The concert by the ensemble intercontemporain at mit last friday was yet another testament to the extensive creativity of the composers of this century. Within michael jarrells oeuvre, cassandre represents the culmination and synthesis of an initial and extremely fruitful creative period, even if the selection of the works text was dictated. Ensemble intercontemporain is a parisbased, worldrenowned ensemble of 31 fulltime musicians dedicated to performing and promoting contemporary chamber mus. Claude vivier bouchara chanson damour, pour soprano et ensemble helene fauchere, soprano photo ensemble intercontemporain paul fitzsimon, direction enregistre par radio france en direct le 05. Limiting itself to composers born during the first quarter of the century, the program still managed to be striking in its great variety of musical styles. Yet for those who like a challenge and intellectual stimulation, this is like a sevencourse meal. Ensemble intercontemporain biography, albums, streaming links. Matthias pintscher is music director of the ensemble intercontemporain and currently in his seventh and final year as artist in association with the bbc scottish symphony. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. The park avenue armory conservancy is a notforprofit organization dedicated to restoring the park avenue armory and bringing it back to life as a dynamic center for the visual and performing arts, following a model of adaptive reuse for artistic uses found in several european and american cities, but not in new york.
Cassandre astrid bas actress, ensemble intercontemporain, susanna malkki conductor. Boulez, who has been in charge of the ensemble since its inception, invited 31 players to make up the ensemble. The ensemble comprises a core of around 20 virtuoso musicians from australia and around the world. The ensemble intercontemporain is a music ensemble of 31 soloists dedicated to the performance and promotion of music from the 20th and 21st centuries. Complete your hugues dufourt jonathan harvey gerard grisey ensemble intercontemporain, pierre boulez collection. Ensemble intercontemporain wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. The 168 best classical music recordings the telegraph. Nicolas crosse premiered by ensemble intercontemporain. Pierre jodlowski 1971 mixtion steve reich 1936 new york counterpoint luciano berio 19252003 sequenze viib gordon kampe 1976 ruths piece ruth. Ensemble intercontemporain is a parisbased, worldrenowned ensemble of 31 fulltime musicians dedicated to performing and promoting contemporary. Ensemble intercontemporain album discography allmusic. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Transitions 2016, sono luminus dsl92202 transitions 2016, sono luminus dsl92202. Ensemble intercontemporain biography, albums, streaming.
Rituel composed 1974 recorded in november 1976 at heny wood hall london, england. Buy ensemble intercontemporain tickets from the official site. Music profile for david robertson, born 19 july 1958. The ensembles 31 soloists share a passion for 20th21st century music. French composer blaise ubaldinis credits include performing jazz and rock and working closely with ensemble intercontemporain. It was founded by pierre boulez in 1972 for this purpose, the first permanent organization of its type in the world.
Ensemble members often function as a soloists with the group. Cd kaufen eur 18,99 inklusive kostenloser mp3version dieses albums. Orchestral music of roger reynolds, symphonymyths, whispers our oof time, symphonyvertigo. Lawrence michael larry beauregard october 14, 1956 september 4, 1985 was a canadian flautist. Sequenza xii is a composition for solo bassoon, written by luciano berio in 1995 osmondsmith 2001, and part of a series of fourteen sequenze composed between 1958 and 2002. Cluster ensemble plays philip glass cluster ensemble. Philippe muller born april 20, 1946 in mulhouse is a french cellist and pedagogue. In 1935, citation needed the kleiber family emigrated to buenos aires and karl was renamed carlos. The ensemble uses an innovative staffing plan where members sign to longterm.
The ensemble intercontemporain was formed in 1976 by pierre boulez. For him, each work is a potentially ceaseless torrent of musical. Evan hughes baritone, ensemble intercontemporain, matthias pintscher. Widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time and as a uniquely significant interpreter of piano repertoire from every age, pierrelaurent aimard, is our artist of the season. This project is carried out in conjunction with a programme of public information and the training of young instrumentalists. Music profile for pierre boulez, born 26 march 1925. His first contact with the cello was under the guidance of dominique prete, professor at the national school of music and soloist with the philharmonic orchestra of his native city. Ensemble intercontemporain doesnt necessarily aim to excite vast crowds, and yet uc berkeleys hertz hall was fairly full for fridays concert, the first of its residency as part of calperformances berkeley radical program. Based in paris, ensemble intercontemporain is one of the leading performance organizations devoted to new music, and is closely associated with composerconductor pierre boulez, a leader of the european. Here is the third release in the collaboration between the ensemble intercontemporain and alpha. So some modern masterpieces are not listed here because there is. Discography commercial recordings lp asterisk denotes an allreynolds lp epic space. Kammermusik chamber music ensemble intercontemporain, barenboim, boulez. Eclatmultiples composed 1974 recorded in paris at ircam, december 1981 in connection with the festival dautomne pierre boulez cycle.
Music profile for ensemble intercontemporain, formed 1976. In the first twenty years of its existence, the ensemble performed over 1,400 different works, including 200 world premieres, of which 115 were specifically commissioned for the group. Workshop with members of ensemble intercontemporain. Boulez conducts webern by berliner philharmoniker and. Best small ensemble performance with our without a conductor 26 boulez le marteau sans maitre, derive 1, derive 2 pierre boulez, conductor hilary summers, contralto ensemble intercontemporain deutsche grammophon a database of former grammy award winners can be found here. Members of ensemble intercontemporain lead a workshop on performing and interpreting contemporary music for musicians and music lovers. This time the musicians of the ensemble and their conductor matthias pintscher focus on american music. Pierre boulez was born on 26 march 1925, in montbrison, a small town in the loire department of eastcentral france, to leon and marcelle nee calabre boulez. Jun 22, 2012 the graying but still spry grandfather of newmusic groups, the ensemble intercontemporain, said on friday that the composer and conductor matthias pintscher would become its next music director, starting in 20. Based in paris, ensemble intercontemporain is one of the leading performance organizations devoted to new music, and is closely associated with composerconductor pierre boulez, a leader of the european read full biography. The elision ensemble often referred to as simply elision is a chamber ensemble specialising in contemporary classical music, concentrating on the creation and presentation of new works. Ensemble intercontemporain music, videos, stats, and photos. Matthias pintscher is the music director of the ensemble intercontemporain, one of the worlds leading contemporary music ensemble founded by pierre boulez.
Boulez, bbc symphony orchestra, ensemble intercontemporain. A guide to pierre boulezs music music the guardian. Discography articles and essays the roger reynolds. As a youth, he had an english governess and grew up in english boarding schools. Conductor roth is no stranger to contemporary music, having made his conducting debut at the famous donaueschinger musiktage as well as being a regular guest conductor with the ensemble intercontemporain. They performed recent works by berkeley composers, including a we met as sparks by music faculty composer franck bedrossian and cluster x by edmund campionkurt hentschlager. In 1976, pierre boulez founded the ensemble intercontemporain with the support of michel guy who was minister of culture at the time and the collaboration. She studied with richard hauser at the vienna academy of music, and. Ensemble intercontemporain names music director the new. Past meets present with ligetis blurred colors and frenetic.
Cassandre opera for actress, instrumental ensemble and electronics. Organizationally, ensemble intercontemporain is not a part of ircam, although it usually performs there and is widely regarded as an ircams group. In 1976, pierre boulez founded the ensemble intercontemporain with the support of michel guy who was minister of culture at the time and the collaboration and nicholas snowman. It was founded by pierre boulez and jean maheu in 1976 with the project to promote and disseminate contemporary music. The ensemble intercontemporain performs fulmers within his bending sickles compass come, a work commissioned by the ensemble. Pierre boulez is namechecked on the cover of freak out. Alban berg, ensemble intercontemporain, boulez, barenboim, zukerman alban berg.
Smaller subgroups of the ensemble are often billed as soloists of ensemble intercontemporain. Kleiber was born as karl ludwig bonifacius kleiber in berlin in 1930, the son of the eminent austrian conductor erich kleiber and american ruth goodrich, from waterloo, iowa. Though the fidelio discography is large, few recordings stand out as this one continues to, nearly half a century after it was first captured in stereo. From this point on, the issue is not so much to find great works but to find great performances of such works. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from alain damiens at the discogs marketplace. Ensemble intercontemporain is a parisbased, worldrenowned ensemble of 31 fulltime musicians dedicated to performing and promoting contemporary chamber music. This page provides a curated discography for composer elliott carter.
Alban berg, ensemble intercontemporain, boulez, barenboim. Crossplay is a composition by karlheinz stockhausen written for oboe, bass clarinet, piano and four percussionists in 1951 it was later revised for just three percussionists, along with other changes. Ensemble intercontemporain tackles difficult music san. It was founded by pierre boulez and jean maheu in 1976 with the project to promote and. Based in middelburg, it is known as one of the few ensembles specializing in the works of the composer iannis xenakis. Maestro roth returns to the beginning of that journey with a pair of youthful works by mahler and webern.
Born in lyon in 1957, pierrelaurent aimard studied at the paris conservatoire with yvonne loriod and. The xenakis ensemble ensemble xenakis in french is a dutch ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from emmanuel nunes at the discogs marketplace. Let us hope this is not the last we will hear from unsuk chin. The musicians of the ensemble intercontemporain invite you to travel, to experience a spiritual ascension, from terrestrial finiteness to celestial eternity. He is best known for his work as first flute in the ensemble intercontemporain, and for his work at ircam in the early 1980s, especially his collaboration with barry vercoe on the synthetic performer project. Ensemble intercontemporain genesis c major entertainment. Since then the ensemble has toured extensively both in france and abroad, appearing especially at international festivals. Since its foundation by pierre boulez in 1976, ensemble intercontemporain has been one of the worlds greatest ensembles dedicated to new music and 20thcentury repertoire. Check out boulez conducts webern by berliner philharmoniker and ensemble intercontemporain and pierre boulez on amazon music. In this indispensable collection of contemporary music, the three pieces by tristan murail, as performed by david robertson and the ensemble intercontemporain, brings us what the composer calls the revolution of complex sounds darmstadter beitrage, schott, 1980. Home about media schedule discography projects study with me contact back videos audio photos back 2019 2020 2018 2019 home about media.
Quick are the mouths of earth, the contemporary chamber ensemble. May 12, 2009 for decades, it was hard to think of the ensemble intercontemporain, a brilliant french chamber orchestra formed in 1976, without factoring in the composer and conductor pierre boulez, who founded. Noted parisian new music group ensemble intercontemporain traveled to the bay area to participate in two concerts in hertz hall sponsored by cal performances. His fascination with instrumental vocality is sure to register in his latest composition for the famed parisbased contemporary music group, a score crafted for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, set here in company with compelling modern masterworks for. Its central compositional idea is that of combining its two antagonists soloists and ensemble to create a single homogeneous body of sound. It is assigned the number 1 7 in the composers catalogue of works. Within michael jarrells oeuvre, cassandre represents the culmination and synthesis of an initial and extremely fruitful creative period, even if the selection of the works text was dictated to him by christa wolf in both musical. A group of 31 core soloists make up the ensembles roster, and under the direction of composerconductor matthias pintscher they will perform a special collection of. Like xi and fantaisie mecanique, the double concerto for prepared piano, percussion, and ensemble 2002 was written for the parisbased ensemble intercontemporain. The ensemble intercontemporain is a chamber orchestra specializing in contemporary classical music. Akrostichonwortspiel is not for those who turn to music to seek repose and relaxation. Mar 18, 2018 written on the occasion of the bicentenary of american independence day, messiaens des canyons aux etoiles is a monumental work, made up of twelve movements. It was conceived as a group of 31 soloists, who could play orchestral literature or literature for any combination of instruments. Nov 10, 2015 when the worlds preeminent ensemble for contemporary music comes to town, you dont expect fanfares and a media blitz.
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