Mechanical Music is still alive -- a great event in Cologne

One of the most important festivals for the music of the 20th century
is the MusikTriennale Cologne from 25th April to 15th of June 2000 with
nearly 150 concerts, i.e., the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York
Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic,
the Cleveland Orchestra, an so on.

This festival will include three concerts with many original compositions
for player piano, most of them world premiere performances, and will
take place in the Museum fuer Angewandte Kunst in Cologne.  The
compositions will be played on an Ampico Boesendorfer grand and an
Ampico Fischer grand.  Visit http://www.musiktriennalekoeln.de

May I announce to you the programs of these three concerts:

The follow-up of Nancarrow
New compositions for Player Piano
Three moderated concerts in the Museum fuer Angewandte Kunst
Conception and Moderation: Juergen Hocker


1. 17th of May 2000, 6 PM
Vom Reproduktionsklavier zur Musikmaschine

A. Composers of the 20th century play their own compositions

 - Alexander Scrjabin (1903)  Poeme Op. 32/1
 - Bela Bartok (1911)  Allegro barbaro
 - Igor Strawinsky (1919)  Piano Rag Music

B. Original compositions for player piano

 - Igor Strawinsky (1917)  Etude pour Pianola
 - Conlon Nancarrow (1964)  Study for Player Piano No. 20
 - Kiyoshi Furukawa(1995/99) 12 forms for Player Piano
 - Daniele Lombardi (1987)  Toccata for Player Piano
 - Conlon Nancarrow (ca. 1972)  Study for Player Piano No. 40a
 - Conlon Nancarrow (ca. 1972)  Study for two Player Pianos No. 40b


2. 24th of May 2000, 6 PM
Conlon Nancarrow and his successors - Known instruments - new sounds:

 - Conlon Nancarrow (ca. 1955)  Study for Player Piano No. 10
 - James Tenney (1964)  Music for Player Piano
 - James Tenney (1974)  Spectral Canon for Conlon Nancarrow
 - Gerhard Staebler (1999)  Playmanic
 - Michael Denhoff (1999/2000)  Drei Improvisationen fuer
      Player Piano Op. 88
 - Krzysztof Meyer (2000)  Les Sons Rayonnants


3. 31st of May 2000, 6 PM
Conlon Nancarrow and his successors - The unplayable as a phenomena

 - Conlon Nancarrow (ca. 1970)  Study for Player Piano No. 33
 - Steffen Schleiermacher (1999) Vier Stuecke fuer Player Piano
      und praepariertes Player Piano:
 - Bjoerks://Prep@red Pl@yer Pi@no P@ir Pop P@s@c@gli@
    - Black Beauty's Clockwork
    - A Young DJ at the Old Academy
    - The Loneliness of the Key in the Lock
 - Daniel Seel (1997/99)   Herangang
 - Georg Hajdu (1998)   Herzstueck
 - Wolfgang Heisig (1999/2000)  KODE
 - Georg Kroell (1999)  Aus dem Tagebuch fuer Klavier, No. 73a.
      Version fuer Player Piano
 - Marc-Andre Hamelin (1998)  Pop Music for Player Piano
 - Marc-Andre Hamelin (1991-94)  Circus Galop,
      Fassung fuer zwei Player Pianos

Greetings from Bergisch Gladbach near Cologne

Juergen Hocker