Anniversaire Boulez | 100

Date & Time

Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 20:00

Venue

Cité de la musique, Salle des concerts (Paris)

In honour of the centenary of Boulez’s birth, Ensemble Intercontemporain and Les Métaboles revisit cummings ist der dichter and sur Incises, two masterpieces emblematic of his sources of inspiration and compositional process.

Keywords: Early Music

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Musicians

Ensemble intercontemporain
Jeanne Maugrenier	Horn
Les Métaboles
Pierre Bleuse	Conductor
Léo Warynski	Chorus Master

Program

Assonance IVb, pour cor	Michael Jarrell
cummings ist der dichter	Pierre Boulez
Œuvre nouvelle	Michael Jarrell
sur Incises	Pierre Boulez

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