Benedict Mason / Enno Poppe / Edgard Varèse / Mauro Lanza
drawing tunes and fuguing photos
Benedict Mason © Benjamin Chelly ©
Benedict Mason
drawing tunes and fuguing photos
Commisionned by Ensemble intercontemporain and Festival d’Automne à Paris
Edgard Varèse
Poème électronique for tape
Ionisation for thirteen percussions
Ecuatorial for Men Choir and ensemble
Enno Poppe / Speicher IIII-IV et V
Mauro Lanza / #9 for ensemble
Ensemble intercontemporain
Chœur de Radio France / Denis Comtet, Choir Master
Students of Conservatoire de Paris
Susanna Mälkki, direction
Coproduction Ensemble intercontemporain ; Cité de la musique ; Conservatoire de Paris ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the participation of the Sacem, of Diaphonique, Franco-British Founds for contempory music, and British Council
With the support of Ernst von Siemens Foundation for music
France Musique records this concert
The compositions of Benedict Mason could be compared to meticulously organized kaleidoscopes with a touch of eccentricity from the world of Pop; and this recent work shows just how ingenious the music-making machine is, setting warp and weft, sculpting sound and dynamics.
The poetry of the program includes Edgard Varèse turning his back on musical tradition with Ionisation and a major work, Ecuatorial, plus his later Poème électronique. There may even be an echo of Varèse in the slow movement of Mauro Lanza’s #9. For Enno Poppe it is the première of Speicher IIII-IV and V