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concert Tribute to Pierre Boulez on occasion of his 85th birthday With Daniel Barenboïm and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

With Daniel Barenboïm and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Tribute to Pierre Boulez on occasion of his 85th birthday With Daniel Barenboïm and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

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An exceptional concert in celebration of Pierre Boulez's 85th birthday!

Few twentieth-century composers have left as indelible a mark on music history as Pierre Boulez. His talent was noticed early on by Olivier Messiaen, his professor at the Paris Conservatory, who encouraged him to expand his musical horizons. The young Boulez asserted himself in short order as an important figure of the avant-garde, alongside powerhouses like Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, and Luciano Berio. In addition to his influential work as a composer, Boulez was one of the world’s preeminent conductors and an ardent champion of contemporary music. To help instill an appreciation for avant-garde music in audiences and young artists, he founded concert society Domaine Musical, Paris research institute IRCAM, and the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland.

On the occasion of Boulez's 85th birthday in 2010, the Berliner Staatsoper invited Daniel Barenboim and his orchestra, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, to perform some of the French composer's masterworks: Messagesquisse, with the Egyptian soloist Hassan Moataz el Molla, Anthèmes 2 for violin solo (Michael Barenboim) and live electronics, and Le marteau sans maître with the Welsh contralto Hilary Summers.

Picture © Thomas Bartilla

Cast

  • Hassan Moataz el Molla | Cellist
  • Michael Barenboim | Violinist
  • Hilary Summers | Contralto

Program

  • Pierre Boulez, Messagesquisse, for solo Cello and six Cellos
  • Pierre Boulez, Anthemes II, for Violin and live electronics
  • Pierre Boulez, Le Marteau sans maître, for alto and six instruments
    • I. Avant "l'artisanat furieux"
    • II. Commentaire I de "bourreaux de solitude"
    • III. "L'artisanat furieux"
    • IV. Commentaire II de "bourreaux de solitude"
    • V. "Bel édifice et les pressentiments", version première
    • VI. "Bourreaux de solitude"
    • VII. Après "l'artisanat furieux"
    • VIII. Commentaire III de "bourreaux de solitude"
    • IX. "Bel édifice et les pressentiments", double

Details

  • Directed by:
    • Henning Kasten
  • Venue: Staatsoper Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
  • Production date: 2010
  • Duration: 1 h 18 min
  • Production: © UNITEL
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