IŠTVAN M. (1928-1990) CHAMBER MUSIC compositions of years 1977-1990 / Dama Dama, Wallinger

Miloslav IŠTVAN (1928-1990): Chamber Music

MICROWORLDS OF MY TOWN (1977) for oboe, clarinet and two violas 12:57

1. Exposition 6:40

2. Interlude con sordini 1:12

3. Recapitulation and Coda 5:02

4. Canto I. (1978-79) for viola solo 6:17

Canzona (1984-85) for alto flute, English horn, cello and piano 13:25

5. =132 6:39

6. =160 6:42

2nd String quartet (1986) 11:08

7. =132 2:07

8. =132 2:26

9. =184 1:58

10. =100 2:17

11. =184 2:19

Trio (1986-87) for clarinet, piano and percussion 14:03

12. =156 2:18

13. =92 2:26

14. =148 (=92) 3:25

15. =96 2:38

16. =148 3:03

MACROWORLDS (1990) - Four Seasons in Performance of Percussion 15:18

17. Desolate Landscape 3:33

18. Winter Landscape with Stars 3:25

19. Intermezzo 1:08

20. Drums of the Spring 3:24

21. Sunlit Seashore 3:27

Total time 73:28

WALLINGER QUARTET: Pavel Wallinger, Jan Vašta, Miloslav Kovář, Jan Škrdlík (7-11)

Emil Drápela, Dana Drápelová, Martin Opršal (12-16)

DAMA DAMA

Ctibor Bártek (Conger Conger, Dan Dlouhý (Dama Dama), Adam Kubíček (Axis Axis), Martin Opršál (Marmota Marmota) (17-21)

Ensemble MONDSCHEIN

Jitka Tomšíčková, Kamil Doležal, Jiří Richter, Jan Pěruška (1-3),

Jiří Richter - viola (4)

Jaroslav Pelikán, Jitka Tomšíčková, Radomír Širc, Hanuš Bartoň (5,6)

The creative career of Miloslav Ištvan (1928-1990) is like a steep and direct road: it has no diversions, no blind alleys - even no rests because each of Ištvan's works offered an opportunity for seeking new methods and dealing with new problems. Ištvan's conviction of the importance of rhythm and colour manifests itself for the last time in Macroworlds - The Four Seasons scored for percussion instruments. The piece was composed for the Dama-Dama, a promising new ensemble at that time. Its posthumous premiere at the International Music Festival in Brno on 4 October 1990 was made possible by Ištvan's son Radomír, a composer as well, who transferred his father's sketch into a score. Fortunately, the composition had been completed and no arrangement was necessary. A year later Macroworlds was awarded the Prize of Czech and Slovak Music Critics.

(Studio Matouš)