Date / Place
09 December 2017 Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), ZürichSeries
guest performanceTitle
Portrait concert for Gerald BennettProgram
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 fluteMusicians
- 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