Program includes: Tom Johnson, An Hour For Piano (1971) and Philip Glass, Knee Plays from Einstein on the Beach (1976). Line-up includes: Joseph Kubera (piano); Mary Rowell (violin, arrangements); Geoff Burleson and Joseph Kubera (organs); Eve Beglarian and Ekmeles vocal ensemble (voices).

The S.E.M. Ensemble demonstrates Stockhausen's role and influence in music of the late 50s and 60s, via the performance of three works from the early periods of John Cage, Christian Wolff and Petr Kotik.

Karlheinz Stockhausen's Gesang der Jünglinge (1955-56), in four-channel version prepared by Columbia's Computer Music Center, Kontakte (1958-60), and Mikrophonie (1964-65). Including a pre-concert recorded lecture (from 1960) by Stockhausen on his approach to electronic music.

This year’s Essential Repertoire festival kicks off with an evening of Luciano Berio’s first ten Sequenzas for solo instrument, noted for their virtuosic implementation of extended technique, performed by a generation-defining group of players in New York’s booming new music community.

Rupture: Material Landscape consists of a single video channel, presenting a moving image piece originating from treated and processed 16mm film. Accompanying the moving image presentation, Garet prepares an aleatoric sonic system based on sounds recorded from processed and modified audiocassette tapes.