2000-01
Concerts
IV, V & VI
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Notes & Bios
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Or call: (319) 335-1626
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School of
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RUSSIAN
CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Lectures & Concerts
September 28
through
October 1, 2000
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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Thursday, September 28
Film Screening of "Theremin--An Electronic Odyssey," a documentary by
Steven M. Martin on the life of Leon Theremin, held in Rm 101, Samuel Becker Communications Building.
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3:30 pm
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Film Screening (87 mins)
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5:00 pm
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Live demonstration of a Theremin by
Lawrence Fritts, director, Electronic Studios
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Friday, September 29
Lectures to students and faculty, held at Museum of Art, Lasansky Room.
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1:30 pm
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Welcome and Introductory Remarks by David Nelson and Kristin Thelander.
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1:40 pm
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Elena Dubinets: "Contemporary Russian Music: Problems, Directions, and Representatives"
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2:00 pm
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Roman Ledeniov: "Composers who have Worked at the Moscow Conservatory of Music"
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2:40 pm
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Vladislav Agafonnikov: "The Process of Education at the Composers Department of the Moscow State Conservatory"
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3:20 pm
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break
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3:30 pm
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Svetlana Savenko: "Post-Soviet music: Between Tradition and Avant-garde"
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4:15 pm
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Marina Frolova-Walker: "Music from Russia or Russian Music?"
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5:00 pm
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reception
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Saturday, September 30 (Rm 561 Samuel Becker Communications Building)
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56:00 am
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Screening of Vladimir Tarnopolski's opera,
"Wenn die Zeit über die Ufer tritt"
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noon
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lunch
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1:00 pm
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Elena Dubinets: "Russian Minimalism - Is It Minimalism At All?"
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1:30 pm
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Presentation by Nikolai Korndorf on his music
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2:15 pm
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break
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2:30 pm
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Dmitry Oukhov: "Beyond De Profundis - In Search of Experimental Music in Russia"
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3:00 pm
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Presentation by Sergei Zagny
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3:30 pm
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break
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3:45 pm
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Louis Pine: "Russian Electronic Music: Past and Present,
'Schillinger and Theremin' "
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4:15 pm
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Dmitry Oukhov: "Electro-acoustic Music in Russia: the Moscow Conservatory Strikes Again"
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5:00 pm
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dinner break
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Saturday, September 30, 8:00 pm
Concert I, Center for New Music Ensemble
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Sioita
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Vladislav Agafonnikov
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Ulari Udila
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Vladimir Nikolayev
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Four Images
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Roman Ledeniov
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Kassandra
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Vladimir Tarnopolski
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Sunday, October 1
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1:00 pm
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Panel Discussion (Young Composers)
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2:00 pm
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Elena Dubinets, Svetlana Savenko: "Russian Religious Music" with illustrations
from "Joyful Light" by A. Vustin, a soprano solo piece in the "Russian chant" scale.
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Sunday, October 1, 3:00 pm
Concert II, Organ Concert
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Polyphonic Concerto
Counterpoint No. 4 for organ solo
Counterpoint No. 7 for organ and piano
"Tranquillo molto", a fragment of
"Ricercare"**
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Yuri Boutsko
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"G...", a fragment of "Impromptus-Dedicaces"
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Leonid Karev
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The Quiet Lake**
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Roman Ledeniov
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"Autumn" for organ and violin
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Mikhail Kollontay
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"In the Backwoods",
from the cantata "Simple Songs"**
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Andrey Golovin
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White Music
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Aleksander Vustin
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"Apocryphal Pictures"
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Leonid Karev
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** indicates works arranged by Leonid Karev
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Sunday, October 1, 8:00 pm
Concert III, Center for New Music Ensemble
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Are You Ready, Brother?
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Nikolai Korndorf
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Incantation
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Albina Stefanou
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Crumb of Music for George Crumb
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Faraj Karayev
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The Lug of Days to Come
Poems by Daniel Haberman
Loitering Hill
The Time
The Accurate Sky
No More
I am Dead...
The Lug of Days to Come
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Irina Dubkova
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Magic Starts
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Sergei Zagny
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