Meitar Ensemble @ Studio Annette, Tel Aviv
2022-2023 season
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22.10.22 Concert #1 – The Voice: Music, Poetry, and Politics
The opening marathon of the season – an evening in four parts
Part I – Voices | Gallery concert
17:30 | Maya Gallery
A selection of works from the composition courses of the CEME Festival and Young CEME
Hagar Moshe, Itay Weizmann, Avri Flesher
Haim Permont – Epitaph for cello, 1988
Tōru Takemitsu – Voice for flute, 1971
* Morton Feldman’s work will be performed later in the season. The new date will be provided as soon as possible
Part II – Your Voice Matters | Lecture and concert
19:00 | Annette Studio | Attorney Dan Yakir: lecturer | Yuval Zorn: conductor | Reut Ventorero: mezzo-soprano
Censorship, music, and everything in between – Attorney Dan Yakir, the legal advisor of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and chairman of the Meitar Ensemble Association.
Luciano Berio – Oh King, in memory of Martin Luther King, for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 1967
Part III – Speak Up | Opening concert of the season
20:00 | Annette Studio | Yuval Zorn: conductor | Reut Ventorero: mezzo-soprano
Narrators and writers: Renana Raz, David Witzthum, Yossi Zabari, Ruth Hof, Avigail Arnheim
Works of the Speak Up project – works of protest in Israel, 2020
Yossi Zabari & Amos Elkana – Judgement Day, 2020
Ruth Hof & Hilat Ben-Kennaz – Bureaucrats, 2020
Avigail Arnheim & Hana Ajiashvili – Music for a Protest, 2020
Renana Raz & Emanuel Witztum – The Civil Rights Movement, 2020
David & Emanuel Witztum – Contra Noise, 2020
Erel Paz – Judonazis, for bass clarinet and video, 2013
Batya Frenklakh – Your Voice Is Important, for ensemble and electronics, 2020
Oded Zehavi – Social Songs, for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 2022 (premiere)
Brigitta Muntendorf – Shivers on Speed for ensemble, 2013
Part IV – Voices from the Bottom: Slow Release | Party
21:30 | Hameretz 2 – Center for Alternative Culture
DJ Haim Vitali Cohen and Meitar Ensemble in a joint deejaying and improvisation session. Homage to Frank O’Hara
31.12.22 Concert #2: Maze
CEME 2023 Festival opening event
Part I – Lecture and Concert
Lecture: Philippe Hurel (France) – electronic music | Maya Gallery, 19:00
Pierre Boulez – Anthèmes II, for violin and electronics, 1997 | Talia Herzlich: violin
Part II – CEME 2023 Festival Opening Concert and Talk
Pierre-André Valade (France): conductor | Annette Studio, 20:30
Philippe Hurel – So nah so fern, 2nd part, for ensemble, 2022, premiere
Kaija Saariaho – Lichtbogen, for ensemble and electronics, 1986
Talia Amar – Labyrinth, for ensemble and electronics, 2021
Yuval Avni – Serenade for ensemble, 2018, premiere
Ayal Adler – Hidden Light for ensemble, 2022
Ori Sela – Mother Nature for ensemble, 2022
Concert talk: Philippe Hurel, Pierre-André Valade
7.1.23 Concert #3: The closing event of CEME 2023 Festival
Pierre-André Valade (France), conductor
Krassimir Sterev (Germany), accordion
Tal Botvinik (Israel / Germany), electric guitar
Yair Klartag – Three Silent Illuminations for ensemble, video, and electronics (premiere)
Chaya Czernowin – Knights of the Strange for electric guitar, accordion, and ensemble (2015)
Chaya Czernowin – Fast Darkness III for ensemble (2022)
Rebecca Saunders – Flesh for accordion (2018)
Concert talk: Chaya Czernowin and Yair Klartag
4.3.23 Concert #4 – Captive Nature, Farewell
Part I – Lecture
19:00 | Studio Annette | The Climate Crisis – Nadia Dunietz-Volkov, member of the youth protest group Strike For Future
Part II – Concert
20:30 | Studio Annette | Guy Feder: Conductor | Anat Nazarathy: flute
Program:
Helmut Lachenmann – Mes Adieux, string trio no. 2, 2022
Or Shemesh – a new work for an ensemble, 2023 (premiere)
Brian Ferneyhough – Cassandra’s Dream Song for flute, 1970
Maya Dunietz – Six Waves for ensemble, 2013
Gérard Grisey – Talea for ensemble, 1986
13.4.23 Concert #5 – Glass Churches
Part I – Lecture
19:30 | Studio Annette | Yael Elkana: Lecturer
חלק II – קונצרט
20:30 | Studio Annette | Pierre-André Valade (France): conductor
Amos Elkana – Glass Churches, for ensemble, video, and electronics, 2018-2022 (premiere)
24.6.23 Concert #6: Urban Dreams
Part I – Concert Trip
18:00 | Kiryat Hamelacha
Carola Bauckholt – Double Exposure, for violin and electronics, 2016
Talia Herzlich: violin
Location-related works around graffitis and objects from the public space in Kiryat Al-Malacha in a premiere performance. Composers:
Amit Buium, Yehu Dar Shashua, Yaar Drori, Ron Katzman, Danielle Lurie, Yoav Tirosh
Part II – Concert
20:30 | Annette Studio | Keren Kagarlitzky: conductor | Hagar Shachal: flute | Jonathan Hadas: clarinet
Maura Lanza – The Lincolnshire Poacher for ensemble and electronics, 2023, (premiere)
Nina Fukuoka – Zansei for flute, video and electronics, 2020
Tom Belkind – “I See Green Hills Spill Into the Valley Through a Murky Glass” for ensemble and electronics, 2023 (premiere)
Sivan Cohen Elias – “Multicounterspeechless” for bass clarinet and electronics, 2021
Iannis Xenakis – Charisma for clarinet and cello, 1971
The winning composition in the 2023 Matan Givol International Composers Competition