Concerts and Lectures Program for Holy Fluxus: From the Collection Francesco Conz

Holy Fluxus I – Fluxus Pieces 1

16.07. Anna Clementi, Deborah Walker, Werner Durand, Luciano Chessa, Miroslav Beinhauer


Compositions by authors of the Fluxus movement (Philip Corner, Geoffrey Hendricks, Milan Knížák, Henning Christiansen, Bengt af Klintberg, George Maciunas, and others), old and new, known and unpublished, solos, duos, and with ensemble, played by Anna Clementi, Deborah Walker, Werner Durand, Luciano Chessa, Miroslav Beinhauer.

La Monte Young Composition 1960 #7 (1960) Miroslav Beinhauer, piano 2'

Henning Christiansen Mond-Glass-Fiber-Rohr (1986) Werner Durand, wind 3'

Philip Corner CELLO WALKING - I. Walk the walk (2017) Deborah Walker, cello 3'

Milan Knížák Sadnes Intruding (2016 Miroslav Beinhauer, piano 7'

Geoffrey Hendricks Sky Music (1985) Deborah Walker, cello & Werner Durand, frog horn 3'

George Maciunas Solo for Violin (for Sylvano Bussotti) (1962) Luciano Chessa, violin 4'

Dieter Schnebel An-sätze (1985) Anna Clementi, voice 6'

Milan Knížák n! (1972) Miroslav Beinhauer, piano 8'

Bengt af Klintberg Triad No. 1 (2021) Werner Durand, bottles 5'

George Maciunas Solo for Sick Man (1962) Anna Clementi, voice 5'

Philip Corner GOOD JEW, after a listen to Julius Eastman's 'Evil Nigger' version for five (2021) 10'
Deborah Walker, Anna Clementi, Werner Durand, Luciano Chessa, Miroslav Beinhauer

Total duration: 58'

Break 20 minutes

Excursions into Glossolalia I

Hanns Zischler and the poetry ring, with Christian Banzhaf, Irene Baumann, Ingmar Böske de Lima, Johanna Polley, Charlotte Schön and Melanie Tóth ca. 20'

Holy Fluxus II – Fluxus Organ & Associates

23.07. Luciano Chessa, organ

Organ concert with works by composers not only from the Fluxus movement (Sylvano Bussotti, Philip Corner, Henning Christiansen, Györgi Ligeti, Eric Andersen, Giuseppe Chiari and others) played by Luciano Chessa.

Giuseppe Chiari DO (1950) organ adaptation by Luciano Chessa (2011) 6'

Philip Corner Mississippi River South of Memphis (1964) 7'

Henning Christiansen Fluxorum Organum Eurasienstab, Opus 39 (1967) 15'

Sylvano Bussotti Variazioni Chessa (2010) Luciano Chessa, piano & glockenspiel, EU premiere 11'

Chris Newman Song to God (1994) 7'

Györgi Ligetti Volumina (1961-62, 1966) 15'

Eric Andersen Organo con legno e/o piombo (1962) 10'

Total duration: 71'

Holy Fluxus III - Lecture

26.07. Rudolf Zwirner, Fluxus ca. 45'

Holy Fluxus IV – Awakening the Intonarumori

30.07. Anna Clementi, Luciano Chessa, Werner Durand – new pieces for intonarumori

New compositions for intonarumori, the original instruments of the Italian Futurists, by various composers (Elliott Sharp, Luciano Chessa, Milan Knížák, Blixa Bargeld, Werner Durand and others), played by Anna Clementi, Luciano Chessa and Werner Durand.

Eliott Sharp Ontica (2023, premiere) Anna Clementi, Luciano Chessa, Werner Durand (intonarumori) 5'

Luciano Chessa Příliš hlučná samota (2017) Luciano Chessa (intonarumori) 8'

Milan Knížák F.UT.URISM (2023, premiere) Anna Clementi, Luciano Chessa, Werner Durand 10'

Peter Ablinger WEISS / WEISSLICH 17s (2023, premiere) Luciano Chessa (with playback) 3'

Werner Durand Just Intona ... Rumori! (2024, premiere) Luciano Chessa, Werner Durand (with playback) 13'

Blixa Bargeld The Mantovani Machine, part 3 (2013) Anna Clementi, Luciano Chessa, Werner Durand 15'

Anna Clementi Tende e filetto (2024) Anna Clementi, Luciano Chessa, Werner Durand (intonarumori),
Anna Clementi (voice)
(with playback) 12'

Total duration: 66'


Holy Fluxus V – Open Cage

06.08. Agnese Toniutti

Solo concert dedicated to John Cage and related authors, played by Agnese Toniutti.

Open Cage

prepared piano, string piano, piano, toy piano

John Cage - Suite for Toy Piano (1948) 7'

  • John Cage - Sonatas and Interludes (1946/48): part I 30'
    Sonata I, II, III, IV

First Interlude

Sonata V, VI, VII, VIII

Second Interlude

  • Agnese Toniutti - Homage to Indeterminacy 5'
  • Tan Dun - C-A-G-E Fingering for piano (1993) 11'
  • John Cage - In a landscape (1948) 8'

Total duration: 62

Holy Fluxus VI

13.08. Miroslav Beinhauer – Fluxus Piano

Solo concert dedicated to composers of the Fluxus movement (Eric Andersen, Toshi Ichyianagi, Milan Knížák, Ken Friedman) and their compositions, played by Miroslav Beinhauer. In Eric Andersen's composition, Petr Bakla (compositions for four hands) will perform together with Miroslav Beinhauer as a guest.

Eric Andersen Opus 1961 (1961) Miroslav Beinhauer & Petr Bakla 10‘

Milan Knížák n! (1972) 8‘

Milan Knížák Tramp Sonate or Looking for Context (2021) 12‘

Ken Friedman Rational Music (1987) 30‘

Total duration: 60'

Fluxus VII - Charlotte Moorman at the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Matthäikirchplatz

17.08. Katharina Haider, Tabea Schrenk, Weronika Trojanska, Deborah Walker

Katharina Haider (restorer) on Charlotte Moorman's performances with the cello bomb

Weronika Trojanska (artist) and Deborah Walker (cello), "Considerations towards a re-enactment of John Cage's 26'1.1499"

Tabea Schrenk and Katharine Haider (cello) plays John Cage, 26'1. 1499", on the bomb cello by Charlotte Moorman and Nam June Paik

ca.60'

Holy Fluxus VIII – Fluxus Cardboards

20.08. Agnese Toniutti

Fluxus cardboards

piano, toy piano


Solo concert dedicated to composers of the Fluxus movement (Mieko Shiomi, Dick Higgins, Philip Corner, Giancarlo Cardini and others) and their compositions, played by Agnese Toniutti.

  • Mieko Shiomi (1938) - Falling event for a pianist (2022), for piano, narrator, cardboards and stairs 7'
  • Dick Higgins (1938-1998) - Emmett Williams ear/Lorecchio di Emmett Williams. Uno pezzo
    per pianoforte di Dick Higgins
    (1977) 10'
  • Philip Corner (1933) - Toy piano (2012) 3'
  • Giancarlo Cardini (1940-2022) - Foglie dautunno lentamente trascolorano (1983) 7'
  • Philip Corner - Small pieces of a Fluxus Reality (2018) 3'
  • A. Toniutti - Inspired by La Monte YoungsComposition 1960 #15 to Richard Huelsenbeck” 4'
  • Philip Corner - Man in Field (the sound as Hero") (2020) 7'
  • Mieko Shiomi - Direction music for a pianist (1990), piano, narrator and cardboards 26'

Total duration: 63' (minus Composition #15)

Holy Fluxus IX – Piano Associations

27.08. Miroslav Beinhauer, piano

Solo piano concert dedicated to contemporary music of American and Czech composers and their compositions (Philip Glass, John Cage, Petr Bakla), played by Miroslav Beinhauer.

Philip Glass Two Pages (1968) 25'

John Cage Dream (1948) 8'

Petr Bakla Portfolio (excerpt) (2010/2019-2020) 25'

Total duration: 58'

Break 20 Minutes

Excursions into glossolalia II

Hanns Zischler and the poetry ring, with Christian Banzhaf, Irene Baumann, Ingmar Böske de Lima, Johanna Polley, Charlotte Schön and Melanie Tóth ca. 20'

Holy Fluxus X

30.08. concrete/unexpected. Texts by Eugen Gomringer, spoken & performed

by Nora Gomringer & jazz drummer Günter Baby Sommer ca. 70'

Holy Fluxus XI – Fluxus Pieces 2

03.09. Anna Clementi, Deborah Walker, Werner Durand

Compositions by authors of the Fluxus movement (Yoko Ono, Philip Corner, Geoffrey Hendricks, Henning Christiansen, Bengt af Klintberg, Giuseppe Chiari and more), played by Anna Clementi, Deborah Walker and Werner Durand.

Philip Corner CELLO WALKING - Præludium: cello slow drag (2017) Deborah Walker, cello 4'

Giuseppe Chiari Per Arco (1963) Deborah Walker, cello & tape 9'

Öyvind Fahlström Morgon (1952-55) Anna Clementi, voice 6'

Henning Christiansen Wolfsflöte (1986) Werner Durand, wind 4'

Sten Hanson A Living Man (poem) (1971) Anna Clementi, voice 4'

Henning Christiansen Sturmsax (1986) Werner Durand, wind 4'

Yoko Ono Voice Piece for Soprano (scream against the sky) (1961) Anna Clementi, voice 3'

Yoko Ono Voice Piece for Soprano (scream against the wall) 1961) Anna Clementi, voice 3'

Yoko Ono Voice Piece for Soprano (scream against the wind) (1961) Anna Clementi, voice 4'

Giuseppe Chiari Metodo teorico e pratico per suonare il violoncello (1962) Deborah Walker, cello 8'

Bengt af Klintberg Triad No. 2 (2021) Werner Durand, bottles 6'

Philip Corner GOOD JEW, after a listen to Julius Eastman's 'Evil Nigger' version for three (2021) 8'
Deborah Walker, Anna Clementi, Werner Durand

Total duration: 63'

The concert program as part of the exhibition "Holy Fluxus - From the Francesco Conz Collection" was put together by Petr Studeny (Prague) together with the soloists. With the exception of the performance on Charlotte Moorman in the Museum of Decorative Arts on the occasion of the exhibition of the "Avantgarde Beetle", all events take place in St. Matthew's Church and are free of charge. The cello project by Katharina Haider was kindly supported by the Corona funding line of the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation.