Performances of Dikhthas

Season 2001

Libra Ensemble

Monday 13 August 2001
Tuesday 28 August 2001
North Melbourne Town Hall
North Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Full details of Libra's 2001 season can be found here.

Season highlights included:

Iannis Xenakis Dikhthas 197914
Jason Eckardt Tongues 2001*
Richard Barrett Tract 1984-9625
Helmut Lachenmann Guero 1970/88
Helmut Lachenmann Allegro sostenuto 1986-8835
Peter Maxwell Davies Ave maris stella 197529
Arnold Schoenberg Suite opus 29 1924-2632
Adam Yee Lot 19952
Alban Berg Kammerkonzert 1924-2536

tongues

Libra Ensemble

20:00, Tuesday 14 August 2001
North Melbourne Town Hall
North Melbourne Victoria
Australia

Chris Dench eigenmomenta 2000-01*
Liza Lim INGUZ (fertility) 1996
Richard Barrett CHARON 199510
Richard Barrett what remains 1990-919
Iannis Xenakis Dikhthas 197914
Jason Eckardt Tongues 2001*

Third Roaring Hoofs International Festival

Libra Ensemble

Sunday 9 June 2002
Saturday 15 June 2002
Ulaanbaatar and the North Gobi Desert
Mongolia

In June 2002 four members of Libra travelled to Mongolia to participate in the Third Roaring Hoofs International Festival of New Music. Elizabeth Barcan (flute), Elizabeth Sellars (violin), Geoffrey Gartner (cello) and Mark Knoop (piano, co-artistic director) performed in Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, as well as in various open-air venues in the North Gobi Desert.

Richard Barrett The light gleams an instant (from Tract) 1984-963
Chris Dench Closing Lemma 1992
Nigel Butterly Evanston Song 1978
Iannis Xenakis Dikhthas 197914
Peter Sculthorpe Requiem 1979
Kaija Saariaho Cendres 1974/93

Xenakis/Saunders/Harrison

Plus-Minus

20:00, Monday 12 April 2010
Kings Place Hall Two (external link)
90 York Way
N1 9AG London
United Kingdom

Plus-Minus (external link) presents two great works by Xenakis alongside recent ensemble pieces by British composers. Marcus Barcham-Stevens and Roderick Chadwick will perform Dikhthas; Mark Knoop will present Evryali. Tickets on sale 6 February 2010 from Kings Place (external link).

Iannis Xenakis Dikhthas 197914
Rebecca Saunders Vermilion 200315
Iannis Xenakis Evryali 197311
Bryn Harrison Repetitions in Extended Time 200843

Plus-Minus at Huddersfield

CeReNeM

19:30, Thursday 10 March 2011
St Paul’s Hall
Queensgate
HD1 2RD Huddersfield Yorkshire
United Kingdom

Plus-Minus (external link) presents Iannis Xenakis, Philip Glass (external link), Peter Ablinger (external link) and two pieces written especially for the group by Huddersfield University postgraduate composers. On Wednesday March 9th the group will hold a workshop with student composers.

Iannis Xenakis Dikhthas 197914
Matthew Sergeant veils 2010*13
Peter Ablinger Amtssee bei Regen 200812
Iannis Xenakis Evryali 197311
Colin Tucker the indifferent horizon apathetically rests on the ground, devouring everything that looks like something 2010*10
Philip Glass Music in Contrary Motion 196912

Plus-Minus at City

City University

19:00, Tuesday 29 November 2011
Performance Space, City University (external link)
College Building, St John Street
EC1V 0HB London
United Kingdom

Aldo Clementi Madrigale 19799
Simon Steen-Andersen Study for string instrument #1 20075
Alex Hills 5 Resonance Studies 2011*10
Iannis Xenakis Mists 198012
Newton Armstrong Too Slow, for Milton 2011*3
Johannes Kreidler Klavierstück 5 200512
Iannis Xenakis Dikhthas 197914

Xenakis 90th birthday

Griffith University Queensland Conservatorium

15:30, Sunday 27 May 2012
Basil Jones Orchestral Hall
140 Grey St
South Bank Brisbane Queensland
Australia

A celebration of the 90th anniversary of Iannis Xenakis’s birth with Ben Marks trombone, Tristram Williams trumpet, Graeme Jennings violin, and Mark Knoop piano, alongside students from the Queensland Conservatorium.

Iannis Xenakis Mists 198012
Iannis Xenakis Akea 198613
Iannis Xenakis Keren 19867
Iannis Xenakis Dikhthas 197914
Iannis Xenakis Eonta 1963-6420
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first performance
first performance in Australia
first performance in The United Kingdom