Carillon Concert with Electronics

June 29, 2003 at 3 p.m.

Jeffrey Bossin, Carillonneur, Berlin

Electronics: Folkmar Hein and Daniel Teige

Electronic Studio of the Technical University of Berlin

Program

I.

Six Treatments for Carillon (2002) German premiere    Stephen Rush

First Treatment/Tilted Waltz/Cloud Bowls/River Teeth/Homage to Ives/Bolts

II.

Elevation (2001)     Ed Osborn

III.

Paesaggio con campane (2003) World premiere     Stefano Giannotti

IV.

Vox Veterrima (1988)     Ricardo Mandolini

New version created with the help of Michael Hoeldke and Daniel Teige

Organized by CarillonConcertsBerlin in cooperation with the Electronic Studio of the Technical University of Berlin
and with the support of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and the Initiative neue Musik Berlin e. V.

Stefano Giannotti was born in 1973 in Luca, Italy, and is a composer, author, gitarrist und performance artist. He studied composition with Pietro Rigacci. From 1983 to 1990 he gave concerts in many european countries as a member of the group "Trio chitarristico lucchese". From 1998 to 1999 he was a guest of the DAAD Berlin artists program. He has composed orchestral works, songs, chamber music and music for dance productions and for radio programs in Australia and several European countries. His music has been performed at many festivals in Europe, Japan, and the USA since 1989 including during the Donaueschinger Musiktage in 2002. He has won several prizes for his compositions including the Karl-Sczuka-Prize given by the Südwestrundfunk Baden-Baden in 2002.

                                                                Daniel Teige and Folkmar Hein at the computer                                                                       Stefano Giannotti and Jeffrey Bossin

                                                 The composers Mario Verandi and Stefano Giannotti at the concert                                                                    Concert announcement 2003

                                                                                                              The first page of Paesaggio con campane by Stefano Giannotti
                                                               Click here to listen to an excerpt of Paessagio con campane performed by Jeffrey Bossin on the Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten                                                                                                          

Paesaggio con campane consists of phrases and sections that use stylized bell ringing motives (repeated notes, intervals and motives), arpeggios and arabesques played on the carillon at irregular intervals. The piece ends with a four voice texture in the style of a polyphonic Baroque cadence. The electronics are divided into three sections with short rests between them and consist of both electronic sounds as well as of prosaic noises such as pealing bells and children laughing. According to the directions provided by the composer the piece can also be performed as a carillon solo without electronics.