A late night homage to Pierre Boulez

By James Imam, 07 September 2016

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“Baldur Brönnimann resembled Boulez himself, manoeuvring two batonless hands to slice up the sound”

Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 2 September 2016

Bartók, 3 Village Scenes

Boulez, Anthèmes II

Carter, Penthode

Boulez, Cummings ist der Dichter

BBC Singers

Ensemble intercontemporain

Baldur Brönnimann, Conductor

Ensemble intercontemporain revel in the sounds of our time

Christopher Woodley, 3rd May

The charismatic Ustina Dubitsky leads EIC in first-rate performances, including a world premiere from Katherine Balch, to support of Wigmore Hall's flagship ‘Voices of Today’ initiative.

*****

In Lucerne, Enno Poppe kicks things off in style

Elodie Olson-Coons, 13th August

The Lucerne Festival's 2023 composer-in-residence conducts a masterful Prozession alongside the world premiere of Blumen.

****1

Masters of style and grace: Ensemble intercontemporain in Huddersfield

Christopher Woodley, 19th November

Ensemble intercontemporain finally make it to the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival – and leave an indelible mark with their unrivalled artistry.

*****

Neuwirth’s Le Encantadas in Lucerne

Sarah Batschelet, 14th August

At the Lucerne Festival, composer Olga Neuwirth, Ensemble Contemporain and a sound team from IRCAM recently shone in a theatrical performance of an complex and ocean shore-inspired score.

*****

A Pierre Boulez hommage in Lucerne

Sarah Batschelet, 23rd August

The Lucerne Festival recently celebrated the life and musical achievement of the great French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

***11

Sharing a Stockhausen Momente at the Cité de la Musique

Leopold Tobisch, 25th March

Péter Eötvös conducts the WDR choir and the Ensemble Intercontemporain in Stockhausen at the Cité de la Musique.

****1

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

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