Olivier Messiaen / Brian Ferneyhough / Claude Debussy / Edgard Varèse

Olivier Messiaen / Brian Ferneyhough Claude Debussy / Edgard Varèse

Archive 2006
Salle Pleyel
novembernov 18
Olivier Messiaen
Chronochromie, for grand orchestra (1959-1960)

Brian Ferneyhough

Plötzlichkeit (2006)
French premiere
Commissioned by SWR, premiered in Donaueschingen in October 2006

Claude Debussy / Hans Zender

Arrangements for instruments (1991)
after five preludes for piano, arranged for small ensemble

Edgard Varèse

Arcana (1925 – 1927)

SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden & Freiburg
Conducted by Sylvain Cambreling


In collaboration with Südwestrundfunk
Co-produced by Salle Pleyel and Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of SACEM

This concert combines several composers who share similar approaches or working methods. Whether evoking the decomposition of time, or expressing the sublime in the signature style of 19th century esthetics, their work is based on an alchemy of music and time that makes for a seamless segue between the 19th and 21st centuries.