57
avant-garde movements of the 20
th
century, led
him to compose his own Horn Trio subtitled
Hommage à Brahms
– inspired by Brahms’
great masterpiece and premiered during the
150
th
anniversary of Brahms’ birth. The concert
also featured works by Olivier Messiaen, David
Gorton and the young Cypriot composer Maria
Avraam, and it was followed by a post-concert
performance on the terrace of Luigi Nono’s
La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura
for
violin and tape.
The 7
th
International Pharos Contemporary
Music Festival concluded on 11 October
2015 with the Cyprus premiere of Frederic
Rzewski’s
The People United Will Never Be
Defeated!
– another impressive work of the 20
th
century.
This piano piece is an hour’s length
tour de force. It is quite rarely performed live,
and has often been described as the
Diabelli
Variations
of the 20
th
century. It consists of 36
variations on the emblematic Chilean protest
song
El pueblo unido jamás será vencido
(“The people united will never be defeated”),
which was a direct protest against the Fascist
coup two years earlier that overthrew the
government of Salvador Allende. The work
was performed by Robin Green – one of the
most talented young pianists of his generation.
He has already appeared in a number of major
festivals in Europe and has performed recitals
in many of the world’s most important concert
venues.
Screenings
A Temporary Arrangement by the Sea
3 October 2015
Directors: Peter West and Steve Martland
Duration: 59’
Amsterdam is one of the last bastions of avant-
garde art. The theatres, clubs and concert halls
of Europe’s most culturally open city have
often proved a welcome haven to artists from
abroad. And it was in Amsterdam that Steve
Martland - one of Britain’s most exciting young
composers - developed his own talents under
the guidance of Holland’s most highly regarded
composer, Louis Andriessen.
Andriessen is becoming an increasingly
ATemporary Arrangement by the Sea
