PERFORMANCES
  (A SELECTION)
  
December 29, 1964    
    Judson Hall    
    New York, NY    
USA     
 


    The Jazz Composer's Orchestra


    Steve Lacy  (soprano saxophone)
    Jimmy Lyons  (alto saxophone)
    John Tchicai  (alto saxophone)
    Archie Shepp  (tenor saxophone)
    Fred Pirtle  (baritone saxophone)
    Michael Mantler  (trumpet, conductor)
    Willie Ruff  (french horn)
    Roswell Rudd  (trombone)
    Paul Bley  (piano)
    Eddie Gomez (bass)
    Milford Graves  (drums)

    Communications No.3

 
 April 1969    

  The Long Concerts    

  Electric Circus    
  New York, NY    
USA    
 

    The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

    and soloists
    conducted by Michael Mantler

    Communications No.6
    
  with Don Cherry (trumpet)
    Communications No.11
    
  with Cecil Taylor (piano)
    Communications No.12
    
 
with Pharoah Sanders (tenor sax)
 


May 11, 1984
    
  WDR     
  (Westdeutscher Rundfunk)    
  Funkhaus    
Cologne    
  Germany    


    The WDR Symphony Orchestra
    conducted by Michael Gibbs
    with
    Michael Mantler
  (trumpet)
    Bill Frisell  (guitar)
    Carla Bley (piano)
    Steve Swallow  (bass)
    Nick Mason  (drums)

    Something There  (excerpts)
    Twenty Five

  
March 13, 1986    

  Opera House    
  Lille    
  France    

    Orchestre de l'Opera de Lille
    conducted by Jean-Louis Forestier
    with
    Michael Mantler  (trumpet)
    Philip Catherine  (guitar)

    Slow Orchestra Pieces 1 - 8

    more information


  
February 8, 1987    

Internat'l Art-Rock Festival    
  Kongresshalle    
Frankfurt    
Germany    


    Michael Mantler
  (trumpet)
    Rick Fenn  (guitar)
    Don Preston  (synthesizers)
    John Greaves  (bass, piano)
    Nick Mason  (drums)

    Alien (Part Three)
    Slow Orchestra Piece No.6
    Slow Orchestra Piece No.3
        (Prisonniers)
    Slow Orchestra Piece No.8
        (A L'Abattoir)
    Alien (Part One)

    plus Jack Bruce  (voice)
    For Instance
    When I Run
    The Remembered Visit
    The Doubtful Guest
    The Hapless Child
    No Answer
    Preview
    Something There

  
April 8, 1989    

WDR    
(Westdeutscher Rundfunk)    
  Oetker Halle    
Bielefeld   
  Germany    

    Junge Sinfoniker Orchester
    conducted by Helmut Imig
    with
    Ruth Sandhoff  (voice)
    Norbert Gottschalk
  (voice)
    Michael Mantler  (trumpet)
    Günther Krause  (guitar)


    Many Have No Speech  (excerpts)
  
June 4 & 5, 1991    

  Donau Festival    
  Stadtsaal    
St.Pölten    
  Austria    


    Nö. Tonkünstlerorchester

    conducted by Michael Gibbs

    Many Have No Speech  (complete)
    orchestra plus soloists
    Jack Bruce (voice)
    Timna Brauer
(voice)
    Linda Sharrock
(voice)
    Michael Mantler
(trumpet)
    Rick Fenn
(guitar)


    Donau
    orchestra plus soloist
    Andy Sheppard
(soprano saxophone)

    Movies One / Six / Eight / Nine
    sextet
    Michael Mantler (trumpet)
    Andy Sheppard (soprano saxophone)
    Rick Fenn
(guitar)
    Uli Scherer (piano)
    Heiri Känzig  (bass)
    Emil Kristof (drums)

    Will We Meet Tonight
    
orchestra plus sextet plus soloists
    Jack Bruce (voice)
    Linda Sharrock (voice)

  
January 16, 1994    

  Danish Radio    
  Copenhagen    
Denmark    

    The Danish Radio Big Band

    conducted by Ole Kock Hansen
    with
    Mona Larsen  (voice)
    and
    Michael Mantler  (trumpet)
    Bjarne Roupé  (guitar)
    Marianne Sørensen  (violin)
    Mette Winther  (viola)
    Gunnar Lychou  (viola)
    Helle Sørensen (cello)
    Kim Kristensen  (piano)

    Cerco Un Paese Innocente (complete)
  
April 22, 1996    

  Teatro Al Massimo    
  Palermo   
Sicily    

    Orchestra Jazz Siciliana
    conducted by Gaetano Randazzo
    with
    Silvia Balistreri
  (voice)
    Michael Mantler
(trumpet)


    Cerco Un Paese Innocente (complete)

August 31 & Sept 1, 1996    
Arken    
Museum of Modern Art    
Copenhagen    
Denmark
    

    The School of Languages  (complete)     

    with
    Jack Bruce  (voice)
    Per Jørgensen  (voice)
    Mona Larsen  (voice)
    Susi Hyldgaard  (voice)
    Karen Mantler  (voice)
    John Greaves  (voice)
    Don Preston  (voice)
    Robert Wyatt  (voice / pre-recorded)

    and
    Michael Mantler (trumpet, conductor)
    Roger Jannotta (clar, bsclar, flute, oboe)     Bjarne Roupé (guitar)
    Marianne Sørensen  (violin)
    Mette Brandt (violin)
    Mette Winther  (viola)
    Helle Sørensen  (cello)
    Tineke Noordhoek  (vibraphone, marimba)     Kim Kristensen  (piano, synthesizers)

    Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
    Strings
 (pre-recorded) conducted by
    Giordano Bellincampi

    more information


 
  
November 21 - 23, 1997    

  Hebbel Theater    
  Berlin    
Germany    

    The School of Understanding

    (complete / revised version of
     The School of Languages
)


    with
    Jack Bruce  (voice)
    Per Jørgensen
  (voice)
    Mona Larsen
  (voice)
    Susi Hyldgaard
  (voice)
    Karen Mantler
  (voice)
    John Greaves
  (voice)
    Don Preston
  (voice)
    Robert Wyatt
  (voice / pre-recorded)

    and
    Michael Mantler
(trumpet, conductor)
    Pelle Fridell (clar, bsclar, flute, oboe)
    Bjarne Roupé (guitar)
    John Von Daler  (violin)
    Mette Brandt (violin)
    Mette Winther  (viola)
    Berit Hessing  (cello)
    Tineke Noordhoek  (vibraphone, marimba)
    Kim Kristensen  (piano, synthesizers)

    Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
    Strings
 (pre-recorded) conducted by
    Giordano Bellincampi

    more information


  
November 13, 1998    

  Forum Neue Musik    
  Funkhaus    
  Hessischer Rundfunk    

  Frankfurt    
Germany    


    Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
    conducted by Peter Rundel

    One Symphony

    more information

  
January 29 - Feb 16, 2002    
  Kanonhallen    
  Copenhagen    
      
       Denmark    

  

March 1- 3, 2002    
  Hebbel Theater    
  Berlin    
             Germany    


    Hide and Seek


    words by Paul Auster
    music by Michael Mantler
    directed by Rolf Heim
    choreography by Tim Feldmann
    scenography by Sisse Jørgensen

    with
    Susi Hyldgaard  (singer)
    Per Jørgensen
  (singer)
    Charlotte Munksgaard
  (actress)
    Pauli Ryberg
  (actor)
    Victoria May/Tina Højlund
  (dancer)
    Timothy Le Roux
  (dancer)


    more information
 
  
September 19 - 21, 2006    

  Porgy & Bess    
  Vienna    
  
Austria    


    Michael Mantler Portrait concerts

    Chamber Music and Songs

    Mona Larsen  (voice)
    Michael Mantler  (trumpet)
    Bjarne Roupé  (guitar)
    Roger Jannotta  (flute, oboe, clar, tenor sax)
    Ed Partyka  (bass trombone, tuba)
    Flip Philipp  (vibraphone, marimba)
    Martin Reiter  (piano, accordion)

    Bernie Mallinger  (violin)
    Igmar Jenner  (violin)
    Judith Reiter  (viola)
    Asja Valcic  (cello)
    Stefan Gfrerrer  (bass)

 
  
November 2, 2007    

  Jazzfest Berlin    
  Germany    
  
    


    
Concertos

    Michael Mantler  (trumpet)
    Bjarne Roupé  (guitar)
    Bob Rockwell  (tenor sax)
    Gerhard Gschlössl   (trombone)
    Pedro Carneiro   (vibraphone, marimba)
    Majella Stockhausen (piano)

    Nick Mason  (percussion)

    The Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin  
    conducted by Roland Kluttig


    more information

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