SOLO
ADAMS John
China Gates
ANTOSCA Steve
Empty Infinity Boundless Country from Traces of Spirit Whispers for piano, computer processed piano samples and voice
BARTÓK Béla
Fourteen Bagatelles
Seven Sketches
Four Dirges
Sonatina
Three Rondos on folk tunes
Roumanian Folk Dances
For Children: Vol 1, 2, 3 & 4
The First Term at the Piano
Mikrokosmos
BURTON Katrina
Moonpalace 1
CAGE John
A Room
Dream
In a Landscape
Soliloquy
The Seasons – Ballet in One Act for piano
4’33
Suite for Toy Piano
Totem Ancestor for prepared piano
CAMILLERI Charles
Mediterranean Images
L’Isola Mistica
Sonatina Folkloristica
Ħemda
Times of Day
Picasso Set
CASELLA Alfredo
11 Children’s Pieces
CASSAR CORDINA Mariella
Oriental Prints
Opus 1
CHARPY Pierre-Adrien
Suite Cafeinée
COLLA Alberto
Notturno 1 – Il Ponte dei Sospiri
CONNESSON Guillaume
S Dance from Initials Dances
COWELL Henry
Three Irish Legends
Aeolian Harp
Fabric
Banshee
CRUMB George
Makrokosmos for amplified piano
Volume 2, part 2
Seclection from Volumes 1 & 2
DE SIMONE Domenico
Half[Way] for piano & live electronics
DUN Tan
Eight Memories in Watercolor
FIORINI Karl
Les Ames Effleurées
Ostinati
FITKIN Graham
Relent
GLASS Philip
Études for Piano
Glassworks
Mad Rush
Metamorphosis
GOURZI Konstanzia
Aiolos Wind
GRECH Pawlu
Rhapsoidía
Due Movimenti
Ideograms Book 1
HINDEMITH Paul
Ludus Tonalis
KINOSHITA Makiko
Prelude No 7
Prelude No 9
KRACHINOVA Inna
Prelude No 1
Prelude No 2
KRAUSAS Veronika
UN-intermezzi
LEVAILLANT Denis
Little Preludes for Little Hands
Transe (aux batteries)
Études Africaines
LIGETI György
Musica Ricercata
LIPTEN David
Best Served Cold
Ever Since
Snap
LIZÉE Nicole
Hitchcock Études for piano & glitch
McALLISTER Scott
Salt of the Earth, the Sea and of Me
MENON Carlo Alberto
Globus for piano & spheres
NOTTOLI Giorgio
Risonante Notturno for piano & live electronics
PACE Albert
Tidwir
Walking Invention
PACE Reuben
Asteriod Field
PÄRT Arvo
Für Alina
PORTELLI Paul
Waħdu Fis-Solitudni
PSAILA Steven
Jogging
Waves
Enlil
PSATHAS John
Jettatura
REICH Steve
Piano Counterpoint for piano & tape
(arr. of Six Pianos by Vincent Corver)
SATIE Eric
Gnossienes
Gymnopédies
Parade
Le piège de Méduse
Sports et Divertissements
SAYGUN Ahmed Adnan
Inci’nin Kitabi
Étude No 1 from Ten Études on Aksak Rhythms
SCELSI Giacinto
Aitsi for amplified piano
SCHOENBERG Arnold
Six Little Piano Pieces
TANAKA Atau
Suspensions for piano & MYO sensors
VAN DER AA Michel
Transit for piano & video
VELLA GREGORY Alex
Notturn I – Lejl bla tmiem
Notturn II – Il-Port il-Kbir bil-Lejl
Notturn III – Katakombi
Notturn VI – Festa
VELLA Joseph
Sonatina Op 30
WEBERN Anton von
Kinderstück
ZAHRA Ruben
All Work & No Play for piano & video
Run Till You Drop
Thunk
Colours Within
Constellations I, II & III
Crisis
Pan the Goat-God
Pounding for piano & video
Tama
Taqbil
Tears Across the Ocean
Simshar
CHAMBER MUSIC
ARUTUNIAN Alexander
Concerto for Trumpet
Concerto for Tuba
BARTÓK Béla
Rhapsody No 1 for violin & piano
BOULEZ Pierre
Dérive for Six Instruments
CAGE John
A Flower for voice & closed piano
Four Dances for piano, percussion & voice
CAMILLERI Charles
Scanzona for violin & piano
Three Folk Songs from Malta for violin & piano
Trio New York for violin, clarinet & piano
Sarajevo 99 for clarinet & piano
Four Greek Songs for clarinet & piano
Dirge: 11.09.01 for clarinet & piano
The Edge of Silence for violin & piano
CASELLA Alfredo
Pupazzetti for piano 4-hands, Op 27
CASSAR CORDINA Mariella
Ġgantija II for piano 4-hands, cello, electronics & narrator
CONNESSON Guillaume
Les Chants de L’Atlantide for violin & piano
Sextuor for clarinet, oboe, violin, viola, doublebass & piano
COPLAND Aaron
Ukelele Serenade for violin & piano
FARRUGIA Mauro
Paradoxapo for doublebass & piano
FIORINI Karl
City of Lost Chances for clarinet & piano
Trio Lamina for violin, clarinet & piano
Noli for clarinet & piano
GALEA John
Tamaire for cello & piano
GRAHL Trevor
Trauermarsch Szenen for flute, violin, clarinet, cello, piano & percussion
GRECH Pawlu
Tre Canti for soprano & piano
GREGSON Edward
Concerto for Tuba
HINDEMITH Paul
Sonata for clarinet & piano
Sonata for trumpet & piano
Sonata for tuba & piano
JOLIVET André
Chant de Linos for flute & piano
Concertino for Trumpet
KHACHATURIAN Aram
Trio for violin, clarinet & piano
KINOSHITA Makiko
Twisting Landscapes for violin, clarinet & piano
KNEHANS Douglas
Rive for violin, clarinet & piano
Tremor for doublebass & piano
LUTOWSLAWSKI Witold
Dance Preludes for clarinet & piano
MAN-CHING Yu
Sign of Spring for doublebass & piano
Sunset in my Homeland for violin, clarinet & piano
MANUKYAN Edward
Trio for violin, clarinet & piano
McALLISTER Scott
X Concerto for clarinet & piano
Concerto for doublebass & piano
X3 for violin, clarinet & piano
Funk for violin, clarinet & piano
MILHAUD Darius
Duo Concertante for clarinet & piano
MILLS Richard
Four Miniatures for violin, clarinet & piano
MUSCAT Christopher
Fakriet for violin, clarinet & piano
PACE Albert
Nisga for violin & piano
Trio for violin, clarinet & piano
For the Millennium for clarinet & piano
PSATHAS John
Matre’s Dance for piano & percussion
RAVEL Maurice
Ma Mère l’Oye for piano 4-hands
REICH Steve
Clapping Music for 2 performers
RUDIN Andrew
Sonata for violin & piano
SAYRE Paul
Trio for violin, clarinet & piano
SHENG Bright
Tibetan Dance for violin, clarinet & piano
SCIBERRAS Ray
Sleeping with Cats for trombone, tuba & piano
SCULTHORPE Peter
Dreamtracks for violin, clarinet & piano
STOCKHAUSEN Karl Heinz
Tierkreis for percussion, keyboard, piano & toy piano
TEMKOV Damjan
Introduction and Tin’s Dance for doublebass & piano
VARÈSE Edgar
Ionisation
VELLA Joe
Waħdi for soprano & piano
Duetting for percussion & piano
Karba for clarinet in Bb, bass clarinet & piano
Segments No 1 for flute, violin & piano
Segments No 3 for clarinet & piano
YABUTA Shoichi
Flow III for violin, clarinet, piano & video
ZAHRA Ruben
Fragments for percussion & piano
Pan the Goat-God for clarinet, violin & piano
Etnika Suite for clarinet, violin & piano
Tama for cello, violin & piano
Mouse in the Machine for clarinet, piano & wooden stick
Crimson Sunrise for violin/sax & piano
ZAMMIT Veronique
Fjuri for violin, clarinet & piano
Epilogue for voice, flute, clarinet, horn & piano
Kapriċċ for violin, horn & piano
Passju for violin, clarinet in Bb & piano
ZAPPA Frank
Sofà for percussion & piano
MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS
TRANSIT[ion]
TRANSITION is a portrait of the avant-garde piano stretching almost one hundred years of repertoire. Each piece on the programme breaks new ground as each composer navigates through uncharted waters to depict a new profile for the instrument. This eclectic music journey kicks off with ‘Suspensions’ by Atau Tanaka. In this piece, the pianist manipulates and triggers electronic music in real time with her gestures. The MYO band interface on her forearms captures electrical signals caused by muscle tension to create a motion capture sequence assigned to control specific music events within the score. In ‘Pounding’ for piano and video, composer Ruben Zahra creates a visual narrative to the rhythmic character of the score. The intensity of the percussive clusters in the music are juxtaposed with scars on the face of a model. The hands of the pianist striking the keyboard seem to inflict these scars, conjuring a sense of morbid and sensual drama. ‘The Voice of Lir’ by Henry Cowell, with its passionate tone clusters, comes across as radical and avant-garde as it did almost a century ago when it was written. Another 20th century classic is ‘Piano Counterpoint’ for piano and tape by Steve Reich. ‘Piano Counterpoint’ is an arrangement of ‘Six Pianos’ (by Vincent Corver) following the format of Steve Reich’s Counterpoint series in which one live instrument plays against pre-recorded versions of the same instrument. In ‘Transit’ for piano and video by Michel Van der Aa, the movements of the pianist interact theatrically with the video projection. As the focus shifts between the video projections and the virtuoso performance of the pianist, the film footage shows us an old man trapped in his own house as he struggles with loneliness, verging on insanity. The grand finale of the performance portrays the dazzling exploration of musical timbre in ‘Makrokosmos’ by George Crumb. Throughout this work, sounds produced from the keyboard are combined with an extraordinary assortment of “inside-the piano” effects – which the audience may follow and appreciate via a live camera projection.
TRANSITION by Tricia Dawn Williams is truly a unique experience that transform the piano recital into an interdisciplinary performance featuring motion capture technology, video-art, electronic music and extended piano technique.
KIRANA – myths of creation
KIRANA is an interdisciplinary performance that has been conceived and designed by Maltese composer Ruben Zahra to connect children with artists towards a collaborative creative process. Four professional artists from Malta travel to any country and conduct a 5-day workshop with the children from the host city. The creative output of the workshops is integrated into the performance so that the children contribute directly to the performance with their own rhythms, movements and language. The story is inspired by the creation myths of different cultures, mainly the legends from China, India, Babylon and Mesopotamia. Some of the scenes in this mythological journey are portrayed through digital animation. Artworks created by children are brought to life through digital animation. The music of KIRANA is composed for piano and percussion and performed live by two professional musicians. The children complement the soundtrack with a series of music improvisations. KIRANA introduces children to a wide range of new artistic experiences: from contemporary music to percussion workshops, digital animation and light painting.
PARADE & The Velvet Gentleman
‘PARADE & the Velvet Gentleman’ celebrates the 100th anniversary of the ballet ‘Parade’, premiered in 1917 by Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. This 20th century masterpiece features the music of Erik Satie scored to a one-act scenario by Jean Cocteau with costumes and sets designed by Pablo Picasso.
This new version of ‘Parade’ revisits the ballet on an interdisciplinary platform, embellishing the choreography with stop motion animation, puppetry and projection dancing. The performance includes other works by Satie, known by his contemporaries as ‘the velvet gentleman’. The programme includes some of his masterpieces for the piano such as Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes as well as works prefiguring the minimalism of Steve Reich and the incidental music of John Cage.
“The smallest work by Satie is small the same way a keyhole is small. Everything changes when you put your eye to it.” – Jean Cocteau
ĦREJJEF – Maltese Folktales
ĦREJJEF ‘Maltese Folktales’ is a captivating, interdisciplinary production created by Maltese composer Ruben Zahra which brings together traditional folktales, shadow puppetry, contemporary music and digital animation. At its core lies a collection of Maltese folktales, presented in the style of a traditional storyteller accompanied by a live music score that acts as a soundtrack to the stories.
The music of Ruben Zahra for this project was originally composed as a piano solo. The animations have been developed to reflect the style of shadow puppetry. The ‘digital puppets’ are highly ornamented with decorative perforations inspired from Maltese baroque motifs, filigree and traditional lace. While the actor narrates the folktales the characters of the stories come to life in the silver screen.
