40th International Festival
of Contemporary Music
Warsaw Autumn '97
19-27 September
PLUS
Ensemble Intercontemporain + Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart
Polish Radio Experimental Studio + GMEB
Institut International de Musique Eléctroacoustique (Bourges)
Münchener Kammerorchester + Camerata Silesia

CONCERT OF PIANO CONCERTOS
Kancheli, Krauze, Kurtág, Mykietyn

INTRODUCING
Dafô, Ex tempore / Saga duo, Veronica Macchia,
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble

PREMIERE PERFORMANCES
Augustyn, Chołoniewski, Ciuciura, Długosz, Dzenitis,
Gubajdulina, Yanov-Yanovsky, Kilar, Klapper, Krupowicz,
Kutavičius, Mykietyn, Piaček, Schaeffer,
Szalonek, Szeremeta, Szymański, Talma-Sutt, Widmann

MUSIC OF OTHER SPACE DIMENSIONS
Barber: Old Town's church bells performance

AND
Steve Reich & Musicians

Announcing concert:
September 14, Sunday at 3 p.m. Old Town Market Square
Llorenć Barber Vox clamans (Old Town's church bells performance)

September 19, Friday

4 p.m. Polish Music Edition Chamber Music Hall
Wojciech Kilar monographic concert
(organizer: PWM Edition)

7.30 p.m. National Philharmonic, Concert Hall
Andrzej Bauer - cello, National Philharmonic Orchestra,
Jan Krenz - conductor
Tadeusz Baird Third Symphony Witold Lutosławski Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Kazimierz Serocki Episodes Olivier Messiaen Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum

10.30 p.m. Polish Radio "Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio"
Olga Szwajgier - soprano, Tomasz Strahl - cello, GMEB Institut International de Musique Eléctroacoustique (Bourges)
José Manuel Berenguer Mu* Franćoise BarriŹre Dessus la mer* Horacio Vaggione Myr - S* Charles Dodge Fades, Dissolves, Fizzles* Ryszard Szeremeta Un Morceau de Mac**

September 20, Saturday

5 p.m. Academy of Music
Loos ensemble
Huib Emmer Memory Drums Peter van Bergen Factorseries Cornelis de Bondt De Tragische Handeling*

8 p.m. Polish Radio "Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio"
40 years of electroacoustic music in Poland; guest - GMEB
Institut International de Musique Eléctroacoustique (Bourges)
Marek Chołoniewski - electronic instruments, Dorota Imienińska - flute, Jarosław Kapuściński - piano, Urszula Kmieć - harpsichord, Krzysztof Kolberger - voice, Jan Pilch - percussion, Mariusz Pędziałek - oboe, Adam Klocek - cello, Olga Szwajgier - soprano

(program of Franćoise BarriŹre) Pierre Boeswillwald Pathos ad Libitum* Christian Clozier Au Matin* Eugeniusz Rudnik Mobile Erik Mikael Karlsson La Disparition de l'Azur* Richard Karpen Still Life Study No.5*
(program of Józef Patkowski) Włodzimierz Kotoński Microstructures Tomasz Sikorski Diario Magda Długosz Patjan** Dennis Eberhard Icon Magda Klapper Tiergarten. 3rd Level of Gaiety** Michał Talma-Sutt Avalon's Gates**
(program of Ryszard Szeremeta) Franćois-Bernard MČche Nuit Blanche Tadeusz Wielecki The Very True Story* Elżbieta Sikora Suite* Arne Nordheim Solitaire
(program of Krzysztof Knittel) Marek Chołoniewski Lighting 2** Andrzej Dobrowolski Music for Tape and Oboe Solo Jarosław Siwiński Notarimbalo Iris Szeghy Story* Luc Ferrari Presque rien avec filles* Jarosław Kapuściński Catch the Tiger

September 21, Sunday

5 p.m. Royal Castle
Joanna Domańska - piano, Kaja Danczowska - violin, Waldemar Malicki - piano, Silesian String Quartet
Aleksander Tansman String Quartets No. 4 and 6 Karol Szymanowski
Piano Sonata No. 3, Myths

8 p.m. Academy of Music
Isabelle Faust - violin, Münchener Kammerorchester, Camerata Silesia, Christoph Poppen - conductor
Anton Webern String Quartet 1905 (version for string orchestra)* Iannis Xenakis Voile* (Münchener Kammerorchester commission) Jörg Widmann Insel der Sirenen** (Münchener Kammerorchester commission) Stanisław Krupowicz Christmas Oratorio** (Warsaw Autumn commission)

September 22, Monday

5 p.m. Academy of Music
Marie-ThérŹse Yan - recorder, Henryk Kaliński - horn,
Krzysztof Bąkowski - violin, Eugeniusz Knapik - piano,
Stasys Eidrigievičius - actions, paintings
Witold Szalonek Medusa's Dream About Pegasus** (Warsaw Autumn commission) Jerzy Kornowicz Incessant Spinning of the Things Bronius Kutavičius Erotikos** (Warsaw Autumn commission) Paweł Szymański A Kaleidoscope for M.C.E. (violin version)** Marek Piaček Happy Mainstream** (Warsaw Autumn commission), Eugeniusz Knapik Partita

8 p.m. National Philharmonic, Concert Hall
Spring Orchestra of Warsaw Autumn, Jacek Kaspszyk - conductor
Toru Takemitsu Signals from Heaven (Day Signal)* Zbigniew Bagiński The Little Elegiac Symphony Andrzej Panufnik Lullaby Hans Werner Henze Symphony No. 8* Louis Andriessen De Stijl* Toru Takemitsu Signals from Heaven (Night Signal)*

September 23, Tuesday

5 p.m. National Philharmonic, Chamber Music Hall
Nonstrom ensemble with Dorota Anderszewska - violin, Alina Mleczko - saxophone
MW2 ensemble (Adam Kaczyński - artistic director, Mikołaj Grabowski - directing) with actors: Mikołaj Grabowski, Andrzej Grabowski, Andrzej Kierc, Jan Frycz
Anton Webern Quartet op.22 Krzysztof Czaja Votive figures Tom Johnson Simultaneous Progression* Jacek Grudzień Nonstrom Helmut Lachenmann PressionJohn Cage Solo for Voice I Leoncjusz Ciuciura Creatoria II** Adam Kaczyński Shapes Bent Lorentzen Winds

8 p.m. Polish Radio "Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio"
Elisabeth Chojnacka - harpsichord, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Alexei Vinogradov - conductor
Peteris Vasks Flying Birds Music* Bogusław Schaeffer Sinfonietta** Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky Predestination** (Warsaw Autumn commission) Alexander Shchetinsky Face to Star* Yuri Kasparov Seven Illusory Images of Memory* Edison Denisov Chamber Symphony No. 2*

September 24, Wednesday

5 p.m. Academy of Music
Weronika Macchia - Kadłubkiewicz - violin, Nora Novik & Raffi Kharadjanian - piano duo with Zbigniew Łowżył - percussion
Salvatore Macchia Where Light in Darkness Lies* Jo Kondo Retard* Aleksander Lasoń Violin Sonata No. 1 Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Five Pieces Andris Dzenitis Senza Barriera** Luc Ferrari Comme une fantaisie dite des réminiscences*

8 p.m. National Philharmonic, Concert Hall
Steve Reich & Musicians
Steve Reich Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ, Drumming Parts 1&2, Music for 18 Musicians*

September 25, Thursday

5 p.m. Lutheran Church
Ex tempore, Saga duo
Onut_ Narbutait_ Beads* Vidmantas Bartulis I like J.S.Bach* Osvaldas Balakauskas Sölža-Gala* Rafał Augustyn Miroirs** Feliksas Bajoras Missa in musica

8 p.m. National Philharmonic, Concert Hall
Barbara Van den Boom - soprano, Sabine Czinczel - soprano, Ute Wille- alto, Achim Jäckel - reciter
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart, IRCAM - technical co-operation, Anne Manson - conductor
Philippe Schoeller Vertigo Apocalypsis Oratorio* Luciano Berio Laborintus II*

September 26, Friday

5 p.m. Academy of Music
Luisa Castellani - soprano, Dimitri Vassilakis - piano, Frédéric Stochl - double-bass, Jean-Christoph Vervoitte - horn, Vincent Leonard - horn, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Robert Spano - conductor
Franco Donatoni Lem II* Gérard Grisey Accords perdus*Iannis Xenakis Thallein Luciano Berio Calmo* Olivier Messiaen Oiseaux exotiques

8 p.m. National Philharmonic, Concert Hall
Ewa Pobłocka - piano, Paweł Kubica - piano, Zygmunt Krauze - piano, Janusz Olejniczak - piano
Polish Radio Orchestra, Wojciech Michniewski - conductor
Paweł Mykietyn Piano Concerto** György Kurtág ...quasi una fantasia...* Zygmunt Krauze Piano Concerto No. 2* Giya Kancheli Valse Boston*

September 27, Saturday

5 p.m. Academy of Music
Elisabeth Chojnacka - harpsichord, Jadwiga Kotnowska - flute, Dafô String Quartet
Bettina Skrzypczak String Quartet No. 3* Toshio Hosokawa Fragmente II* John Tavener Song Elliot Carter Scrivo in vento Marek Stachowski Musica festeggiante Sofia Gubajdulina new work** Stephen Montague Phrygian Tucket

8 p.m. National Philharmonic, Concert Hall
Peter Jablonski - piano, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit - conductor
Lidia Zielińska Fiction Andrzej Dziadek Impression Wojciech Kilar Piano Concerto (Warsaw Autumn commission)** Krzysztof Penderecki Symphony No. 5

** World premiere
* Polish premiere
All programmes are subject to alteration

Tickets for the Warsaw Autumn performances
can be booked at the Festival Office till August 31, 1997

Festival is held under patronage of the
Ministry of Culture and Art

Organizer: Polish Composers' Union
Co-organizer: Polish Radio S.A.

Partners:
National Philharmonic • F. Chopin Academy of Music • Centre for Contemporary Art - Ujazdowski Castle • Big Ideas Foundation • GMEB Institut International de Musique Eléctroacoustique (Bourges ) • Goethe-Institut Warschau • Institut Franćais de Varsovie • Polish Scientific Publishers PWN • The Royal Castle in Warsaw

The organizers express gratitude for financial assistance provided by:
The Ministry of Culture and Art • Polish Radio S.A. • City Hall of Warsaw • Warsaw Centrum Borough • Governor of Warsaw Province • ZAiKS Authors' Association

and contributors:
Association Franćaise d'Action Artistique • Bank Rozwoju Eksportu Foundation • Batory Foundation • Embassy of the United States of America in Warsaw • Ensemble Intercontemporain • Foundation of Culture • French Embassy in Warsaw • Gaudeamus Foundation • German Embassy in Warsaw • Goethe-Institut Warschau • Institut Franćais de Varsovie • Instituto Cervantes • Kulturreferates der Landeshauptstadt München • LOT Polish Airlines • Ministry of Culture of Lithuania • Ministry of Culture of Russia • ProMusica Yamaha • Royal Netherland Embassy in Warsaw • Siemiens Kulturprogramm • Stiftung für Deutsch-Polnische Zusammenarbeit • The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions • Trust for Mutual Understanding

Venues:
National Philharmonic Jasna 5 Academy of Music Okólnik 2 The Polish Radio "Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio" Woronicza 17 Lutheran Church Plac Małachowskiego The Royal Castle Plac Zamkowy 4

Festival Office:
Rynek Starego Miasta 27, 00-272 Warszawa, Poland
Tel./Fax (48 22) 8310607, Tel. (48 22) 8311634