Speicher d'Enno Poppe : « l’atmosphère d’une autre planète »

By Nicolas Schotter, 13 March 2016

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“Dans cette indétermination entre la note et le son réside toute la richesse de Speicher.”

Reviewed at Coronet Theatre, London on 10 March 2016

Poppe, Speicher (UK Premiere)

London Sinfonietta

Susanna Mälkki, Conductor

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Roy Westbrook, 5th October

Pierre Boulez died in 2016, but on this evidence of this exploration into …explosante-fixe…, his music will live on.

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****1

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Nicolas Schotter

Ancien élève du Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris dans les classes d'Histoire de la musique et d'Esthétique, Nicolas Schotter est ancien éditeur de la version francophone du site Bachtrack. Il continue par ailleurs ses recherches musicologiques sur l'évolution des pratiques musicales liturgiques au XXe siècle.