Exhibition July 4 – 28
The always topical John Cage
Viitasaari Library | Free entry
Exactly 40 years have passed since John Cage’s legendary visit to Time of Music. The exhibition organized in collaboration with Viitasaari-Seura will feature Cage-related photos taken by the Viitasaari-based photographer Mauri Kuokkanen.
Other programme
Festival speech programme
Concerts
Tuesday 4th July
Tue 4th | 7.00 PM
21st Century Voices I
Viitasaari Areena | 39/29 € | Joint ticket for 21st Century Voices concerts on July 4th & 5th 69/52 €
London Sinfonietta
Carina Vinke, mezzo-soprano
Peter Tantsits, tenor
Christian Karlsen, conductor
Hans Werner Henze: Voices, movements 1-11
Riikka Talvitie: Green Tress (fp)
Allison Loggins-Hull: Can you see?
Anna Korsun: Haamu (fp)
Charles Uzor: Parmenides Prooimion (fp)
The concert has an intermission
Wednesday 5th July
Wed 5th | 4.30 PM
Cage & La Barbara
Theatre | 20/14 €
Joan La Barbara, voice
John Cage: Solo for Voice 49 (Song Books); Aria
Joan La Barbara: Erin; Solitary Journeys of the Mind; Windows
Wed 5th | 7.00 PM
21st Century Voices II
Viitasaari Areena | 37/29 € | Joint ticket for 21st Century Voices concerts on July 4th & 5th 69/52 €
London Sinfonietta
Carina Vinke, mezzo-soprano
Peter Tantsits, tenor
Auclair, voice
Mariam Rezaei, turntables
Christian Karlsen, conductor
Hans Werner Henze: Voices, movements 12-22
Tyshawn Sorey: Requiem for a Plague: Coda (fp)
Charles Uzor: 8’46” George Floyd in memoriam
Auclair: In Solidarity With Striking Workers (fp)
Missy Mazzoli: In Spite of All this
Mariam Rezaei: Azadi /Freedom (fp)
The concert has an intermission
Thursday 6th July
Thu 6th | 5.00 PM
Voices & Turntables
Theatre | 25/18 €
Joan La Barbara, voice
Mariam Rezaei, turntables
Joan La Barbara: Urban Tropics
Joan La Barbara & Mariam Rezaei: Duo Improvisation
– intermission –
Mariam Rezaei: Improvisations on two Turntables
Thu 6th | 8.00 PM
In between
Viitasaari Church | 29/22 €
Quatuor Bozzini
Tanya Tagaq: Sivunittinni (2015) (arr. Jacob Garchik)
Alla Zahaykevych: String Quartet (2009)
Cassandra Miller: Warblework (2011/17)
– intermission –
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Enigma (2019)
Friday 7th July
Fri 7th | 5.00 PM
Shimmering Shadows
Chapel | 20/14 €
Norrbotten NEO
Quatuor Bozzini
Liza Lim: Inguz; Bioluminiscence; Amulet; In the Shadow´s Light
Fri 7th | 8.00 PM
Weather Reports
Viitasaari Church | 29/22 €
Riot Ensemble
Aaron Holloway-Nahum, conductor
John Cage: Lecture on the Weather
Tuomas Kettunen: Wheel of Fortune (fp)
– intermission –
Liza Lim: Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus
Saturday 8th July
Sat 8th | 7.00 PM
In a Large Open Space
Viitasaari Church | 5 €
Quatuor Bozzini
James Tenney: In a Large Open Space
Sat 8th | 9.30 PM
Solstices
Viitasaari Areena | 29/22 €
Riot Ensemble
Georg Friedrich Haas: Solstices
Sunday 9th July
Sun 9th | 2.00 PM
Composition course concert
Parish Hall | Free entry
Riot Ensemble
Norrbotten NEO
Quatuor Bozzini
Laura Shipsey
Sunghyun Lee
Anibal Vidal
Yifeng Yuan
Gaia Aloisi
Filippo Lepre
Joel Kirk
Yuto Obata
Athanasia Kotronia
Pilar Miralles
(premieres)
Sun 9th | 5.00 PM
John Cage: Song Books
Theatre | Free entry
Performed by students of the Time of Music course under the direction of Joan La Barbara
Sun 9th | 8.00 PM
Between Light and Dark
Viitasaari Church | 29/22 €
Norrbotten NEO
Djuro Zivkovic: Night Music
Minna Leinonen: Harmaapäätikka
Kate Moore: Blackbird Song
Cecilia Damström: Celestial Beings
– intermission –
Karin Rehnqvist: Musik i natten
Tristan Murail: Feuilles à travers les cloches
Minna Leinonen: Sunken
Mikael Edlund: Trio Sol
Venues
Viitasaari Areena, Urheilutie 9
Church, Kirkkotie 9
Theatre, Koulukuja 8
Parish Hall, Pappilantie 6
School Centre, Koulukuja 2
City Hall, Keskitie 10