Hommage À PIERRE BOULEZ on His 85Th Birthday

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Hommage à PIERRE BOULEZ on his 85th birthday

Pierre Boulez Daniel Barenboim Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Hommage à PIERRE BOULEZ

ierre Boulez, one of the most distinguished musical person- Pierre Boulez alities of our time, was honored with a very special gift on »Messagesquisse« Phis 85th birthday. His close friend and artistic collaborator for violoncello principale and 6 violoncelli Daniel Barenboim arranged a concert with three key compositions Violoncello Hassan Moataz el Molla by Boulez. The works were performed by members of Baren- boim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the Berlin Staatsoper »Anthèmes 2« “Unter den Linden”. At the helm was, next to Barenboim, the for violin and live electronics vigorous and highly concentrated Boulez himself. Violin Michael Barenboim The concert opens with “Messagesquisse” (1976), which is »Le Marteau sans maître« typical of Boulez’ late 1970s period. It leaves behind the strict se- Poème de René Char rialism of the 1950s and opts for a more emotional musical idiom. for alto and 6 instruments Written in 1997, “Anthèmes 2” for solo violin and live electronics Alto Hilary Summers is a perfect example of the fusion of traditional instrumental colors Orchestra Members of and new electronic sounds. The closing work is Boulez’ early mas- the West-Eastern terpiece, the work with which he made his international break- Divan Orchestra through as one of the leading figures of the young avant-garde gen- Conductors Daniel Barenboim eration: “Le marteau sans maître”. The nine-movement work pays Pierre Boulez tribute to the music of Schoenberg and Webern and is regarded as a “keystone of 20th-century music” (G. W. Hopkins in The New Video Director Henning Kasten Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians). Length 79¹ Composer, conductor, musical thinker, writer, experimenter Shot in HDTV 1080 and administrator, Boulez began his career as a free-thinking revolu- Cat. no. A055126730000 tionary who demanded that opera houses be burned down. In the course of time, however, he reconciled with the musical establish- by courtesy of SCHOTT MUSIC GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz ment and, though unwaveringly pursuing his course as a composer, © Universal Edition AG, Wien also became an internationally acclaimed conductor, especially of A production of UNITEL works from the late-romantic era (Wagner and Mahler) and the in cooperation with Staatsoper Unter den Linden 20th century. His musical direction of Wagner’s “Chéreau Ring” folder: luebbeke.com and CLASSICA from Bayreuth (available from UNITEL) is a historical achievement.

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