Schedule 2019-20


28 July 2019: Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms

Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles (1971) for piano and orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sakari Oramo


August 2019: Boulez Saal, Berlin

Boulez: Structures Livre I (1952)
Boulez: Structures Livre II (1961) - with two realisations of Chapitre 2

CD recording with Michael Wendeberg


26 September 2019: Konzerthaus, Wien (Berio Saal)

Harrison Birtwistle:  Intrada (2017) for piano and percussion (ÖEA)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Klavierstück V (1954) 
for solo piano
Harrison Birtwistle: Variations from the Golden Mountain (2014) for solo piano  (ÖEA)
Morton Feldman: The King of Denmark (1964)  for solo percussion
Harrison Birtwistle: Intrada (2017) for piano and percussion
*** interval ***
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kontakte (1959–1960) for piano, percussion and tape

with Colin Currie, percussion, and Florian Zwißler, sound projection

https://konzerthaus.at/concert/eventid/56803


28 September 2019: De Doelen, Rotterdam (Jurriaanse Zaal)

Harrison Birtwistle: Intrada (2017) for piano and percussion (NEA)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Klavierstück V (1954) 
for solo piano
Harrison Birtwistle: Variations from the Golden Mountain (2014) for solo piano (NEA)
Morton Feldman: The King of Denmark (1964)  for solo percussion
Harrison Birtwistle: Intrada (2017) for piano and percussion
*** interval ***
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kontakte (1959–1960) for piano, percussion and tape

with Colin Currie, percussion, and Florian Zwißler, sound projection

https://www.dedoelen.nl/agenda/16950/Nederlandse_premieres_van_Birtwistle/Colin_Currie_slagwerk_en_Nicolas_Hodges_piano/


20 October 2019, 14:00: STUK, Naamsestraat 96, Leuven (Festival Transit)

Rebecca Saunders: Shadow (2013) 8’
Yu Kuwabara: Nokorigaku (Remaining Music) (2019) 10’ - world premiere
Georges Aperghis: Breaths (2019) 10’ - world premiere
Marco Momi: ALMOST CLOSE for piano and transducers (2015) 11’
Peter Ablinger: “Agnes Martin” from Voices and Piano for piano and CD (1998-) 6:38’
Rolf Riehm: Ciao, Carissimo Claudio for piano and playback (2017) 12’ - European premiere


30 October 2019, 20:30: Conservatoire, Clermont-Ferrand

Betsy Jolas: Quatre pièces en marge, for cello and piano
Betsy Jolas: TOI x 3, for solo piano
Betsy Jolas: Episode Cinquième, for solo cello
Betsy Jolas: Mon Ami, for piano and cello
Betsy Jolas: B for Sonata, pour piano
Betsy Jolas: Femme le soir, eight songs for cello and piano

Anssi Karttunen, violoncello
Nicolas Hodges, piano


November 2019: WDR Funkhaus, Köln

Beethoven and Birtwistle

CD recording for Wergo


1 December 2019, 17.00, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg (Grosser Saall)

Xenakis: Synaphai, for piano and orchestra

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, cond. Peter Rundel

https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/programm/rundfunk-sinfonieorchester-berlin-les-percussions-de-strasbourg/12890


2020


10 January 2020: Auditorium du Louvre, Paris

At the invitation of Pierre Soulages, works of Pascal Dusapin:

Piano Works: 1/5 Did it again, 4/5 When not to stop
Invece, for solo cello
Piano Works: 3/5 Black Letters (2019) world premiere: commande du musée du Louvre et du Concours international de piano d’Orléans 
Slackline, for cello and piano 

https://www.louvre.fr/soulages-dusapin


16 January 2020: Ultraschall, Berlin

Trio Accanto

Christian Wolff: Exercises 37 & 38 (2018) 8’ first performance
Yu Kuwabara: In Between (2018) 8’ 
Johannes Schöllhorn: Sinaïa 1916 (2015/17) 18’ first performance of extended version 
Georges Aperghis: Trio Funambule (2014) 13’


30 January – 2 February 2020: CD recording (DLF Köln/Wergo)

Trio Accanto

Works by Christian Wolff:
Trio IX – Accanto
Exercises 29-30
Exercises 31-32
Exercises 37-38


11 February 2020: Philharmonie Luxembourg

Trio Accanto

Christian Wolff: Exercises 37-38 (2018) 8’
Misato Mochizuki: New Work (2019) 10-15’ - UA - Luxembourg Philharmonie co-commission
Intermission
Evan Johnson: Plan and section of the same reservoir (2018) 13’ - UA - Luxembourg Philharmonie co-commission
Georg Friedrich Haas: Blumenwiese 1-3 (2017) 27'

https://www.philharmonie.lu/de/programm/trio-accanto/2436


15 February 2020, 18.00: Festival Présences, Paris

Trio Accanto

Georges Aperghis: Trio Funambule (2014) 12’
Rebecca Saunders: New Work (2019) - World premiere (Radio France co-commission)
Misato Mochizuki: New Work (2019) - French premiere
Mikel Urquiza: Ex voto (2019) 18' - World premiere (Radio France commission) 

https://www.maisondelaradio.fr/evenement/musique-contemporaine/festival-presences-11


5 March 2020: Royal Festival Hall

Iannis Xenakis: Evryali for solo piano
Aribert Reimann: Piano Concerto No.2

with Philharmonia Orchestra cond. Roland Kluttig


CANCELLED: 17 March 2020: Casa da Musica, Porto

Philippe Manoury: Passacaille pour Tokyo (1994) for piano and ensemble

Ensemble Remix, cond. Emilio Pomarico


CANCELLED: 1 April 2020: Royal Festival Hall, London

Thomas Adès: In Seven Days, for piano and orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Vladimir Jurowski


CANCELLED: 5th May 2020: Fundación BBVA, Bilbao, Spain

Trio Accanto

Johannes Schöllhorn: Sinaïa 1916 (2015/17) 17’ - Spanish premiere

Mikel Urquiza: Ex voto (2019) 18' - Spanish premiere

interval

Ramon Lazkano: Uher (2013) 19’ - world première

Georges Aperghis: Trio Funambule (2014) 13’


CANCELLED: 10 May 2020, Staatstheater, Karlsruhe

CANCELLED: 11 May 2020, Staatstheater, Karlsruhe

Witold Lutosławski: Piano Concerto (1987)


CANCELLED: 23 June 2020, 19.30: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg 

Trio Accanto

Helmut Lachenmann: Sakura mit Berliner Luft (2008) 11’

Rebecca Saunders: New Work (2019) 15-20’ - German premiere - Elbphilharmonie co-commission

Interval

Christian Wolff: Exercises 37 & 38 (2018) 8’

Georg Friedrich Haas: Blumenwiese 1-3 (2017) 27’

https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/programm/trio-accanto/12177


CANCELLED: 16 August 2020: Lucerne Festival

Trio Accanto

Georges Aperghis: Trio Funambule (13’)

Misato Mochizuki: New work for Trio Accanto

(intermission)

Evan Johnson: Plan and section of the same reservoir (2019)

Rebecca Saunders: New Work for Trio Accanto - Lucerne Festival Co-commission


CANCELLED: 29 August 2020: Lucerne Festival (KKL)

Igor Stravinsky: Movements for piano and orchestra

Rebecca Saunders: Piano Concerto (world premiere) - Roche Commission

Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, cond. Sylvain Cambreling




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