ethnomusicologist (Madrid)Fabrice Marandola, percussion (McGill Schulich School of Music)Shawn Mativetsky, percussion (McGill Schulich School of Music)Martin Matalon, composer (Paris)Julie Cumming, musicologist (McGill Schulich School of Music)Julian Anderson, composer (Harvard University - Royal College of Music, London)Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor (Hilliard Ensemble, London)John Rea, composer (McGill Schulich School of Music)Denys Bouliane, composer (McGill Schulich School of Music)Jonathan Wild, composer (McGill Schulich School of Music)Stephen McAdams, director CIRMMT (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

in Music, Media and Technology)

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New Music in the Light of Tradition: Perspectives,References and IntertextualityNew works having a link to specific (older) music traditions willbe performed in the context of the pieces they refer to. EachMusiMarch concert will feature several alternating soloists,groups and/or ensembles, reflecting the musical links suggest-ed by the program spanning over many centuries and cultures.

La musique nouvelle au travers du prisme de latradition: Perspectives, références et intertextualitéDe nouvelles oeuvres liées de multiples façons à d’anciennestraditions musicales seront présentées dans le contexte despièces auxquelles elles se réfèrent. Chaque concert deMusiMars suggère ces liens établis au travers des siècles etdes cultures dans une alternance de solistes, de formations etd’ensembles les plus divers.

Lundi 3 mars au vendredi 7 mars 2008Monday, March 3 to Friday, March 7, 2008

Denys Bouliane, Directeur artistique / Artistic DirectorEcole de musique Schulich de l’Université McGill, ProducteurSchulich School of Music, McGill University, ProducerDon Mclean, Doyen / Dean

en partenariat avec / in partnership with:live@CIRMMT; Sean Ferguson, Stephen McAdams;Directeurs / Directors

Collaboration spéciale / Special collaboration:Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ);Walter Boudreau, Director / Directeur

Collaboration spéciale / Special collaboration (details tba):CBC / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Kelly Rice,David Jaeger Réalisateurs / Producers

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[...] Wine which Music is, Music and wine are one, [...] Haste to cure the old despair, Reason in Nature's lotus drenched, The memory of ages quenched; Give them again to shine; [...]- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) in Bacchus

Julian AndersonMira BenjaminWalter BoudreauDenys BoulianeAlain CazesBaude CordierRogers Covey-CrumpJulie CummingJulia den BoerDenys DeromeChloé DominguezErika DonaldSean FergusonGirolamo FrescobaldiJohann Jakob FrobergerAndrea GabrieliDom Richard GagnéMatt HaimovitzKyoko HashimotoHeather HindmanAiyun HuangValerie KinslowHank KnoxSara LaimonAlain LalondeJulie LebelJean LesageGyörgy LigetiNicole LizéeIris LuypaersFabrice MarandolaMartin MatalonShawn MativetskyRon NelsonMatheus de PerusioXenia PestovaJohn ReaJacinthe RiverinFernando RochaAndré RoyIngrid SchmithüsenPeter SchubertRobert SchumannSolageJacob SenlechesD. Andrew StewartGilles TremblayAlain TrudelPolo Vallejo Heitor Villa-LobosClaude VivierJon Wild

Featured Artists

Memory ofAges Quenched:(The Book of Days)

La Mémoiredes âges :(Le Livre des jours)

1Horaire/Schedule Lundi 3 mars

Concerts et rencontres/Concerts and Encounters

JOUR 1

10:30-12:00Conférence/Lecture

“The New Stilo Fantastico”

Tanna Schulich HallJean Lesage / Hank Knox

15:00-17:00 Conférence/Lecture

“Performing Gregorian Chant Today" Dom Richard Gagné / Cappella Antica

Tanna Schulich Hall

03h91CONCERT 1

Robert SCHUMANN String Quartet op.41 no.3

Redpath HallSchulich String Quartet

STILO FANTASTICO / Froberger, FrescobaldiHank Knox, Solo Cembalo

Jean LESAGE / La mémoire équivoqueMira Benjamin, violin + Julia den Boer, piano

Denys BOULIANE / Rumore suiSchulich String Quartet

2Concerts et rencontres/Concerts and Encounters

JOUR 2

10:30-12:00 Conférence/Lecture

“The Final Frontier: Space in Music”

Tanna Schulich HallSean Ferguson

15:00-17:00Conférence/Lecture

"African Roots Perspectives in Contemporary Music" Polo Vallejo / Fabrice Marandola

Tanna Schulich Hall

19h30 CONCERT 2Pollack Hall

Mardi 4 mars

MUSIC from TANZANIA (Wagogo) (Montreal Premiere) Fabrice Marandola + McGill Percussion Ensemble

Polo VALLEJO / Tactus (Montreal Premiere) Fabrice Marandola, solo percussion (6 congas)

TRADITIONAL TABLA MUSIC Shawn Mativetsky, tabla Julie Lebel, harmonium CIRMMT/DCS

Nicole LIZÉE / Metal Jacket Shawn Mativetsky, tabla Julie Lebel, harmonium CIRMMT/DCS

Claude VIVIER / Pulau Dewata (World Premiere: new version)Cappella McGill + McGill Percussion Ensemble (Peter Schubert + Fabrice Marandola, conductors)*In collaboration with MNM Série Hommage à Claude Vivier

Intermission

Denys BOULIANE/ NEW WORK (World Premiere) (excerpt from Opera Gamache) I. Schmithüsen, soprano + electronics CIRMMT/DCS* Digital Orchestra Project (FQRSC)

Andrea GABRIELI / Antiphonal Music Magnificat (C83) / O Quam Gloriosa (C81)Cappella McGill + Chanteurs d'Orphée (Peter Schubert, conductor) + 2 organs + spatialized electronics CIRMMT/DCS

Sean FERGUSON / Ex Asperis* (World Premiere) Chloé Dominguez, solo cello + CME 12 players and electronics CIRMMT/DCS (D. Bouliane, conductor)* Digital Orchestra Project (FQRSC) and NSERC/CCA New Media Initiative project: "Compositional Applications of Auditory Scene Synthesis in Concert Spaces Via Gestural Control"

Horaire/Schedule

3Horaire/Schedule

Concerts et rencontres/Concerts and Encounters

JOUR 310:30-12:00Masterclass

Composition Masterclass

Tanna Schulich HallMartin Matalon

15:00-16:15Conférence/Lecture

“Ars subtilior”

Tanna Schulich HallJulie Cumming

16:30-18:00 “The Book of Hours; Links to Ars subtilior”Conférence/Lecture Julian AndersonTanna Schulich Hall

03h91CONCERT 3Pollack Hall

Mercredi 5 mars

Ron NELSON / Passacaglia on Bach McGill Wind Symphony (Alain Cazes, conductor)

GREGORIAN CHANTING Cappella Antica + Dom Richard Gagné

Claude VIVIER / Trois Airs pour un opéra imaginaire CME 13 players + I. Schmithüsen, soprano (D. Bouliane, conductor) *In collaboration with MNM Série Hommage à Claude Vivier

Intermission

Heather HINDMAN / The Long And The Short Of It* (World Premiere) Cello + 2 electronic controllers CIRMMT

Andrew STEWART / sounds between our minds*(World Premiere) 3 electronic controllers CIRMMT/DCS

* Digital Orchestra Projects (FQRSC) [ Both composition students Andrew Stewart and Heather Hindmann were recipients of the CIRMMT Director's Interdisciplinary Excellence Prize, which contributed to their activity leading to these works.]

CORNO di CACCIA / St-Hubert Mass1 - Introït2 - Marche d'Entrée3 - Introduction4 - Kyrie10 - Allegro Fanfare - Lento - Allegro Fanfare18 - Sortie4 Natural Horns

György LIGETI / Hamburg ConcertoDenys Derome, solo horn + 4 obligati natural horns + CME 19 players(Denys Bouliane, conductor)

4Concerts et rencontres/Concerts and Encounters

JOUR 4

10:30-12:00 Conférence/Lecture “Just Intonation Singing”Tanna Schulich Hall Rogers Covey-Crump + Cappella McGill + Peter Schubert

15:00-17:00Conférence/Lecture

"The Music of Claude Vivier / Links to Ritual Chanting"

Tanna Schulich HallJean Lesage

19h30 CONCERT 4Pollack Hall

Jeudi 6 mars

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS / Bachiana brasileira No.5 Iris Luypaers, soprano + UCCELLO 8 celli

Gilles TREMBLAY / Cèdres en voile Matt Hamovitz, solo cello

Martin MATALON / La Makina (world premiere)S. Laimon, K. Hashimoto, pianoA. Huang, F. Marandola, percussion+ electronics CIRMMT/DCS * Daniel Langlois Foundation Visiting Professorship and Expanded Musical Practice Project (SSHRC)

Intermission

ARS SUBTILIOR SelectionsBaude CORDIER / Belle bonne sage Baude CORDIER / Tout par compas Matheus de PERUSIO / Le greygnour bien SOLAGE / Fumeux fume SOLAGE / Tres gentil cuer Jacob SENLECHES / La harpe de la melodieRogers Covey-Crump, soloist + Cappella McGill (Peter Schubert, conductor)

Julian ANDERSON / Book of Hours (Montreal Premiere) CME 19 players + CIRMMT/DCS (D. Bouliane, conductor)

Horaire/Schedule

5Horaire/Schedule

Concerts et rencontres/Concerts and Encounters

JOUR 5

10:30-12:00Masterclass

Composition Masterclass

Tanna Schulich HallJulian Anderson

13:30-15:00Conférence/LectureTanna Schulich Hall

15:00-17:00Conférence/LectureTanna Schulich Hall

20h00CONCERT 5Pollack Hall

Vendredi 7 mars

SMCQ Concert (Walter Boudreau conductor)As part of MNM Série Hommage à Claude Vivier

Claude VIVIER / Zipangu 13 strings

Claude VIVIER / Shiraz Jacinthe Riverin, solo piano

Alain LALONDE / Expirespoirespire (World Premiere) Alain Trudel, solo trombone and ensemble

Claude VIVIER / Learning 4 violins + 4 percussions

"Composing La Makina"Martin Matalon

Round Table / Table Ronde"MEMORY OF AGES QUENCHED / LA MÉMOIRE DES ÂGES: New Music in the Light of Tradition: Perspectives, References and Intertextuality La musique nouvelle au travers du prisme de la tradition: Perspectives, références et intertextualité" Julian Anderson, Martin Matalon, Polo Vallejo, Jean Lesage, Sean Ferguson, John Rea, Denys Bouliane, Hank Knox, Rogers Covey-Crump, Dom Richard Gagné, Julie Cumming, Fabrice Marandola, Jon Wild, Shawn Mativetsky, Stephen McAdams