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The sovereignty of pure sound: a Pierre Boulez hommage in Lucerne

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“their Notations had the clean warp and weft of a fine quality weave”
Reviewed at Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne on 23 August 2015
Kurtág, Petite musique solennelle en hommage à Pierre Boulez 90 (New work)
Rihm, Gruss-Moment
Peszat, Pensées Étranglées
Moussa, Crimson, for large orchestra (New work)
Pintscher, Osiris
Boulez, Notations, for orchestra (I-IV;VII)
Lucerne Festival Academy
Matthias Pintscher, Conductor
Ensemble intercontemporain
Mariano Chiacchiarini, Conductor
Julien Leroy, Conductor
Andrew Zhou, Piano
Hazel Beh, Piano
Ensemble intercontemporain revel in the sounds of our time
*****
In Lucerne, Enno Poppe kicks things off in style
****1
Masters of style and grace: Ensemble intercontemporain in Huddersfield
*****
A late night homage to Pierre Boulez
****1
Neuwirth’s Le Encantadas in Lucerne
*****
Sharing a Stockhausen Momente at the Cité de la Musique
****1
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