ELECTRA (New York debut)
Marijje van Stralen, soprano
Susanna Borsch, recorder
Monica Germino, violin
Tatiana Koleva, percussion and marimba

Program
Belinda Reynolds : Between You and Me (2001)
Andriessen : Shopping List of a Poisoner (2002)
Chiel Meijering : Milk en Luiman (Part 1, 2000)
Donnacha Dennehy : The Weathering (2004) World premiere
Andriessen : The New Math(s) (2000) with film by Hal Hartley
Tickets : $30

For more information about the whole festival see below, or check the website : www.lincolncenter.org

Festival information
LINCOLN CENTER'S GREAT PERFORMERS PRESENTS SONIC EVOLUTIONS : A LOUIS ANDRIESSEN FESTIVAL
THE FIRST NEW YORK FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO THE AWARD-WINNING CONTEMPORARY DUTCH COMPOSER
MAY 1 ­ MAY 15, 2004

An Eight-Event Multimedia Celebration Featuring Two U.S. Premieres and a Roster of Leading Andriessen Interpreters Including the Bang on a Can All-Stars, ELECTRA, the London Sinfonietta, Orkest de Volharding, Terry Riley, and Louis Andriessen Himself at the Piano.

Lincoln Center's Great Performers will present Sonic Evolutions, the first festival in New York celebrating the music of Holland's master composer, Louis Andriessen, May 1st through the 15th. Noted for his democratic and genre-bending approach to music, Louis Andriessen's musical style is distinctive for blending minimalism with robust harmony and instrumental color. For thirty years he has been an important mentor and colleague to American and European musical iconoclasts, many who will be joining him for this eight-event tribute. These include composer Terry Riley, conductors David Robertson and Reinbert de Leeuw, the Bang on a Can All Stars, Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble, London Sinfonietta and Orkest de Volharding.

The festival will offer two U.S. premieres; film contributions by Hal Hartley, Peter Greenaway and Andriessen protégé Steve Martland; the U.S. debut of jazz/cabaret singer Greetje Bijma; and the New York debut of the ensemble ELECTRA. A number of free pre-concert discussions and interviews with the composer will round out the performances.

Said Jane S. Moss, Vice President of Programming at Lincoln Center, "... We are very pleased to present a festival built around the musical achievements of Louis Andriessen, a maverick composer who defies categorization yet has had a dramatic impact and lasting influence on the music of our time. Performed by a stellar international roster of musicians and ensembles, Sonic Evolutions is certain to reaffirm the wide-ranging significance and unique compositional artistry of Louis Andriessen ..."

Great Performers is sponsored by the American Express Company. Sonic Evolutions highlights include :

The U.S. premiere of the concert version of De Materie (Matter), widely acknowledged as the composer's magnum opus. Dubbed 'Some of the most significant scores produced by a European composer in the last 20 years', by The Guardian, this 1989 operatic musical theater work is in four parts, with texts drawn from 17th century Dutch shipbuilding handbooks, the mystical visions of a 13th century prophetess, Hadewijch, the art theory of the painter Mondrian and the life of Madame Curie. It was originally created in collaboration with director Robert Wilson. The performance will feature the Asko and Schoenberg Ensembles, two vocal soloists, two speakers, and an eight-member vocal ensemble.

The U.S. premiere of the film Rosa, a Horse Drama, Andriessen's controversial opera of sexual obsession, produced with director/film-maker Peter Greenaway. Premiered in Amsterdam by the Netherlands Opera in 1994, Rosa tells the fictional story of Uruguayan composer Juan Manuel de Rosa, his dual love affair with fiancée Esmerelda and a black horse, and his mysterious murder by two strangers.

A special highlight of Sonic Evolutions will be 'Late-Night Cabaret', an intimate evening offering a rare appearance of Andriessen the pianist as accompanist to the extraordinary vocal improvisations of singer/recording artist Greetje Bijma (May 14). Bijma, who makes her U.S. debut at this performance‹is known as an artist who breaks the borders of traditional jazz, rock, and folk with a stunningly acrobatic voice. She was the first woman to receive the Netherlands' highest award to a jazz artist, the Boy Edgar Award, and now performs regularly with Andriessen. The duo's Dutch radio broadcast of an improvised concert was awarded the prestigious international Prix Italia in 1992.

In addition to 'Late Night Cabaret' Louis Andriessen will appear at other events during his Sonic Evolutions festival :

1. He will give two pre-concert discussions hosted by WNYC¹s John Schaefer: one before the U.S. premiere of his masterpiece theater work De Materie (May 1) and one in conjunction with the London Sinfonietta performance of one of his most recent compositions, La Passione (May 15).

2. The composer will also give personal introductions before the back-to-back screenings of two films on May 3. The first, a documentary titled A Temporary Arrangement with the Sea, was written and co-directed by one of Britain's most exciting young composers and a former student of Andriessen, Steve Martland. The film is a personal reflection on Andriessen, combining conversation, theater, literature and historical archive. Said Martland of his mentor in a 2002 interview in The Guardian, '³Without him I would not be a composer, it's as simple as that'. Andriessen will also introduce the U.S. premiere of the film Rosa, a Horse Drama, his collaboration with filmmaker Peter Greenaway about the murder of an imaginary composer.

Louis Andriessen was last represented at Lincoln Center in a major way with the U.S. premiere of the opera Writing to Vermeer (libretto and design by Peter Greenaway) at Lincoln Center Festival 2000. The South Bank Centre in London presented a festival in his honor October 4-17, 2002.

Featured Artists : Some of the leading interpreters of Andriessen's music will appear in Great Performers' Sonic Evolutions.
They are :

The London Sinfonietta, whose all-Andriessen program offers a performance of the composer's La Passione conducted by David Robertson (May 15), a work that the Orchestra commissioned from him and premiered as part of the Andriessen festival at London's South Bank Centre in 2002. The work includes Andriessen's text fragments from WWI poet Dino Campara and the concert will feature the original soloists from the London premiere.

Another long-time champion of the composer, The Bang on a Can All-Stars will return to Great Performers with a program of Andriessen's Dubbelspoor and Hout, and a special performance by composer Terry Riley on piano of his minimalist score In C (May 8). David Lang and Julia Wolfe, two of Bang on a Can¹s co-artistic directors, were both students of Andriessen's.

The 13-member Orkest de Volharding (the word means 'perseverance'), founded by Andriessen in 1972 for a performance of his work De Volharding, will perform a program of film scores during the screening of films and videos by filmmakers (May 12). Orkest de Volharding, dedicated solely to contemporary music, is known for its unconventional instrumentation consisting of primarily brass and winds. Most of its repertoire is written or arranged especially for the group.

The all-female quartet ELECTRA will make their New York debut in a program that includes The New Math(s), an Andriessen score written for the ensemble. The music will be played live to a screening of American independent film director Hal Hartley's grimly funny short about a nightmarish high school math class (May 5).

The Asko and Schoenberg Ensembles, renowned for their dedication to contemporary repertoire, will perform the world premiere of De Materie (May 1). Reinbert de Leeuw, who conducted the world premiere of the opera at the Amsterdam Muziektheater in 1989, will lead the combined ensembles.

SONIC EVOLUTIONS : A LOUIS ANDRIESSEN FESTIVAL
May 1 ­ May 15, 2004

Saturday, May 1, 2004, at 8:00
Alice Tully Hall, Broadway at 65th Street
Asko Ensemble and Schoenberg Ensemble
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor
Susan Narucki, soprano
Christopher Gillett, tenor
Beppie Blankert, speaker
Elina Löwensohn, speaker
Vocal ensemble : sopranos Tannie Willemstijn and Barbara Borden, mezzo-sopranos Marleene Goldstein and Ananda Goud, tenor Richard Zook, baritone Hans Wijers, and bass-baritone Donald Bentvelse
Program:
Andriessen : De Materie (Matter), concert version (U.S. premiere)
Pre-concert discussion with Louis Andriessen and John Schaefer at 6:45
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, the Rose Bldg., 165 W. 65th Street, 10th floor
Tickets: $35

Monday, May 3, 2004, at 6:30
Walter Reade Theater, 165 W. 65th Street
Film: A Temporary Arrangement with the Sea
Written and directed by Steve Martland
Introduced by Louis Andriessen
Tickets: $15

Monday, May 3, 2004, at 8:00
Walter Reade Theater, 165 W. 65th Street
Film: Rosa, a Horse Drama (U.S. premiere): Louis Andriessen, Peter Greenaway
Introduced by Louis Andriessen
Note: Rosa includes explicit scenes of nudity, sex, and violence
Tickets: $15

Wednesday, May 5, 2004, at 8:00
Clark Studio Theater, the Rose Bldg., 165 W. 65th Street, 7th floor
ELECTRA (New York debut)
Marijje van Stralen, soprano
Susanna Borsch, recorder
Monica Germino, violin
Tatiana Koleva, percussion and marimba
Program:
Belinda Reynolds: Between You and Me (2001)
Andriessen: Shopping List of a Poisoner (2002)
Chiel Meijering: Milk en Luiman (Part 1, 2000)
Donnacha Dennehy: The Weathering (2004) World premiere
Andriessen: The New Math(s) (2000) with film by Hal Hartley
Tickets: $30

Saturday, May 8, 2004, at 8:00
Alice Tully Hall, Broadway at 65th Street
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Terry Riley, piano
Program:
Andriessen: Dubbelspoor (Double Track) (1986)
Andriessen: Hout (Wood) (1991)
Terry Riley: In C (1964)
*Pre-concert interview with Terry Riley and Fred Sherry at 6:45
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Tickets: $30

Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at 8:00
John Jay College Theater, 10th Avenue at 58th Street
Orkest de Volharding
Monica Germino, violin
Cristina Zavalloni, vocals
All-Andriessen program:
M Is for Man, Music, Mozart (video: Peter Greenaway)
Passeggiata in tram in America e ritorno (video: Marÿke van Warmerdam, text: Dino Campana)
Workers Union (image manipulations: Eboman)
Y despues (film) (director: Louis Andriessen, choreography/imaging: Betsy Torenbos,
drawing: Floor van Keulen, text: Frederico García Lorca)
Tickets: $45

Friday, May 14, 2004, at 9:00
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, the Rose Bldg., 165 W.65th Street, 10th floor
Late-Night Cabaret
Greetje Bijma, vocals (U.S. debut)
Louis Andriessen, piano
Tickets: $30

Saturday, May 15, 2004, at 8:00
Alice Tully Hall, Broadway at 65th Street
London Sinfonietta
David Robertson, conductor
Monica Germino, violin
Cristina Zavalloni, vocals
Casella/Andriessen: Pupazzetti
Andriessen: La Passione, for solo voice, solo violin, and ensemble (2002)
*Pre-concert discussion with Louis Andriessen and John Schaefer at 6:45
Rose Studio, the Rose Bldg., 165 W.65th Street, 10th floor
Tickets: $50, $35, $22

The discussions are free to all Sonic Evolutions ticket holders. Tickets for Sonic Evolutions performances and screenings are available at the Alice Tully Hall box office, through CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or on the Lincoln Center website at : www.lincolncenter.org, now with instant ticketing.

Louis Andriessen is widely regarded as the leading composer working in the Netherlands today, and is a central figure on the international new music scene. His distinctive music spans many genres.

Born into a musical family in Utrecht in 1939, his father Hendrik was a composer and organist at the local cathedral, his uncle Willem was a pianist, and his older brother Juriaan a composer of film music. Andriessen first studied with his father, continued later at The Hague Conservatory, then traveled to Milan and Berlin for studies with Luciano Berio in the 1960s. He passed through the boundaries of serialism and the experimental avant-garde; developed a style inspired by Stravinsky, Ives, jazz, Bach and be-bop; created his own kind of minimalism, and basically scorned the classical music establishment. In the 1970s, he became politically active and was part of a group that demonstrated at Amsterdam¹s Concertgebouw against its orchestra¹s lack of enthusiasm for living composers. A self-described anarchist, he wanted to erase the line between 'high' and 'low' culture, and vowed never to write for traditional symphonic orchestras, describing them as 'only important for capitalists and record companies'. He has since composed only for specialized ensembles with an eclectic lineup of acoustic and electronic instruments, and his works are frequently dominated by potent wind, brass, and percussion sections, pianos, electric guitars, synthesizers, and a notably rhythmic energy.

Andriessen's regular collaborations with other artists include a series of dance projects, three partnerships with British filmmaker Peter Greenaway (the film M is for Man, Music, Mozart; the stage work Rosa, Death of a Composer; and the aforementioned opera Writing to Vermeer, which was given its U.S. premiere at Lincoln Center Festival 2000), and a collaboration with American film director Hal Hartley for The New Math(s). His major works over the years have explored a number of philosophical themes, such as politics (De Staat 1976), time (De Tijd 1971), velocity (De Snelheid 1983), matter (De Materie 1985-88), and mortality (Triology of the Last Day 1996-97).

Andriessen's compositions‹which number more than 130, have attracted many leading exponents of contemporary music, including the two Dutch ensembles named after his works, De Volharding and Hoketus. Other champions include conductors Reinbert de Leeuw and Edo de Waart, and among the ensembles that have commissioned or performed his works are the Netherlands Chamber Choir, the Schoenberg and Kronos Quartets, the Ensemble InterContemporain, the London Sinfonietta, and the San Francisco and BBC Symphony Orchestras. His most recent commission, a work for solo voice, violin, and ensemble titled La Passione, was from the London Sinfonietta, Festival Hall, and Radio 3.

Andriessen's discography includes all of his major works on the Nonesuch label, as well as Zilver, a two-disc set on New Albion, the Bang on a Can recording Industry on Sony Classical, and many others on Donemus Composers' Voice, NM Classics, and Attacca Babel. Among his numerous awards are two Matthijs Vermeulen Prizes, the prestigious 3M Music Award, and an Edison Award. He has been a professor at The Hague Conservatory for more than two decades, a lecturer at Yale University, a resident composer at Tanglewood, served as Artistic Director of the Meltdown Festival in London, and is also the co-author of a book on Stravinsky, The Apollonian Clockwork. Highlights of his most recent activities include a new theater collaboration with film director Hal Hartley, and commissions from Present Music and Musica Viva/Bavarian Radio Symphony Radio.

Great Performers is sponsored by American Express Company. Additional support is provided by Bruce Kovner, Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Malkin, The Florence Gould Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., Continental Airlines, The Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust, Movado, The Norman & Rosita Winston Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, and E. Nakamichi Foundation. Public support provided by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Additional corporate support is provided by The Bank of New York.

Continental Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center, Inc.

The Sonic Evolutions Festival has been made possible by a grant from the Netherlands Culture Fund with contributions from the Schoenberg Ensemble and the Asko Ensemble, Orkest de Volharding, Gaudeamus Muziekgroep Nederland, and London Sinfonietta.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) serves three primary roles: presenter of superb artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. As a presenter of nearly 400 events annually, LCPA complements the extraordinary offerings of the 11 other Lincoln Center resident organizations with a diverse array of performances. LCPA's wide-ranging activities go beyond its halls with the Lincoln Center Institute, arts-related symposia, family programming, accessibility, and other community initiatives. LCPA provides support and services for the Lincoln Center complex and the 11 other resident organizations. LCPA's distinguished offerings span of the performing arts. In its role as arts presenter, LCPA brings internationally acclaimed artists to hundreds of thousands of people each year through a variety of popular series: American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, and the Mostly Mozart Festival. As the only live performing arts series on television today, the Emmy Award-winning Live From Lincoln Center extends the reach of the Lincoln Center stages to millions of Americans across the country.

Lincoln Center is committed to providing and improving accessibility for people with disabilities. Braille and large-type programs are available for selected Lincoln Center concerts. Wheelchair seating and assisted hearing devices are available at all concert halls and theaters. For information, or to receive a Lincoln Center accessibility guide, call the Department of Programs and Services for People with Disabilities at (212) 875-5375.

Special rates for Great Performers concerts are available for groups of 15 or more by calling the group sales office at (212) 875-5475.

Important Phone Numbers
CenterCharge (For tickets and gift certificates) (212) 721-6500
Programs and Services for People with Disabilities (212) 875-5375
Great Performers hotline (212) 875-5766
Group Sales Office (212) 875-5475