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Boulez - Pli selon pli

Pierre Boulez's Pli selon pli, a classic of French modernism, performed by the soprano Marisol Montalvo and the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Matthias Pintscher.

Pierre Boulez's Pli selon pli a classic of French modernism recorded in a concert given last month at City Halls, Glasgow by the soprano Marisol Montalvo and the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Matthias Pintscher
Ivan Hewett talk to Matthias Pintscher about a work which encompassed more than 30 years of Boulez's composing life.
Although based on a text by Stephan Mallarmé, as Matthias Pintscher says: "Mallarmé's words in Pli selon pli don't really tell stories. Instead they offer abstract images that allow our imaginations to create our own experiences and associations.... Boulez takes us by the hand and leads us into this astonishingly beautiful garden and we are free to walk around it in any direction we choose."
Also in the programme, Une page d'éphéméride, pour piano, one of Boulez's latest compositions is played by Hideki Nagano (piano)
Presented by Ivan Hewett

Boulez: Pli selon pli (Portrait de Mallarmé) for soprano and orchestra
Marisol Montsalvo (soprano)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher conductor (and Artist-in-Association).

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 2 Nov 2013 22:30

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 Nov 2013 22:30

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