8TH INTERNATIONAL PHAROS CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
CONCERT
Piano Recital with Joseph Houston in
works by Messiaen, Ives, Xenakis, Scarlatti, Liszt, Thomas Simaku and
Christian Mason
SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER 2016 /
8:30PM
THE SHOE FACTORY, NICOSIA
Dedicated to promoting the linkage between
old and new music so that the listener can be familiarized with the
historical cohesion of music evolution, the 8th International Pharos
Contemporary Music Festival will conclude on Sunday 16 October 2016, 20:30
at The Shoe Factory, with a recital by pianist Joseph Houston, one of the
most sought-after rising stars on the international contemporary music
scene, in an all embracing programme, ranging from Scarlatti and Liszt, all
the way through to Messiaen, Ives and Xenakis, and the Cyprus premieres of
works by Thomas Simaku and Christian Mason.
PROGRAMME:
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Three-page Sonata (1905)
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata for keyboard in E major, K.380 "Cortège" (1754)
Sonata for keyboard in C major, K.159 "La caccia" (1752)
Sonata for keyboard in B-flat major, K.202 (1753)
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Ile de Feu I (from Quatre études de rythme) (1950)
Thomas Simaku (b.1958)
Deux Esquisses
Interval
Christian Mason (b.1984)
Remembered Resonance (2014)
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)
Mists (1980)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Les Cloches de Genève (from Années de Pèlerinage I) (1855)
JOSEPH HOUSTON piano
"Moments of liquid, tranced beauty" - The
Daily Telegraph
Joseph Houston is a pianist based in London
and Berlin. His wide-ranging curiosity has led to activity in a variety of
fields, particularly in Contemporary and Experimental Music. He has
performed throughout Europe and in China, and his playing has been broadcast
on BBC Radio 3 and 4, as well as on Albanian national television. After
studies at the University of York and the Royal College of Music he won 2nd
Prize in the British Contemporary Piano Competition and was selected as a
PLG young artist through which he gave solo recitals at the Southbank Centre
and Wigmore Hall. Other awards include a Making Music Philip and Dorothy
Green Award for Young Concert Artists, an "Emerging Excellence" award from
Help Musicians UK, and selection to be part of the City Music Foundation
young artists scheme. Joseph has given the first performance of numerous new
works, by, among others, Christian Wolff, Thomas Simaku, Colin Matthews,
Christian Mason, Charlotte Bray, Martin Suckling, and Simon Holt. Future
projects include a solo recital for Unerhörte Musik (Berlin); a recording of
solo piano music by Thomas Simaku for Naxos; and a USA tour with violinist
Aisha Orazbayeva in 2017.
INFORMATION & TICKETS:
Information: Pharos Arts Foundation Tel. (+357) 22-663871 /
www.pharosartsfoundation.org
Tickets: €10
for the concerts. All other events are
Free Entrance.
Box Office: Directly from the Foundation’s website
www.pharosartsfoundation.org or Tel. 9666-9003 (Monday-Friday
10:00am-3:00pm)
Educational Activities: The Festival will host a great number of educational
activities, some of them in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and
Culture, which will be open to the public. For more information about these
activities please contact the Pharos Arts Foundation.