The Ensemble Sospeso - Pierre Boulez

pierre boulez
boulez at 80

tuesday · 10 may 2005 · 7:30 pm
(the concert begins with a conversation with pierre boulez)
zankel hall at carnegie hall
881 seventh avenue at 57 street · new york

tickets $45/$65 · student/senior discounts available
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The Ensemble Sospeso’s tribute concert to Pierre Boulez, in celebration of his eightieth birthday, brings a diverse group of composers from France, Europe, and America to applaud the career and music of one of the consistently fascinating musicians of our time. These works of tribute—by Bruno Mantovani, DJ Spooky, Brian Ferneyhough, John Zorn, Thurston Moore, Marc-André Dalbavie, and others—will form a tributary around Boulez’s Mallarmé cycle, a fitting homage to the composer’s highly personal poetic world.

Mr. Boulez songs also form an homage to French poet Stéphane Mallarmé, one of his inspirations; the poetry will be read by a very special guest. Mr. Boulez himself will be on hand to rehearse with Sospeso and participate in a pre-concert discussion that will shed light on his music, his unique career, and the musical art in general.

This concert is the major retrospective of Boulez’s music in New York in the year of his eightieth anniversary.

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pierre boulez guest speaker
to be announced recitante
miller puckette live electronics
d. j. spooky live electronics
ikue mori live electronics
susan narucki soprano
bradley lubman conductor


	pierre boulez improvisations I and II on mallarmé (1957—1985) for soprano, percussion ensemble, and instruments guest speaker poetry of stéphane mallarmé john zorn orphée (2004) for ensemble and electronics \| world premiere rand steiger résonateur (2004) for ensemble and live electronics \| world premiere d. j. spooky live remix of pierre boulez's dérive (2005) for ensemble and electronics \| world premiere thurston moore new work (2004) for ensemble \| world premiere bruno mantovani happy b. (2004) for ensemble \| world premiere brian ferneyhough o lux (2004) for ensemble \| world premiere marc-andré dalbavie new work (2004) for oboe soloist and ensemble \| world premiere joshua cody new work (2004) for ensemble \| world premiere