Ensemble MD7

25th Slovenian Music Days

Ensemble MD7         

Matej Zupan, flutes
Jože Kotar, clarinets  
Miha Šuler, trombone  
Franci Kreuh, percussion  
Luca Ferrini,piano
Katja Krajnik, viola
Igor Mitrovič, cello

Soloists:
Jože Kotar, klarinet
Oskar Laznik, alt saksofon
Franci Krevh, tolkala

Conductor: Steven Loy
Artistic Director: Pavel Mihelčič

Programme:

Giampaolo Coral: Ablutio vel mundificatio mundi
Ivo Petrić: Mozaiki za klarinet in komorni ansambel (1964)
(Jože Kotar, klarinet)
Nana Forte: Preštevanje, tehtanje... izštevanje duš II 
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Harue Kunieda: Recitation III
Pavel Mihelčič: Timber-Line (1978)  - nova verzija
Nina Šenk: Rez – nova verzija
(Oskar Laznik, alt saksofon)

In its eight years of continuous operation (the first concert was given by a smaller group of performers on 20 November 2002), new works have been written for the ensemble for contemporary music MD7 by numerous Slovenian and foreign composers. To date, some 55 new (and performed) compositions have been written for the ensemble. Six new works by Slovenian composers will now be added to this total. At the Slovenian Music Days the ensemble will give premiere performances of compositions by: Črt Sojar Voglar, Ambrož Čopi, Aldo Kumar, Janez Gregorc, Rok Golob and Corrado Rojac. A further three Slovenian and three foreign composers are currently creating new works for the ensemble. Thus within a period of eight years almost 70 new works will have been composed for Ensemble MD7. The ensemble has produced three CDs and performed numerous concerts both in Slovenia and abroad (Croatia, Ireland, Austria, Romania, Italy), becoming a genuine ambassador for Slovenian chamber music.

Pavel Mihelčič