Date / Place
09 December 2017 Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), ZürichSeries
guest performanceTitle
“Portrait concert for Gerald Bennett”Program
Gerald Bennett (*1942) “Un Madrigal gentile” (a gentle madrigal) for tape (2004) “Rainstick” for tape (1993) “Aber die Namen der selt’nen Orte und alles Schöne hatt’ er behalten” (but he kept the names of the rare places and everything beautiful) for baritone, five instruments and tape (1979) “Im Eismeer – ein Schumann-Stück” (in the arctic sea – a Schumann piece) for tape (1997) – 13’ “Sextet” for flute, clarinet, string trio and piano (1998) – 13’ “Auf schwanker Halme Bogen” (on swaying stalks arch) for tape (1985) “Aki No Kaze / Autumn Wind” for shakuhachi and flute (2002) – 4’Musicians
- Robert Koller
- baritone
- Andreas Gutzwiller
- shakuhachi
- Jürg Henneberger
- conductor
- 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
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