Hommage à Gilles Tremblay
"Hommage à Gilles Tremblay", is a year-long celebration of the composer's music organized by Montreal's SMCQ (Societe de musique contemporaine du Quebec). On Feb. 11th, Aventa takes part in this celebration at Conservatoire de musique de Montréal.
From the songs of major religions reconciled, to the anguished chant of an isolated soul, Aventa presents two of Gilles Tremblay's most inspired and profound works, Chants Convergents and À quelle heure commence le temps?
Programme:
* Wolf Edwards, Altus (2005)
* Estelle Lemire, Cantus arborescens (2010) (création)
* Gilles Tremblay, Chants convergents (2003)
* Gilles Tremblay, À quelle heure commence le temps? (1999)
* Simon Steen-Andersen, Chambered Music (2007)
Avec:
* Janice Jackson, soprano
* Vincent Ranallo, baryton
* Aventa
* William Linwood, chef
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2009 International Tour
Aventa gratefully acknowledges touring assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts and British Columbia Arts Council.
Copenhagen - Athelas Festival
Poul Ruders at Athelas Festival 2009
Aventa's 2009 tour continued in Copenhagen, Denmark with programmes featuring Canadian and Danish music. On June 15 Aventa and Denmark's Athelas Sinfonietta celebrated the 60th birthday of renowned Danish composer Poul Ruders. Aventa presented Ruders' dramatic work for large ensemble, Abysm. "One got most of Ruders' manifold chamber music played with enthusiasm and authority all the way round...Aventa presented Ruders' 2000 work "Abysm" showing its fascinating consistency through through three varied tone paintings, which at one time did not move out of place and yet imperceptibly underwent dramatic changes." - Henrik Friis, Politiken
On June 16th, Aventa presented a concert of Canadian and Scandinavian repertoire, which featured Danish harp virtuoso Maria Boelskov Sørensen in Per Nørgård's ...gennem torne... (through thorns), Poul Ruders' Four Dances in One Movement and Rolf Wallin's Appearances. This concert also featured works from Canadian composers Michael Oesterle and Paul Frehner.
Munich - A•DEvantgarde Festival
Aventa at Munich's Gasteig (photo credit: Andreas Merz)
The 10th A•DEvantgarde Festival opened on June 14th with a concert dedicated to Canadian New Music. The theme of the 2009 festival is Spielend, meaning playing with ease. With this theme in mind, works from Canadian composers have been commissioned including new works from BC composers Rodney Sharman and Jeffrey Ryan, Quebec composer Michel Gonneville and Ontario composer Paul Frehner. The concert concluded with Michael Oesterle’s Annus Mirabilis in an arrangement for Aventa Ensemble. Further information: http://www.adevantgarde.de
"...it is vital, angular music, which the superb Canadian ensemble Aventa, under the direction of Bill Linwood, implemented with precision" - Sueddeutsche, München
"Moritz Eggert's "Pong", based on the computer tennis game, earned an enthusiastic response from the crowded auditorium in the Black Box of the Munich Gasteig.
With the premiere of Paul Frehner's "God save the human cannonball" was a effective prelude to Munich's A•DEvantgrade Festival 10. The Montreal composer looked to the festival's motto "playing" with the phenomenon of ecstasy, as in the amusement park rollercoaster. The dizzying feeling linked with the compulsion to repeat it as often as possible were brought to full effect, thanks to an uncommonly compelling interpretation of the 15 member Aventa Ensemble under the direction of Bill Linwood." - B5 Kultur, München
New York City - Music of the Aurora Borealis
On Thursday, June 11th, Scandinavia House presented Music of the Aurora Borealis, a luminescent program featuring repertoire from Canadian, Danish and Norwegian composers. Aventa has devoted much of the past several years to Scandinavian compositions. This performance included works from Norway's Rolf Wallin and Danish composers Anders Nordentoft and Poul Ruders. Canada's Paul Frehner's new work for ensemble, God Save the Human Cannonball received its world premiere and from Denmark, Anders Nordentof's Turmalin also received its world premiere. This concert also featured the New York City premiere of Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin ’s Appearances. http://www.scandinaviahouse.org
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