New Frontiers

Contemporary Compositions for Fortepiano and Square Piano from Around the Globe:
Japan, Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, Greece and Mexico

Instruments:

Buntebard & Sievers, square piano (London 1787)
Zahler fortepiano grand (Brno/Brünn Moravia 1805)
Hurka square piano (London 1871-1875)
Streicher fortepiano grand (Vienna 1867)

Performers

Areli Cortés Gutiérez (Mexico / Austria),
Megumi Tanno (Japan / Switzerland),
Frederic Voorn (NL)
Michael Tsalka (Israel / NL)
Marina Rodriguez – Brià (Barcelona / Spain)

&

Kevin Walton (Great Britain/NL – Baritone)
Jens Vraa (Denmark) –  Clarinet

PROGRAM:

Michael Tsalka

Joan Josep Gutierrez Yzquierdo (Barcelona / Spain)

Prelude and Fugue  (2019)
World Premiere, dedicated to the performer

Areli Cortés Gutiérrez

Leonardo Coral (Mexico b. 1962)

Constelaciones (2014)
Dutch Premiere

&

Diana Blom  (New Zealand/Australia, b. 1947)

Three Cloud Studies (2007)
Dutch Premiere

Frederic Voorn

Frederic Voorn (NL, b. 1962)

Ainigma (2018)

&

Jens Vraa & Frederic Voorn

Two works for Clarinet and Fortepiano:
A creative dialogue between two composer-performers

Elegy (2018): Frederic Voorn (NL, b. 1962)

Capriccio (2018): Jens Vraa (Denmark, b. 1968)

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Marina Rodriguez – Brià

Joan Josep Gutiérrez Yzquierdo  (Barcelona, Spain)

Five Preludes (2015)         

Michael Tsalka

Sergei Yevtushenko (Russia, b. 1964)

“White Nights” Nocturne (2012)

Megumi Tanno

Haruyo Horie (Japan, b. 1944)

Two works from Turning the Pages:

• A Collection of Piano Solos Like a Diary &
• “Good Night Until Tomorrow” (2013). DUTCH PREMIERE.

Michael Tsalka and Kevin Walton

Aspasia Nasopoulou (Greece / NL b. 1972)

Five Pieces for Early Keyboards (2016-2019) (*)
Inspired by the Rubayat poems of Omar Khayam
Narration and vocals by Kevin Walton
(Cycle dedicated to the performers)

Moon (World Premiere)
Rubini
Utopia
Octho
Plenitude (for baritone & fortepiano, World Premiere)

(*) this cycle of five pieces is supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten