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Hendricks, Milan Knížák, Henning Christiansen, Bengt af Klintberg, George Maciunas, and others), old and new, known and unpublished, solos, duos, and with ensemble, played by Anna Clementi, Deborah Walker, Werner Durand, Luciano Chessa, Miroslav Beinhauer.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 William’s ear/L’orecchio di Emmett Williams. Uno pezzo
per pianoforte di Dick Higgins (1977) 10' - Philip Corner (1933) - Toy piano (2012) 3'
- Giancarlo Cardini (1940-2022) - Foglie d’autunno lentamente trascolorano (1983) 7'
- Philip Corner - Small pieces of a Fluxus Reality (2018) 3'
- A. Toniutti - Inspired by La Monte Young’s “Composition 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.