Date / Place

09 December 2017 Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Zürich

Series

guest performance

Title

Portrait concert for Gerald Bennett

Program

Gerald Bennett (*1942) “Un Madrigal gentile” (2004) for tape “Rainstick” (1993) for tape “Aber die Namen der selt’nen Orte und alles Schöne hatt’ er behalten” (1979) for baritone, five instruments and tape “Im Eismeer” – ein Schumann-Stück (1997) for tape “Sextett” (1998) “Auf schwanker Halme Bogen” (1985) for tape “Aki No Kaze / Autumn Wind” (2002) for shakuhachi and flute

Musicians

Robert Koller
baritone
Andreas Gutzwiller
shakuhachi
Christoph Bösch
flute
Alexander Ott
English horn
Toshiko Sakakibara
clarinet
Mariella Bachmann
bass clarinet
Ludovic Van Hellemont
piano
Friedemann Treiber
violin
Alessandro D’Amico
viola
Benedikt Böhlen
cello
Thomas Peter
sound engineer
Johannes Schütt
sound engineer
Peter Färber
sound design
Jürg Henneberger
conductor

Program description

Gerald Bennett, co-founder of the Swiss Center for Computer Music (SZCM) and the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology (ICST), celebrates his 75th birthday this year. To mark this occasion, the SZCM, in collaboration with the ICST, is organizing a portrait concert featuring a selection of his instrumental and electroacoustic works.


Concept and organization
Lucas Bennett, Sabine Egli, Peter Färber, Johannes Schütt und Judith Winterhager