L’ANGE DU MÉRIDIEN
2020
bell sounds for Masha PRODUCTION CREDITS Music for a sound installation: Pedro Alcalde Sound installation: collective project from the Master in Sound Art of the University of Barcelona (UB) for Sónar + D / CCCB: New Spaces of Sound Irradiation – Transmission and Resistance Sound installation credits: link Venue: CCCB …
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ERDE
2017
PRODUCTION CREDITS Music: Pedro Alcalde / Sergio Caballero String Trio: Raquel Castro (violin), Yuval Gotlibovich (viola), Erica Wise (violoncello); Kolja Blacher (additional violin – track 6) Additional Music: Richie Hawtin, Alva Noto, Mika Vainio Choreographer: Nacho Duato Set: Numen + Ivana Jonke Costumes: Beate Bormann Lighting: Brad Fields Premiered by …
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PSYCHO
HERRMANN Bernard Herrmann’s music for Psycho represents a clear division from the traditions that Hollywood had maintained since the appearance of motion pictures with synchronic sound. There are no melodies or themes, just motifs and textures. With a restricted palette, Herrmann uses exclusively a string orchestra, and “with mute”, the …
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HEVEL
2007
PRODUCTION CREDITS Music: Pedro Alcalde / Sergio Caballero Choreographer: Nacho Duato Set: Jaffar Chalabi Costumes: Nacho Duato Lighting: Brad Fields Premiered by the Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND) Venue: Teatre Auditori Sant Cugat, Barcelona Date: 30th November 2007 BACKGROUND The project came about in a first proposal as a Requiem …
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DEUCES/JULIA
2019
PRODUCTION CREDITS Music: Pedro Alcalde Choreographer: Nacho Duato Set, Costumes, Lighting: Nacho Duato Dancers: Nora Brown, Barbara Melo Freire Voices: Nora Brown, Sandra Bourdais Premiered by the Gauthier Dance – Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart Venue: Theaterhaus – Stuttgart Date: 16th March 2019 BACKGROUND Eric Gauthier, artistic director of the Gauthier …
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VIOLIN CONCERTO
BEETHOVEN If I were asked, musically speaking, which is the second best violin concerto of all times, I would not know what to answer: Bach? Brahms? Berg? However, if the question were, which is the best one, there would be no hesitation: that of Beethoven. The frequently talked-about and much …
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STATIC TIME
2015
PRODUCTION CREDITS Music: Pedro Alcalde / Sergio Caballero Violin: Kolja Blacher Instrument: Stradivari Tritton 1730 Additional Music: Mozart, Schubert, Rachmaninoff Choreographer: Nacho Duato Set: Jaffer Chalabi Costumes: Angelina Altagic Lighting: Brad Fields Premiered by the Staatsballett Berlin Venue: Staatsoper im Schiller Theater – Berlin Date: 14th May 2015 BACKGROUND The …
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COBALTO
2009
PRODUCTION CREDITS Music: Pedro Alcalde / Sergio Caballero Organist: Juan de la Rubia Instrument: Blancafort Organ at the Collbató Church, Montserrat Choreographer: Nacho Duato Set: Nacho Duato Costumes: Lydia Delgado Lighting: Brad Fields Premiered by the Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND) Venue: Teatro de la Zarzuela Madrid Date: 20th March …
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ALAS
2006
PRODUCTION CREDITS Music: Pedro Alcalde / Sergio Caballero Additional Music: Pärt, Massenet, Szymanski, Fuckhead Choreographer: Nacho Duato Stage director: Tomaz Pandur Set: Tomaz Pandur and Nacho Duato Costumes: Angelina Atlagic Lighting: Brad Fields Projections: Zeljko Serdarevic and Dragan Mileusnic Voice: Ana Wagener Premiered by the Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND) …
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KURTÁG: DIARY ENTRIES
Jürgen Petzinger in memoriam PRODUCTION CREDITS Pianist: Pedro Alcalde Piano: Steinway 517.045 Production: Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) Production director: Jürgen Petzinger Realization director: Wolfgang Hoff Sound engineer: Ekkehard Stoffregen Sound editor: Ricarda Molder Date: April-October-December 2001 KURTÁG LATE PIANO WORKS Theodor Adorno noted that the maturity of late works by …
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PREMIERE AT THE MIKHAILOVSKY
SCHUBERT – DEBUSSY – PÄRT After the long standing collaboration as a conductor with Nacho Duato and the Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND) came the first premiere of Duato with his new dance company in Saint Petersburg. I was invited by the Mikhailovsky Theatre to conduct the first representations and …
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PETER AND THE WOLF
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev is possibly the best introduction guide for kids to approach the world of orchestral music. The brilliant idea of linking an instrument to a character throughout the story has turned this score into a classic of the musical repertoire for children. To present …
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MORGEN;
2022
PRODUCTION CREDITS Music: Pedro Alcalde Choreographer: Nacho Duato Set, Costumes: Nacho Duato Lighting: Nicolás Fischtel (A.A.I.) Premiered by the Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND) Venue: Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria Santander Date: 25th February 2022 BACKGROUND The initial idea was to build a ballet on Dorothy Parker’s 1926 poem entitled …
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JARDÍN INFINITO
2010
PRODUCTION CREDITS Music: Pedro Alcalde / Sergio Caballero Additional Music: Schnittke, Tchaikovsky Voice: Lev Nikolaiev Percussion: Percussions de Barcelona (R. Armengol, S. Bel, R. Torramilans and I. Vila) Choreographer: Nacho Duato Set: Jaffar Chalabi Costumes: Carral Asociados Lighting: Brad Fields Premiered by the Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND) Venue: Teatro …
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SÓNAR 2005:
TWO DIFFERENT IDEAS
WEBERN, TAKEMITSU, BARTOK, DEBUSSY, MUSSORGSKY In the two editions prior to 2005, the Sónar Festival featured an inaugural session held at Barcelona’s L’Auditori with proposals aimed at integrating the festival in the city’s circuit of classical venues. In 2004, a select group of electronic musicians was invited to intervene in …
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