Olga Neuwirth / Matthias Pintscher / Fausto Romitelli
Amok Koma / Solomon's Garden / Construction in Space
Olga Neuwirth © Stephanie Berger ©
Fausto Romitelli
Amok Koma, for nine instruments and electronics
Matthias Pintscher
Solomon's Garden, pour baritone and orchestra
Olga Neuwirth
Construction in Space, for four soloists, four instrumental groups and live electronics
Ensemble intercontemporain
Leigh Melrose, baritone
Emmanuelle Ophèle, bass flute
Alain Billard, bass clarinets and bass player
Arnaud Boukhitine, tuba
Vincent David, saxophone
Peter Böhm, live electronics
Direction, Matthias Pintscher
Coproduction Ensemble intercontemporain ; Cité de la musique ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the assistance of the Sacem
With the support of Musical Patronage of the Société Générale
With the support of the Austrian cultural Forum
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France Musique records this concert
Olga Neuwirth’s work has many contrasts, often with cinematographic techniques and references, or installations for which she composes, using space, creating relief effects. Construction in Space is dedicated to Pierre Boulez on his 75th birthday. In Amok Koma, Fausto Romitelli takes reduction through to a “ritual of destruction.”
A similar approach to narration and sound imagery is found with Solomon’s Garden by Matthias Pintscher, setting an excerpt from the Canticle of Canticles, sung in Hebrew.