Performances of Opus Contra Naturam - A Shadow Play for Speaking Pianist

Exotic birds

Libra Ensemble

20:00, Wednesday 12 November 2003
Iwaki Auditorium (external link)
ABC Southbank Centre
Southbank Boulevard Melbourne Victoria
Australia

The premiere of Streams Within, for soloists and ensemble, commissioned by Libra Ensemble from Australian composer Dominik Karski, alongside Messiaen's classic Oiseaux exotiques and the Australian premiere of Brian Ferneyhough's monumental work for speaking pianist.

Full concert details here.

Brian Ferneyhough Opus Contra Naturam - A Shadow Play for Speaking Pianist 2000†13
Dominik Karski Streams Within 2001-03*23
Pierre Boulez Anthèmes 19926
Olivier Messiaen Oiseaux exotiques 1955-5614

Coloratura

Libra Duo

King's College London

19:30, Monday 8 March 2004
Great Hall, King’s College London
Strand
WC2R 2LS London
United Kingdom

Gerald Barry Low 19916
Andrew Digby evaporation 20026
Brendan Colbert Scorn 2002*8
Brian Ferneyhough Opus Contra Naturam - A Shadow Play for Speaking Pianist 200013
Enno Poppe 60 x F.G. 20011
Brian Ferneyhough Coloratura 1966‡8
Alban Berg Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier opus 5 19138
Mauricio Kagel Unguis incarnatus est 19726
Peter Maxwell Davies Hymnos 196712

Coloratura

Libra Duo

Akademie Schloss Solitude

19:00, Tuesday 6 April 2004
Akademie Schloss Solitude (external link)
Solitude 3
70197 Stuttgart
Germany

Gerald Barry Low 19916
Andrew Digby evaporation 20026
Brendan Colbert Scorn 2002§8
Brian Ferneyhough Opus Contra Naturam - A Shadow Play for Speaking Pianist 200013
Enno Poppe 60 x F.G. 20011
Brian Ferneyhough Coloratura 19668
Richard Emsley Still/s 22 2002§5
Alban Berg Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier opus 5 19138
Mauricio Kagel Unguis incarnatus est 19726

Quartet

Institut für Neue Musik und Musikerziehung

Thursday 27 March 2008
Institut für Neue Musik und Musikerziehung (external link)
Olbrichweg 15
64287 Darmstadt
Germany

Carl Rosman (external link), clarinet; Mark Knoop, piano; Eva Zöllner (external link), accordion; John Eckardt, contrabass; Wolfgang Lessing, cello

Adriana Hölsky Wolke und Mond 199612
Olivier Messiaen Abîme des oiseaux (from Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps) 1941
Brian Ferneyhough Opus Contra Naturam - A Shadow Play for Speaking Pianist 200013
Iannis Xenakis Theraps 197512
Richard Barrett Flechtwerk 2002-0614
Gordon Kampe HALs Lullabye 2008*10
Rebecca Saunders Quartet 199813
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first performance in Australia
*
first performance
first performance in The United Kingdom
‡
first performance of this version
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first performance in Germany