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EMERGING ENSEMBLE: CONTINUUM XXI AT TIME OF MUSIC
Organised by Time Of Music, Finland
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In the early years of Time of Music Festival, Renaissance and Baroque music was often combined in concerts with the experimental new music of our time.
German-Spanish ensemble Continuum XXI, performing on Baroque instruments, has become known for combining works from the Baroque period with new compositions. In this concert, we hear the world premiere of Lauri Supponen’s piece southwest, written for Continuum XXI. The work is a co-commission by Time of Music, Mixtur Festival in Barcelona, and the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Music in the context of the ULYSSES Platform.
The programme also features music by several composers including Händel, Scelsi, Ligeti, Arroyo, and Monteverdi. There will be improvised sections by the performers between the works.
Performers
Continuum XXI
Moisés Maroto, recorder
Marta Ramírez, baroque violin
Marina Cabello, viola da gamba
Dario Tamayo, harpsichord / organ
Ana Simón, percussion
Alberto Arroyo, cond.
Programme
Georg Friedrich Händel: Trio Sonata in B flat major HWV 388
Andante-Allegro-Larghetto-Allegro
Lauri Supponen: lounas – southwest (premiere)
Alberto Arroyo: Qué extraño pájaro
György Ligeti: Continuum
Giacinto Scelsi/Continuum XXI: Improvisation
Nicola Matteis: “Diverse bizzarrie sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona”
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Alberto Arroyo: collapse
Claudio Monteverdi:Sinfonia e Ballo (from “Ballo del Ingrate”)
Giacinto Scelsi: Quays
György Ligeti (Alberto Arroyo/Moisés Maroto): Musica ricercata
Within the ULYSSES Platform, Continuum XXI also performed alongside IEMA-Ensemble 2025/56 and was presented by Divertimento Ensemble earlier this year.
