An unprece­dent­ed week­end dou­ble-head­er of delec­table con­tem­po­rary music (a.k.a. “mod­ern clas­si­cal”) is about to go down at St. Andrews on the Ter­race, fea­tur­ing two of New Zealand’s pre­mier mod­ern music ensem­bles.

The evening of Fri­day May 4 sees Auck­land’s 175 East in The Sleep of Rea­son…, a con­cert fea­tur­ing new­ly com­mis­sioned works by Phil Dad­son and Ross Har­ris, and the world pre­miere of Aaron Cas­sidy’s solo sopra­no sax lung-twister asphyx­ia.

Then on Sat­ur­day night Welling­ton’s Stro­ma present Gnarly But­tons, described as a “cor­nu­copia of con­tem­po­rary clar­inet­tists”.

This is going to be superb. Pro­gramme details after the jump.

175 East: The Sleep of Rea­son…
Pro­gramme:
Aaron Cas­sidy asphyx­ia**
Lyell Cress­well Lacrimae
Phil Dad­son Peace Rites**
Mor­ton Feld­man Three Clar­inets, Cel­lo and Piano
Michael Finnis­sy Alkan-Pagani­ni*
James Gard­ner Throat Clear­ing
Ross Har­ris The Sleep of Rea­son…**
Wolf­gang Rihm Chiffre IV*

** = world pre­miere
* = New Zealand pre­miere

175 East are for­tu­nate to be joined for this con­cert by two extra­or­di­nary guest musi­cians: Richard Haynes (clar­inets and sopra­no sax) and Mark Knoop (piano).

4 MAY 2007, 7.30 PM
ST. ANDREWS ON THE TERRACE
DOOR $20 ($10 CONCESSION)

Stro­ma: Gnarly But­tons
Pro­gramme:
Giac­in­to Scel­si Kya for clar­inet and ensem­ble
Michael Nor­ris Icons and Arti­fice for bass clar­inet duo, ensem­ble and elec­tron­ics
Chris Wat­son Mandible for bass clar­inet
Jorge Sanchez-Chiong Veneno 7 for bass clar­inet duo and ensem­ble
John Adams Gnarly But­tons for clar­inet and ensem­ble

Fea­tur­ing guest clar­inet vir­tu­osos:
Richard Haynes (Aus­tralia)
Duo Stump-Lin­shalm (Aus­tria)
Andrew Uren (NZ)
Patrick Bar­ry (NZ)

5 MAY 2007, 6 PM
ST. ANDREWS ON THE TERRACE
DOOR: UNKNOWN