Past Concerts

Aventa June 2011 International Tour

Aventa acknowledges the Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council and the Government of BC for their touring assistance.

Sunday, May 29, 2011
Aventa Ensemble / Vincent Ranallo, baritone / Miranda Wong, piano / Bill Linwood, conductor
Malmö Academy of Music, Rosenberg Hall, Malmö, Sweden

• Paul Frehner, Voluptuous Panic
• Poul Ruders, KafKapriccio
• Simon Steen-Andersen, Chambered Music
• Gilles Tremblay, À quelle heure commence le temps?

Copenhagen, Athelas Festival

Monday, May 30, 2011
Aventa Ensemble, Vincent Ranallo, baritone / Miranda Wong, piano / Bill Linwood, conductor
Teater Republique
Østerfælled Torv 37
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø http://www.anmf.dk/2011/dk

• Gilles Tremblay, À quelle heure commence le temps?
• Simon Steen-Andersen, Next to Besides Beside
• Heiner Goebbels , La Jalousie

WHAT CRISIS?
Das 11. Internationale A•DEvantgarde-Festival
München Juni 2011

Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Reaktorhalle
Carl Orff Auditorium
Luisenstraße 37a
80333 München http://www.adevantgarde.de/

• Ana Sokolovic, Géométrie sentimentale
• Markus Lehmann-Horn, Falling (2011)
• Paul Frehner, Voluptuous Panic (2010)
• Rolf Wallin, Twine
• Bernhard Weidner, Noerdlich der Waldeinsamkei - Fantasie für Ensemble (2011 - premiere)
• Poul Ruders, KafKapriccio

Aventa wishes to acknowledge The Canada Council for the Arts for their assistance in commissioning Paul Frehner's Voluptuous Panic

Copenhagen, Athelas Festival

Friday, June 3, 2011
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Teater Republique
Østerfælled Torv 37
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø http://www.anmf.dk/2011/dk

• Jordan Nobles, Einstein's Dreams - May 14, 1905
• Simon Steen-Andersen, Chambered Music
• Mauricio Kagel, Die Stücke Der Windrose (Norden)

New York City - Scandinavia House

Monday, June 6, 2011
Aventa Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor
Victor Borge Hall, Scandinavia House
(58 Park Ave. at 38th St. New York City)

• Jordan Nobles, Einstein's Dreams - May 14, 1905
• Per Nørgård, Gennem torne (for harp and ensemble)
• Paul Frehner, Voluptuous Panic (2010)
• Poul Ruders, KafKapriccio

Aventa wishes to acknowledge The Canada Council for the Arts for their assistance in commissioning Paul Frehner's Voluptuous Panic

Ask you dance me

Sunday, Mar. 27, 2011 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble Janice Jackson, soprano / Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Markus Lehmann-Horn , Falling (premiere)
• James Rolfe, Ask you dance me (Canadian premiere)
• Timothy Brady, 15 Stages in the Search for Radium and Love (premiere)

Aventa wishes to acknowledge The Canada Council for the Arts for their assistance in commissioning Timothy Brady's 15 Stages in the Search for Radium and Love.

Voluptuous Panic

Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Mark McGregor, flute / Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Paul Frehner, Voluptuous Panic (premiere)
• James Beckwith Maxwell, Vovere for flute and ensemble
• Laurie Radford, Flocking Filling Tracking
• György Ligeti, Chamber Concerto

Saturday, Feb. 5th - You are invited to hear composers Paul Frehner, from London, Ontario, and James Maxwell, from Vancouver, give presentations on their music from 2.30-4.30pm in B120 (UVic School of Music). The following evening, Alberta's Laurie Radford presents his music in a pre-concert discussion at 7:15pm.

A BC Spirit Initiative bringing artists, cultural organizations, creative industries, communities and the public together in celebration of the unique and vibrant culture that reflects the spirit of British Columbia.

Canadian Tour - January 2011

Toronto - Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor, Mark McGregor, flute
Music Gallery 197 John Street
Toronto, ON M5T 1X6
(416) 204-1080 www.musicgallery.org/

• Jordan Nobles, In una rete di linee che s'intrecciano (2010 - premiere)
• Piotr Grella-Mozejko, Tombeau sur la mort de Monsieur Górecki for amplified alto flute solo and small orchestra (2010 - premiere)
• André Ristic, Six apparitions de Lénine sur un piano
• Pierre Boulez , Dérive II

Montreal - Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor, Mark McGregor, flute
Tanna Hall, McGill - Schulich School of Music, 555 Sherbrooke Street West.
Tel: 514-398-4547

• Jordan Nobles, In una rete di linee che s'intrecciano
• Piotr Grella-Mozejko, Tombeau sur la mort de Monsieur Górecki for amplified alto flute solo and small orchestra (2010)
• André Ristic, Six apparitions de Lénine sur un piano
• Pierre Boulez , Dérive II

Edmonton - Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor, Mark McGregor, flute
Muttart Hall, Alberta College - presented by Edmonton's Tonus Vivus New Music Society http://tonusvivus.com/concerts/boulez-is-alive-concert/

• Jordan Nobles, In una rete di linee che s'intrecciano
• Ian Crutchley, One Group of a Number of Beings (and Parts of Such a Group) (premiere)
• Piotr Grella-Mozejko, Tombeau sur la mort de Monsieur Górecki for amplified alto flute solo and small orchestra (2010)
• Pierre Boulez , Dérive II

Calgary - Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Rozsa Centre, Calgary Alberta - presented by New Works Calgary http://www.newworkscalgary.ca/current-season

• Jordan Nobles, In una rete di linee che s'intrecciano
• Laurie Radford, Flocking Filling Tracking
• André Ristic, Six apparitions de Lénine sur un piano
• Pierre Boulez , Dérive II

ECM+ - Generation 2010

Sunday, November 7, 2010 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Ensemble contemporain du Montréal, Véronique Lacroix, conductor, Véronique Mathieu, violin
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Simon Martin, Musique d'art pour orchestre de chambre
• Christopher Mayo, Binding the quiet
• Cassandra Miller, Concerto for violin and blindfolded ensemble (a set of extravagant competitions)
• Gordon Williamson, anticipation, emancipated

The presentation of ECM+ is a co-production of Aventa Ensemble and the UVic School of Music.

Apparitions

Sunday, October 17, 2010 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• André Ristic, Six apparitions de Lénine sur un piano (premiere)
• Klaus Ib Jørgensen, Chuva Obliqua (premiere)
• Ana Sokolovic, Géométrie sentimentale
• Poul Ruders, KafKapriccio (Canadian premiere)

Aventa wishes to acknowledge The Canada Council for the Arts for their assistance in commissioning André Ristic's Six apparitions de Lénine sur un piano and the Danish Arts Foundation for their assistance in the commission of Klaus Ib Jørgensen's Chuva Obliqua

Banff Residency May 30 - June 12 -An evening with Gavin Bryars

Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 7:30 PM
Margaret Greenham Theatre, Banff, Alberta

• Gavin Bryars, The Sinking of the Titanic
• Gavin Bryars, Anyone can see I love you - selected scenes (premiere)

Eivør Pálsdóttir - Marilyn/ Richard Morris - the men / Joel Ivany, stage directorKevin Lamotte, lighting designer / Tim O'Gorman, production manager Aventa Ensemble with special guests Phil Dwyer (tenor sax), Anthony Genge (piano) and Gavin Bryars (double bass) / Bill Linwood, conductor

Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 7:30 PM An Evening with Gavin Bryars
Margaret Greenham Theatre, Banff, Alberta

Famed British composer Gavin Bryars joined Aventa in residence at The Banff Centre to create a new opera based on the last days of Marilyn Monroe, based on
award winning Canadian author Marilyn Bowering's book "Anyone can see Ilove you". Under the direction of Canadian director Joel Ivany, the evening featured the other-worldly Faroese chanteuse, Eivør in two fully staged scenes from the opera. The program also featured a performance of Bryars's 20th century masterwork "The Sinking of the Titanic". The residency was a co-production of the Banff Centre and the British Columbia Arts Council.

Aventa 2010 National Tour

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - Halifax 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM) Halifax - Saint Mary's University Art Gallery
Aventa Ensemble, Janice Jackson, soprano / Noa Frenkel, contralto / Bill Linwood, conductor

• Estelle Lemire, Cantus arborescens (2010)
• Gilles Tremblay, Chants Convergents
• Pierre Boulez, Le Marteau sans Maître

Saturday, April 10, 2010 - Toronto 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Vincent Ranallo, baritone / Noa Frenkel, contralto / Olaf Tzschoppe, percussion solo / Bill Linwood, conductor
New Music Concerts - Tribute to Gilles Tremblay, Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto ON

• Dániel Péter Biró, Mishpatim - Laws III - Masked Shadows
• wolf edwards, Altus
• Gilles Tremblay, À quelle heure commence le temps?

Friday, April 9, 2010 - Montreal 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Noa Frenkel, contralto / Olaf Tzschoppe, percussion soloist/ Bill Linwood, conductor
Chapelle historique du bon Pasteur, Montreal, QC

• Dániel Péter Biró, Mishpatim - Laws III - Masked Shadows
• Pierre Boulez, Le Marteau sans Maître

Le Marteau sans Maître

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Noa Frenkel, contralto / Olaf Tzschoppe, percussion soloist/ Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Olaf Tzschoppe, Kolongala
• Dániel Péter Biró, Mishpatim - Laws III - Masked Shadows
• Pierre Boulez, Le Marteau sans Maître

Hommage à Gilles Tremblay

Victoria - Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Vincent Ranallo, baritone / Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• wolf edwards, Altus
• Simon Martin, Poème d'appartenance
• Simon Steen-Andersen, Chambered Music
• Gilles Tremblay, À quelle heure commence le temps?

Montreal - Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble Janice Jackson, soprano / Vincent Ranallo, baritone / Bill Linwood, conductor
Conservatoire de musique et d'Art dramatique http://www.smcq.qc.ca/smcq/en/hommage/2009/

• wolf edwards, Altus
• Estelle Lemire, Cantus arborescens (2010) (création) *
• Gilles Tremblay, Chants Convergents
• Simon Steen-Andersen, Chambered Music
• Gilles Tremblay, À quelle heure commence le temps?

At First Light

Sunday, November 15, 2009 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Muge Buyukcelen, violin/Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• James Beckwith Maxwell, intueri
• Yannick Plamondon, La fenêtre II *
• George Benjamin, At First Light

Aventa wishes to acknowledge The Canada Council for the Arts for their assistance in commissioning Yannick Plamondon's La fenêtre II.

Ignite! - the Composers Workshop

Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building

• Christopher Reiche, Ruins Runes
• William Peltier, Springtime for Gentle Risings within Gridlock
• Max Murray, Liebe in Tirol, Tod in Venedig
• Dániel Péter Biró, Shever HaDavar (Fragment of the Word)
• Mason Koenig, Touch
• Annette Brosin, Directions, Egales
• Felipe Ribeiro, Pirilampeios

Copenhagen - Athelas Festival

Monday, June 15, 2009 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
PLEX, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Poul Ruders, Abysm

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor
PLEX, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Paul Frehner, God Save the Human Cannonball
• Per Nørgård, Gennem torne
• Poul Ruders, Four Dances in One Movement
• Michael Oesterle, Annus Mirabilis
• Rolf Wallin, Appearances (version for 15 players)

Munich - A•DEvantgarde Festival

Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:30pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Gasteig, Munich, Germany

• Paul Frehner, God Save the Human Cannonball *
• Rodney Sharman, Couples, Doubles, Pairs
• Moritz Eggert, Pong
• Jeffrey Ryan, Dark Matters
• Michel Gonneville, Browsing Agon
• Michael Oesterle, Annus Mirabilis

Aventa wishes to acknowledge The Canada Council for the Arts for their assistance in commissioning Jeffrey Ryan's Dark Matters.

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

Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:00pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Mark McGregor, flute
Victor Borge Hall, Scandinavia House (55 Park Ave. at 38th St. New York City)

• Paul Frehner, God Save the Human Cannonball (World premiere)
• Rodney Sharman, Couples, Doubles, Pairs
• Anders Nordentoft, Turmalin (World premiere)
• Michael Oesterle, Annus Mirabilis (Version for 13 players)
• Poul Ruders, Horn Trio
• Rolf Wallin, Appearances (version for 15 players)

Shadows

Sunday, May 24, 2009 8:00pm (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Justin Christensen, Matter
• Simon Steen-Andersen, In spite of, and maybe even therefore
• Rodney Sharman, Couples, Doubles, Pairs
• Per Nørgård, Gennem torne
• Bent Sørensen, Sirenengesang

L'Arbre de Borobudur - New Music New Places

Thursday, Mar. 5, 2009 2:00pm
Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre (4584 Blackcomb Way, Whister, B.C.)

Aventa Ensemble / Vancouver Community College Gamelan Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor / Estelle Lemire, ondes Martenot / Mark McGregor, flute / Jon Siddal, gamelan director

• Jon Siddal, Fragrance of Cedar for gamelan ensemble
• Jennifer Butler, Four Directions for solo flute
• Anders Nordentoft, selections from Turmalin for solo flute
• Gilles Tremblay, L’Arbre de Borobudur (for gamelan and ensemble)

Aventa wishes to acknowledge The Danish Arts Foundation for their assistance in commissioning Anders Nordentoft's Turmalin for solo flute.

This concert was made possible with assistance from SOCAN Foundation, Canadian Music Centre and Canadian Heritage.

Appearances

Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 8:00pm (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (Victoria,B.C.)

• Michael Oesterle, Annus Mirabilis (2005)
• André Ristic, Sonate de carnaval (2003)
• Rolf Wallin, Appearances for 15 players (2007 – N.A. premiere)

Generation 2008

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 8:00pm
Ensemble Contemporain du Montréal, Véronique Lacroix, conductor / Tim Brady, electric guitar / Scott Good, trombone
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Michael Berger, Skeleton
• Scott Good, Shock Therapy Variations
• Brian Harman, Gregarious Machine
• Fuhong Shi, Kaleidoscope

Ignite! - the Composers Workshop

Open Reading Session - Saturday, September 6, 2008 2:30PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

Sunday, September 7, 2008 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Christopher Reiche, Spectrum of a Gesture
• Mason Koenig, In the Skin of a Lion
• William Peltier, America Shot Webern in the Garden of Eden
• Hiroki Tsurumoto, Double Hat Trick
• Michel Gonneville, Browsing Agon

Moonlight on the Bluff

Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Darnell Linwood, horn
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Martin Arnold, Moonlight on the Bluff
• Giorgio Magnanensi, ethuiá V *
• James Rolfe, rAW
• Linda Catlin Smith, Knotted Silk
• Anders Nordentoft, Hymne

Aventa wishes to acknowledge The British Columbia Arts Council for their assistance in commissioning Giorgio Magnanensi's ethuiá V

premiere performance *

A Breakfast for Barbarians

Sunday, February 3, 2008 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Louis Ranger, trumpet / Heather Pawsey, soprano
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Peter Hatch , Dulcian Patterns *
• Christopher Mayo, A Breakfast for Barbarians
• Michael Oesterle, Territio Verbalis *
• Hans Abrahamsen, Winternacht

Aventa wishes to acknowledge The Canada Council for the Arts for their assistance in commissioning Michael Oesterle's Territio Verbalis and Peter Hatch's Dulcian Patterns.

premiere performance *

Northern Lights

Sunday, November 4th, 2007 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Kaija Saariaho, Lichtbogen
• Gregory Lee Newsome, in medias res
• Pierre Boulez, Dérive II (2006) *

"What does adding another 25 minutes contribute to our perception of the music? We could say it offers a more encyclopedic picture of the material's potential...including much new horn writing beautifully realized by Darnell Linwood...but it wouldn't embrace what is most remarkable about the expansion...Listen to Dérive II, 2007, and you know that there is no limit to "continual expansion." You've had a glimpse of infinity, and lo and behold, it's a nice place to be." - Elissa Poole OPUS

Canadian premiere *

Composers Workshop II

Sunday, September 9, 2007 8:00PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall (MacLaurin Building, UVic School of Music)

• Linda Catlin Smith, Little Venice
• Hiroki Tsurumoto, deux monts
• Cassandra Miller, Orfeo
• Michael Oesterle, Urban Canticle
• Simon Martin, Geyser
• Justin Chistensen, Fundere

 

On This Planet

May 18, 19, 2007 8:00PM MacPherson Playhouse Theatre
On This Planet - Anders Nordentoft

Thomas Sandberg, The Male / Heather Pawsey, Mother Earth /Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Gwen Dobie, Stage Director / Michael Meloche, Stage Design / William Mackwood, Lighting designer

Danish composer Anders Norderntoft's opera, On This Planet, is a journey through life from birth to death. Anders' experience as a rock musician combined with his classical training, creates a brand new musical universe where the concept of crossover is no longer adequate as a label. In On This Planet, we enter a world where anything can happen and nothing is what is seems. Danish performance artist, Thomas Sandberg, joined Aventa Ensemble in the North American premiere of this opera.

Anders Nordentoft's On This Planet receives North American premiere

On This Planet received its North American premiere on May 18, 2007 at Victoria's MacPherson Theatre. Danish performance artist, Thomas Sandberg, joined Aventa Ensemble in the North American premiere of this opera.

"On This Planet is a great musical, dramatical and theatrical experience. Friday's premiere was a magnificant achievement...like life itself.

On This Planet, is all-encompassing, simultaneously all too brief yet seemingly eternal.

Thomas Sandberg...was mesmerizing...no doubt one day somebody else will take on this role, but at the moment it is hard to imagine". - Deryk Barker (Music in Victoria)

Photography by Rob Destrubé Photography copyright AVENTA

The spectacularly strange performance was topped by an impressive and elaborate set, which included giant moving brick walls, gears, a sand-covered stage and a large mask-like head with a man's face projected on it. David Lynch would have drooled... for those who love opera, musical theatre, a live rock concert and anything out of the ordinary, On This Planet is a rare experience that is not to be missed." - Sarah Petrescu (Times Colonist)

"Nordentoft has created his own language from pre-existing vocabularies. His orchestra is capable of making very loud and violent sounds, but also of great beauty...in an orchestra pit bristling with microphones and electronics, Bill Linwood directed a performance on tremendous energy and subtlety". - Deryk Barker (Music in Victoria)

 

The Death of Cinderella

Sunday, April 1, 2007 8:00PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall ( University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Douglas Schmidt, The Death of Cinderella (Aventa commission with assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts)
• Mauricio Kagel, Die Stücke Der Windrose (The compass pieces) ...Norden, Südwesten

Weeping White Room

Saturday, Feb. 24, 2:30
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Janice Jackson, soprano
Phillip T Young Recital Hall ( University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Giorgio Magnanensi, il suono blu
• Poul Ruders, Abysm
• Moritz Eggert, Pong
• Klaus Ib Jørgensen, Moon-Pain (Moonlit, Lunar Land)
• Bent Sørensen, Weeping White Room

Aventa wishes to acknowledge The Canada Council for the Arts for their assistance in commissioning Giorgio Magnanensi's il suono blu.

Aventa 2007 Tour

Montréal Nouvelle Musique

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:00PM Salle Pierre-Mercure
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Janice Jackson, soprano
Ensemble contemporain de Montréal/Aventa Ensemble, Véronique Lacroix, conductor / Jacynthe Riverin, piano

• Moritz Eggert, Pong
• Klaus Ib Jørgensen, Moon-Pain (Moonlit, Lunar Land)
• Giorgio Magnanensi, il suono blu
• Michel Gonneville, Adonwe
• Poul Ruders, Abysm (I. Abysm / II. Burning / III. Spectre)

Music Gallery

Thursday, March 1, 2007 8:00PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Janice Jackson, soprano
Music Gallery, Toronto

• Giorgio Magnanensi, il suono blu
• Klaus Ib Jørgensen, Moon-Pain (Moonlit, Lunar Land)
• Bent Sørensen, The Weeping White Room
• Michael Oesterle, Urban Canticle
• Poul Ruders, Abysm (I. Abysm / II. Burning / III. Spectre)

Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts

presented by Vocalypse Productions

Saturday, March 3, 2007 8:00PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Janice Jackson, soprano
Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
Lilian Pearcy Concert Hall
6199 Chebucto Road, Halifax NS

• Rodney Sharman, Moments
• Per Nørgård, Wenn die Rose sich selbst schmücht...
• Michael Oesterle, Urban Canticle
• Klaus Ib Jørgensen, Moon-Pain (Moonlit, Lunar Land)
• Poul Ruders, Abysm (I. Abysm / II. Burning / III. Spectre)

Aventa at Scandinavia House

Monday, March 5, 2007 7:30PM (doors open 7:00PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Janice Jackson, soprano
New York, Scandinavia House

• Bent Sørensen, The Weeping White Room
• Klaus Ib Jørgensen, Moon-Pain (Moonlit, Lunar Land) US premiere
• Hans Abrahamsen, Six Pieces
• Per Nørgård, Wenn die Rose sich selbst schmücht...
• Poul Ruders, Abysm (I. Abysm / II. Burning / III. Spectre) US premiere

Flurries

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 8:00PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Mark McGregor, flute
Phillip T Young Recital Hall ( University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Peter Hatch, Three Shades of Blue
• Rodney Sharman, Moments
• Brian Ferneyhough , Carceri d'Invenzione - Mark McGregor, soloist
• Michael Oesterle, Urban Canticle
• Brian Ferneyhough, Flurries

The Age of Wire and String

Sunday, Sept 10, 2006 8:00PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Anna Hostman, Strange Comforts
• Benton Roark, On nights like tonight
• David Cecchetto, Floral Prints
• Jason Nett, In the Mouth of Madness
• Andre Cormier, Infections
• Gueorgui Harizanov, Nestinar, Part III (into the fire)
• Rolf Wallin, The Age of Wire and String

Music from Quebec

May 19, 2006 8:00PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Louise Bessette, piano
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Gilles Tremblay, Solstices
• Michel Gonneville, alonetogetherall
• Silvio Palmieri, Prelude VIII: Il giorno della mia morte
• Serge Arcuri, Fragments
• Gilles Tremblay, Envoi

Aventa at Fisgard Lighthouse

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Aventa Ensemble with guest artists Giorgio Magnanensi and Douglas Schmidt.

• Sir Peter Maxwell Davies , Sea Eagle (Darnell Linwood, solo horn)
• Giorgio Magnanensi, Personum (Giorgio Magnanensi, solo electronics)
• Magnanensi/Douglas Schmidt, raw meat and butterflies (Schmidt, accordion / Magnanensi, live electronics)
• John Celona, instruments flying (Dave Humphrey, Masako Hockey, marimbas)  
• Gavin Bryars, The Sinking of the Titanic

Aventa presents Quasar Quartet

March 29, 2006 8:00PM
Quasar Quartet
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Jean-Francois Laporte, Procession (2002)
• Michel Frigon, Geyser Ghetto (2005)
• Klas Torstensson, Licks & Brains I (1987)
• Wolf Edwards, Iskra (2004)
• Sofia Gubaidulina, In Etwartung (1994)

UVic Composers Series

February 19, 2006 8:00PM
Aventa Ensemble, Miranda Wong, piano / David Humphrey percussion / Andrew Schloss, radio drum.
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• John Celona, Possible Orchestras (at the 21st Harmonic)
• John Celona, instrument flying
• Gordon Mumma, SIXPAC Sonatas
• Daniel Peter Biro, BeMitzraim
• Andrew Schloss / David A. Jaffe, Suite from the Seven Wonders

February 20, 2006 8:00PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Gordon Mumma, Than Particle
• Martin Bartlett, Burning Water
• John Celona, Basilica Nuova
• Christopher Butterfield, computer felicity church
• Daniel Peter Biro, Mishpatim

February 21, 2006 8:00PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Michael Longton, Octet
• Rudolf Komorous, Lurid Bride
• Rudolf Komorous, Strange Sphere
• Christopher Butterfield, Port Bou

Ligeti's Chamber Concerto

Saturday, January 7, 2006
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
McPherson Playhouse, 8PM

• Ana Sokolovic,  Cinq Locomotives et Quelques Animaux
• Pierre Boulez: Dérive 1
• Giorgio Magnanensi, il suono blu
• Yannick Plamondon, NorthEaster
• György Ligeti, Chamber Concerto

Music from Denmark

Sunday, October 23, 2005 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Susan Young, soprano / Steven Price, baritone

• Bent Sorensen, Deserted Churchyards
• Peter Bruun, Heaven and Earth *
• Anders Nordentoft, Days I Have Held *
• Klaus Ib Jorgensen, Moon-Pain *  
• Svendt Hvidtfelt Nielsens, Flowerfall *

North American premiere = *

The Sinking of the Titanic

Sunday - September 18, 2005 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Christopher Butterfield, Empress of Russia 
• Allison Cameron, Leisure 2 
• Rodney Sharman, In Praise of Shadows (Cdn. premiere)
• Gavin Bryars, The Sinking of the Titanic

Music of Ligeti

May 20, 2005 8:00 PM
John Lowry, violin / Yariv Aloni, viola / Darnell Linwood, horn / Bill Linwood, percussion /Miranda Wong, piano 
Phillip T Young Recital Hall ( University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Michael Colgrass, Variations for Four Drums and Viola
• Hans Abrahamsen, Six Pieces for horn, violin and piano (Canadian premiere)
• György Ligeti, Trio for violin, horn and piano

Gilles Tremblay Series

February 23, 2005 8:00 PM
Aventa Ensemble, Susan Young, soprano, Steven Price, bass baritone, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Wolf Edwards, Altus (premiere)
• Claude Vivier, Lettura di Dante 
• Gilles Tremblay, À quelle heure commence le temps? 

Feb. 25, 2005, 8:00PM
Phillip T Young Recital Hall ( University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building) Bill Linwood, conductor, percussion / Susan Young, soprano / Lanny Pollet, flute / Keith MacLeod, clarinet / Darnell Linwood, horn / Ron Kilian, Cary Chow, piano / Dave Humphrey, Masako Hockey, percussion / Darren Buhr, doublebass

• Gilles Tremblay, Solstices
• Gilles Tremblay, "...le sifflement des vents, porteurs de l'amour..." 
• Gilles Tremblay, Souffles: Champs I
• Gilles Tremblay, Le signe du lion
• Gilles Tremblay, Aubes
• Gilles Tremblay, Chants Convergents (Ansari, Hillesum, d’Avila)

Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

Dec. 3, 2004, 8:00PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor 
Susan Young, soprano, Yariv Aloni, viola 
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Rodney Sharman, Four Seasons, One Tree
• Gavin Bryars, The Old Tower of Löbenicht
• Douglas Schmidt, Vegetables on Parade (premiere) 
• Gavin Bryars, Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

Louis Lortie in Concert

Sept. 29, 2004, 8:00PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Louis Lortie, guest artist
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

• Simon Holt, Kites (Canadian premiere)
• Bent Sorensen, Shadowland
• Thomas Adès, Concerto Conciso  (Canadian premiere)

De Assumtione Beatae Mariae Virginis

February 28, 2004
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Alix Goolden Performance Hall, Victoria B.C.

• Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, De Assumtione Beatae Mariae Virginis (Canadian premiere)
• Christopher Butterfield, Jappements à la lune
• Marci Rabe, and amber cinders remain

Histoire du Soldat

November 22, 2003
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Alix Goolden Performance Hall, Victoria B.C.

• Igor Stravinsky, Histoire du Soldat
• Estelle Lemire, Empreinte
• Gilles Tremblay, Solstices