Gary Hill / Edgard Varèse
Edgard Varèse/Gary Hill
Edgard Varèse 360°
© Edgard Varèse - 1926 © Fondation Paul Sacher ©
Hyperprism, for wind instruments and percussion
Un grand sommeil noir, for soprano and piano
Octandre, for wind instruments and bass
Offrandes, for soprano and chamber orchestra
Intégrales, for eleven wind instruments and percussion
Tuning Up, for orchestra, arrangements Chou Wen-Chung
Amériques, for grand orchestra (1929's version)
Asko|Schoenberg Ensemble
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Soprano, Anu Komsi
Conductor, Peter Eötvös
Video design, Gary Hill
Space design, Gary Hill
Musical research and arrangements, Chou Wen-Chung
Lighting design, Glen D'haenens
Video Technics, Arnoud Noordegraaf
Sound Realization, Jan Panis
Costumes,Paulina Wallenberg Olsson
Edgard Varèse 360° is produced by Holland Festival/Amsterdam, coproduced with Festival d'Automne à Paris/Radio France/Salle Pleyel, le South Bank Centre/Londres and Asko|Schoenberg Ensemble
Gavigniès Society supported Chou Wen-Chung during his research ; restauration of film Poème électronique was realized with the support of Fondation "Elektronische Gedichten".
Paris concerts were realized with the support of Mécénat Musical Société Générale, Fondation Ernst von Siemens for music, Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation Sacem, Ambassade du Royaume des Pays-Bas and Citadines Apart’hotels
Concert recorded by France Musique
Edgard Varèse was born in France with the heritage of “old Europe” and later spent most of his adult life in the United States. He was a revolutionary force in music, willing to embrace visuals, experimentation and technology. In this European project presenting the complete works of Varèse, the American video artist Gary Hill has developed a concept for the two concerts seen as a single autonomous work, which Pierre Audi has set in space and designed for interactive dialogue involving the hall, artist, musicians and audience.