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Grisey and Stockhausen show the value of old-school technique in a festival of music from the recent past and futuristic present.

On a program of musical works with imagery ranging from Mount Fuji to zygotes, the common thread was Japan and the sounds it has inspired over the past few decades.

The final concert in this day-long exploration of Japanese music turned out to be a bit of a mixed bag. It is likely that, with the exception of Toru Takemitsu, few average Western audiences would be familiar with the composers featured in this programme.

Impressionnant de cohésion et d'exactitude, le Quatuor Diotima a interprété une pièce d'aujourd'hui, rendu hommage à une œuvre centenaire puis célébré Ravel, né il y a 150 ans.