DESCRIPTION:
excerpts from the world premiere of Louis Andriessen's La Girò, for violin and large ensemble. MITO Settembre Musica Festival - 5 September, 2011, Milan, Italy. Monica Germino, violin/voice; David Atherton, conductor; London Sinfonietta;
Sound Intermedia

Louis Andriessen's La Girò for violin and large ensemble features Monica Germino as soloist, and has a distinctly Italian theme as the composer explains: "When Enzo Restagno asked me to write a piece for this year's MITO Festival, I was honoured because in the early sixties I lived in Italy for a year, and ever since then I have felt a strong bond with that country.
In La Girò I am musing about a composer I admire a lot: maestro Antonio Vivaldi. The title refers to Anna Girò, Vivaldi's favourite singer. The piece would not have become the 'performance' it is without its dedicatee, the violinist Monica Germino. The soloist (La Girò, perhaps?) does not only play the violin. She also sings an Italian song, whispers and talks, tells stories and dreams. The ensemble consists of a small chamber orchestra, with an added piano, harp, cimbalom and some percussion. The piece has four parts: the first three form a kind of concertino while the actual musical drama takes place in the fourth, slow part."

selected performances:
world premiere: MITO Settembre Musica Festival: 5 & 6 September in Milan & Torino (2011) by Louis Andriessen

5 September, 2011
MITO Settembre Musica Festival
world premieres: Louis Andriessen's La Girò, Harrison Birtwistle, Matteo Franceschini & Fabio Vacchi
Monica Germino, violin/voice
London Sinfonietta; David Atherton, conductor
Sound Intermedia
venue: Teatro Dal Verme; Milan, Italy
Live broadcast by Italian National Radio 3

6 September, 21.00 - MITO Settembre Musica Festival
venue: Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi; Torino, Italy

info London Sinfonietta: http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/node/786
info MITO: http://www.mitosettembremusica.it/en/programma/artisti/germino-e.html

2012:
12 January, 20.15
Netherlands premiere of La Girò (2011) by Louis Andriessen
Donderdagavond series - PROMS: Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
program: The dreams of Anna Girò
plus music by Zygmunt Krauze
Monica Germino, violin/voice; Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor; Asko|Schönberg
Live broadcast by Dutch National Radio 4 (NTR)

28 February, 20.00
USA premiere of La Girò (2011) by Louis Andriessen
Green Umbrella Series: Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Monica Germino, violin/voice; Cristina Zavalloni, voice; Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor; L.A. Philharmonic New Music Group
info: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/02/los-angeles-philharmonic-announces-2011-2012-season.html

13 July, 20.00
International Bartók Seminar and Festival
Festival opening concert
Hungarian premiere of Louis Andriessen's La Girò
Monica Germino, violin; Savaria Symphony Orchestra; Howard Williams, conductor
music by Bartók, Andriessen, Horváth & Adams
venue: BARTÓK HALL; Szombathely, Hungary
info: www.bartokfestival.com

3 September, 20.00
Gaudeamus Muziekweek, opening concert
Louis Andriessen: La Girò
plus music by Martijn Padding, Marko Nikodijevic, Andys Skordis, Charlie Piper
Monica Germino, violin/voice
Etienne Siebens, conductor; Asko|Schonberg
venue: Geertekerk; Utrecht, the Netherlands
Live broadcast by Dutch National Radio 4 (NTR)
info: http://www.muziekweek.nl/programma/muziekweek12/12_09_03_Asko_Schonberg.php

14 december, 19.00
The "Brand-New Music" Festival
Polish premiere of Louis Andriessen's La Girò
Monica Germino, violin/voice
The New Music Orchestra; Szymon Bywalec, conductor
Katowice, Poland
info:http://www.am.katowice.pl/?a=wydarzenie&id_item=3507

for more details & info, please see:
http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/La-Gir/56280