Mark Andre / Edgard Varèse / Enno Poppe / Matthias Pintscher / Pierre Boulez
...auf...II / Amériques...
© Pierre Boulez, photo © Charlotte Oswald ©
Mark Andre
…auf…II, for orchestra
French premiere. Commissioned by Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Modern Orchestra,
with the help of the Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst
Edgard Varèse
Amériques, for orchestra (1929 version)
Enno Poppe
Obst, for orchestra
French premiere
Matthias Pintscher
Towards Osiris, for orchestra
French premiere
Pierre Boulez
Notations I-IV, VII, for orchestra
Ensemble Modern Orchestra
Directed by Pierre Boulez
Co-produced by the Salle Pleyel and the Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the help of the Fédération Allemande pour la Culture, the Fondation Deutsche Bank and Sacem
This concert with a true European vocation – it will also be heard in Baden-Baden, Essen, Amsterdam, Berlin and Frankfurt – features a programme chosen by Pierre Boulez as a way to pass the baton between generations. In doing so, these two masters and three promising young composers continue their exploration of musical and orchestral material, creating new worlds of sound.