Aventa performs at the 2009 A•DEvantgarde Festival in Munich, Germany
IgNITE
Open Reading Session – Saturday, September 6, 2008 2:30PM
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)
Sunday, September 7, 2008 8:00PM (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)
Christopher Reiche, Spectrum of a Gesture
Mason Koenig, In the Skin of a Lion
William Peltier, America Shot Webern in the Garden of Eden
Hiroki Tsurumoto, Double Hat Trick
Michel Gonneville, Browsing Agon
Generation 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 8:00pm
Ensemble Contemporain du Montréal, Véronique Lacroix, conductor / Tim Brady, electric guitar / Scott Good, trombone
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)
Michael Berger, Skeleton
Scott Good, Shock Therapy Variations
Brian Harman, Gregarious Machine
Fuhong Shi, Kaleidoscope
Appearances
Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 8:00pm (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (Victoria,B.C.)
Michael Oesterle, Annus Mirabilis (2005)
André Ristic, Sonate de carnaval (2003)
Rolf Wallin, Appearances for 15 players (2007 – N.A. premiere)
L’Arbre de Borobudur
Thursday, Mar. 5, 2009 2:00pm
Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (4584 Blackcomb Way, Whister, B.C.)
Aventa Ensemble / Vancouver Community College Gamelan Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor / Estelle Lemire, ondes Martenot / Mark McGregor, flute / Jon Siddal, gamelan director
Jon Siddal, Fragrance of Cedar for gamelan ensemble
Jennifer Butler, Four Directions for solo flute
Anders Nordentoft, selections from Turmalin for solo flute
Gilles Tremblay, L’Arbre de Borobudur (for gamelan and ensemble)
Aventa wishes to acknowledge The Danish Arts Foundation for their assistance in commissioning Anders Nordentoft’s Turmalin for solo flute.
This concert was made possible with assistance from SOCAN Foundation, Canadian Music Centre and Canadian Heritage.
Shadows
Sunday, May 24, 2009 8:00pm (Pre-concert talk 7:15PM)
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)
Justin Christensen, Matter
Simon Steen-Andersen, In spite of, and maybe even therefore
Rodney Sharman, Couples, Doubles, Pairs
Per Nørgård, Gennem torne
Bent Sørensen, Sirenengesang
Aventa International Tour June 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
PLEX, Copenhagen, Denmark
Poul Ruders, Abysm
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor
PLEX, Copenhagen, Denmark
Paul Frehner, God Save the Human Cannonball
Per Nørgård, Gennem torne
Poul Ruders, Four Dances in One Movement
Michael Oesterle, Annus Mirabilis
Rolf Wallin, Appearances (version for 15 players)
Munich – A•DEvantgarde Festival
Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:30pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Gasteig, Munich, Germany
Paul Frehner, God Save the Human Cannonball *
Rodney Sharman, Couples, Doubles, Pairs
Moritz Eggert, Pong
Jeffrey Ryan, Dark Matters
Michel Gonneville, Browsing Agon
Michael Oesterle, Annus Mirabilis
Aventa wishes to acknowledge The Canada Council for the Arts for their assistance in commissioning Jeffrey Ryan’s Dark Matters.
…it is vital, angular music, which the superb Canadian ensemble Aventa, under the direction of Bill Linwood, implemented with precision” – Sueddeutsche, München
“Moritz Eggert’s “Pong”, based on the computer tennis game, earned an enthusiastic response from the crowded auditorium in the Black Box of the Munich Gasteig.
With the premiere of Paul Frehner’s “God save the human cannonball” was a effective prelude to Munich’s A•DEvantgrade Festival 10. The Montreal composer looked to the festival’s motto “playing” with the phenomenon of ecstasy, as in the amusement park rollercoaster. The dizzying feeling linked with the compulsion to repeat it as often as possible were brought to full effect, thanks to an uncommonly compelling interpretation of the 15 member Aventa Ensemble under the direction of Bill Linwood.” – B5 Kultur, München
New York City – Music of the Aurora Borealis
Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:00pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Mark McGregor, flute
Victor Borge Hall, Scandinavia House (55 Park Ave. at 38th St. New York City)
Paul Frehner, God Save the Human Cannonball (World premiere)
Rodney Sharman, Couples, Doubles, Pairs
Anders Nordentoft, Turmalin (World premiere)
Michael Oesterle, Annus Mirabilis (Version for 13 players)
Poul Ruders, Horn Trio
Rolf Wallin, Appearances (version for 15 players)</ul>