Program of Premieres from Oldenburg, Germany:

PROGRAM:

Isabel Kremeskoetter Ein Punkt (A dot) for Speaker, Flute, Violin, D-Bass, Percussion, Piano, Choir*

Christoph Micklisch ... and the food is good.... Improvisation for Tape and Ensemble*

Thorsten Peters My Eyes, for Piano / Speaker and Singer / Speaker*

Angelika Usselmann abhanden(lost), for Voice and Ensemble*

Thorsten Peters C 1 - aus Papier" (C 1 ­ made from paper), for Singer and Tape*

Julia Daniels Thinking of Kundera, for 2 Clarinets, Tenorsaxophon, Percussion and Piano*

Esther Beckert Fuehl einfach gelb und spiel! (Just feel yellow and play!)*

On May 20th, Univ. of Oldenburg Student Composers Student composers from the University of Oldenburg had a chance to show their music on May 20, 1999, at the Frederick Loewe Theater, NYU. The concert consisted of a wide range of styles and compositional techniques, demonstrating the vast array of talent available at the University. Violeta Dinescu heads the group, as faculty and coordinator, and has been very supportive of the group, as demonstrated by her willingness to bring them oversees on such an ambitious exchange project with the NYU school of music.

Among the most prevalent of the works exposed in the concert, three stand out as excellent: Isabel Kremeskoetter's Ein Punkt, Angelika Usselmann's ...abhanden... and Julia Daniels' Thinking of Kundera. The first showed great percussion writing and contrapuntal technique, as did the third. Usselmann's work was by far the most well constructed. The themes unraveled among each other quite deftly and it was pleasant to hear, as a climax, an exact restatement of J.S.Bach's Prelude No.1 from the first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier. The ensemble also did a nice job of playing such a complex piece in such a lighthearted way. Interesting amongst the instrumentation and orchestration was the opening pairing od bass and cello, a pair which continued throughout the piece to the end. The cellist was excellent, and the percussionist, borrowed on the spot from NYU, did a nice job of sight-reading such a difficult part. Christoph Micklisch's piece ...and the food is good... provided some light humor to the concert and Peters' My Eyes was laden with heavy electronic imagery.

The whole group deserved praise for their work. They were extremely supportive of each other, as is attested by their contributions to their peers' music. Most of the sang or played in all the large ensemble pieces. (Eric Foinquinos)

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