Celebrating Pierre Boulez and his influences, in the composer’s centenary year
Celebrating Pierre Boulez and his influences, in the composer’s centenary year: his beloved Debussy, alongside three intriguing world premieres.
Boulez adored Debussy’s precise sound worlds as well as his revolutionary musical language. Gigues and Ibéria from Trois images are stunning orchestral portraits of England and Spain.
Boulez’s own Notations started life as piano pieces. He brought them to orchestral life over several years, turning them into vivid explosions of instrumental sound.
And new works from Neuwirth, Arcaro and Agar are inspired by Boulez’s colours, pioneering spirit and boundless imagination.
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Claude Debussy ~ Gigues from ‘Trois images pour orchestre’
Olga Neuwirth ~ Tombeau II. Hommage à Pierre Boulez (world premiere, LSO co-commission)
Claude Debussy ~ Ibéria from ‘Trois images pour orchestre’
Rafael Marino Arcaro ~ invention in language of child (LSO Panufnik commission, world premiere)
Lara Agar ~ suntime bedtime moontime (LSO Panufnik commission, world premiere)
Claude Debussy ~ Rondes de printemps from ‘Trois images pour orchestre’
Pierre Boulez ~ Notations – Nos 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7
