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Piano; Trio for Violin, Horn & Piano) Eric Huebner (Piano); Yuki Numata Resnick (Violin); Adam Unsworth (Horn) New Focus Recordings, Fcr 269, 2020
Désordre (Etudes pour Piano; Trio for violin, horn & piano) Eric Huebner (piano); Yuki Numata Resnick (violin); Adam Unsworth (horn) New focus Recordings, fcr 269, 2020 Kodály & Ligeti: Cello Works Hellen Weiß (Violin); Gabriel Schwabe (Violoncello) Naxos, NX 4202, 2020 Ligeti – Concertos (Concerto for piano and orchestra, Concerto for cello and orchestra, Chamber Concerto for 13 instrumentalists, Melodien) Joonas Ahonen (piano); Christian Poltéra (violoncello); BIT20 Ensemble; Baldur Brönnimann (conductor) BIS-2209 SACD, 2016 LIGETI – Les Siècles Live : Six Bagatelles, Kammerkonzert, Dix pièces pour quintette à vent Les Siècles; François-Xavier Roth (conductor) Musicales Actes Sud, 2016 musica viva vol. 22: Ligeti · Murail · Benjamin (Lontano) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano); Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; George Benjamin, (conductor) NEOS, 11422, 2016 Shai Wosner: Haydn · Ligeti, Concertos & Capriccios (Capriccios Nos. 1 and 2) Shai Wosner (piano); Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Nicolas Collon (conductor) Onyx Classics, ONYX4174, 2016 Bartók | Ligeti, Concerto for piano and orchestra, Concerto for cello and orchestra, Concerto for violin and orchestra Hidéki Nagano (piano); Pierre Strauch (violoncello); Jeanne-Marie Conquer (violin); Ensemble intercontemporain; Matthias Pintscher (conductor) Alpha, 217, 2015 Chorwerk (Négy Lakodalmi Tánc; Nonsense Madrigals; Lux æterna) Noël Akchoté (electric guitar) Noël Akchoté Downloads, GLC-2, 2015 Rameau | Ligeti (Musica Ricercata) Cathy Krier (piano) Avi-Music – 8553308, 2014 Zürcher Bläserquintett: -
Samedi 11 Février Solistes De L'ensemble Intercontemporain S
Roch-Olivier Maistre, Président du Conseil d’administration Laurent Bayle, Directeur général Samedi 11 février Solistes de l’Ensemble intercontemporain Samedi 11 février Samedi 11 | Dans le cadre du cycle Des pieds et des mains Du 10 au 12 février Vous avez la possibilité de consulter les notes de programme en ligne, 2 jours avant chaque concert, à l’adresse suivante : www.citedelamusique.fr Solistes de l’Ensemble intercontemporain Solistes de l’Ensemble intercontemporain Cycle Des pieds et des mains L’Ensemble intercontemporain présente deux concerts dans le cadre du cycle Des pieds et des mains à la Cité de la musique. Inori (un mot japonais qui signifie « invocation, adoration ») est une expérience totale. La mimique quasi dansée des deux « solistes » emprunte le code de ses gestes de prière à diverses religions du monde. À chaque mouvement des mains correspond une note : Inori est en 1974 l’une des premières pièces de Stockhausen à se fonder sur une « formule », sorte d’hyper-mélodie qui non seulement est entendue comme telle mais se retrouve pour ainsi dire étirée à l’échelle de l’œuvre dans son entier, dont elle dicte et caractérise les différentes parties. Enfin, chacune des sections d’Inori se concentre sur un aspect du discours musical – dans l’ordre : rythme, dynamique, mélodie, harmonie et polyphonie –, si bien que la partition, selon le compositeur, « se développe comme une histoire de la musique » reparcourue en accéléré, depuis l’origine jusqu’à nos jours. Dans le saisissant Pas de cinq de Mauricio Kagel, composé en 1965, les cinq exécutants, munis d’une canne, parcourent et sillonnent une surface délimitée en forme de pentagone couvert de différents matériaux. -
Birdsong in the Music of Olivier Messiaen a Thesis Submitted To
P Birdsongin the Music of Olivier Messiaen A thesissubmitted to MiddlesexUniversity in partial fulfilment of the requirementsfor the degreeof Doctor of Philosophy David Kraft School of Art, Design and Performing Arts Nfiddlesex University December2000 Abstract 7be intentionof this investigationis to formulatea chronologicalsurvey of Messiaen'streatment of birdsong,taking into accountthe speciesinvolved and the composer'sevolving methods of motivic manipulation,instrumentation, incorporation of intrinsic characteristicsand structure.The approachtaken in this studyis to surveyselected works in turn, developingappropriate tabular formswith regardto Messiaen'suse of 'style oiseau',identified bird vocalisationsand eventhe frequentappearances of musicthat includesfamiliar characteristicsof bird style, althoughnot so labelledin the score.Due to the repetitivenature of so manymotivic fragmentsin birdsong,it has becomenecessary to developnew terminology and incorporatederivations from other research findings.7be 'motivic classification'tables, for instance,present the essentialmotivic featuresin somevery complexbirdsong. The studybegins by establishingthe importanceof the uniquemusical procedures developed by Messiaen:these involve, for example,questions of form, melodyand rhythm.7he problemof is 'authenticity' - that is, the degreeof accuracywith which Messiaenchooses to treat birdsong- then examined.A chronologicalsurvey of Messiaen'suse of birdsongin selectedmajor works follows, demonstratingan evolutionfrom the ge-eralterm 'oiseau' to the preciseattribution -
Aspects of Structure in Olivier Messiaen's Vtngt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jesus
ASPECTS OF STRUCTURE IN OLIVIER MESSIAEN'S VTNGT REGARDS SUR L'ENFANT-JESUS by DAVID ROGOSIN B.Mus., l'Universite de Montreal, 1978 M.Mus., l'Universite de Montreal, 1981 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES School of Music We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA March 1996 © David Rogosin, 1996 AUTHORIZATION In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensive copying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the head of my department or by his or her representatives. It is understood that copying or publication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. Department of The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Date DE-6 (2/88) ASPECTS OF STRUCTURE IN OLIVIER MESSIAEN'S "VINGT REGARDS SUR L'ENFANT-JESUS" ABSTRACT The paper explores various structural aspects of the 1944 masterwork for piano, Vingt Regards sur I'Enfant-Jesus, by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992). Part One examines elements of the composer's style in isolation, focusing prin• cipally on the use of the modes of limited transposition to generate diverse tonal styles, as well as the use of form and "cyclical" or recurring themes and motifs to both unify and diversify the work. -
Cristian Macelaru Conductor Yefim Bronfman Piano Debussy Prelude
Please note that Pierre Boulez has withdrawn from these concerts due to illness. the Cso welcomes Cristian macelaru, who has graciously agreed to conduct. Please note that Bartók’s Divertimento for string orchestra replaces messiaen’s Chronochromie. Program oNe HuNDreD TweNTY-SeCoND SeASoN Chicago symphony orchestra riccardo muti Music Director Pierre Boulez Helen regenstein Conductor emeritus Yo-Yo ma Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Global Sponsor of the CSO Thursday, March 7, 2013, at 8:00 Saturday, March 9, 2013, at 8:00 Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at 7:30 Cristian macelaru Conductor Yefim BronfmanPiano Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun Bartók Piano Concerto No. 2 Allegro Adagio—Presto—Adagio Allegro molto YefiM BroNfMAN IntermIssIon Bartók Divertimento for String orchestra Allegro non troppo Molto adagio Allegro assai stravinsky The Song of the Nightingale CSO Tuesday series concerts are sponsored by United Airlines. This program is partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Comments by PhilliP huscher Claude Debussy Born August 22, 1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. Died March 25, 1918, Paris, France. Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun he year Debussy returned to and the lively exchange of ideas, TParis from Rome—where and in time he and Mallarmé he unhappily served time as the became friends. In 1898, he was upshot of winning the coveted Prix among those first notified of the de Rome—he bought a copy of poet’s death. Stéphane Mallarmé’s The Afternoon Mallarmé’s poem, The Afternoon of a Faun to give to his friend Paul of a Faun, was published in 1876, Dukas, who didn’t get beyond the in a slim, elegantly bound volume preliminary round of the competi- with a line drawing by Edouard tion. -
Messiaen's Influence on Post-War Serialism Thesis
3779 N8! RI. oIo MESSIAEN'S INFLUENCE ON POST-WAR SERIALISM THESIS Presented to the Graduate Council of the North Texas State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF MUSIC by Thomas R. Muncy, B.A. Denton, Texas August, 1984 Muncy, Thomas R., Messiaen's Influence on Post-'gar Serialism. Master of Music (Theory), August, 1984, 106 pp., 76 examples, biblio- graphy, 44 titles. The objective of this paper is to show how Olivier Messiaen's Mode de valeurs et d'intensites influenced the development of post- war serialism. Written at Darmstadt in 1949, Mode de valeurs is considered the first European work to organize systematically all the major musical parameters: pitch, duration, dynamics, articulation, and register. This work was a natural step in Messiaen's growth toward complete or nearly complete systemization of musical parameters, which he had begun working towards in earlier works such as Vingt regards sur 1'Enfant-Jesus (1944), Turangalila-symphonie (1946-8), and Cantyodjaya (1949), and which he continued to experiment with in later works such as Ile de Feu II (1951) and Livre d'orgue (1951). The degree of systematic control that Messiaen successfully applied to each of the musical parameters influenced two of the most prominent post-war serial composers, Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen, to further develop systematic procedures in their own works. This paper demonstrates the degree to which both Boulez' Structures Ia (1951) and Stockhausen's Kreuzspiel (1951) used Mode de valeurs as a model for the systematic organization of musical parameters. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF EXAMPLES..-.........-... -
Le Violoncelle Est Un Instrument Que L'on Associe À Un Répertoire Romantique, Et Même Au Répertoire Baroque
PRÉSENCE DE LA MUSIQUE ENTRETIEN En étroite collaboration . PIERRE STRAUCH . EVUE DES DEUX MONDES - Le violoncelle est un instrument que l'on associe à un répertoire romantique, et même au répertoire baroque. Il est étonnant de voir à quel point cet instrument a R e pu inspirer les compositeurs du XX siècle, et susciter de nombreu ses œuvres, surtout dans la seconde moitié de ce siècle. À quoi cela est-il dû ? PIERRE STRAUCH - En effet, le violoncelle a beaucoup inspiré les compositeurs de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, qui ont écrit pour cet instrument des partitions majeures, lesquelles sont désor mais au répertoire des violoncellistes professionnels. Je pourrais citer notamment Nomos Alpha (1965) de Iannis Xenakis, qui a aussi composé Kottos (1977), et, de Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Hommage à Siegfried P. (1971), composé pour le grand violoncelliste Siegfried Palm, ainsi que sa Sonate (i960). Ces partitions, entre autres, utilisent le violoncelle d'une manière radi calement nouvelle. Le violoncelle est, comme vous l'avez dit, le plus souvent lié à un répertoire romantique, et était essentiellement un instrument mélodique dont les longues mélodies lentes et sensuelles des concertos du XIXe siècle sont emblématiques. Tout à coup, il est devenu l'objet de l'attention de compositeurs qui en ont fait un instrument tranchant, précis, rude. REVUE DES 163 ŒUXMONDES PRÉSENCE DE LA MUSIQUE En étroite collaboration REVUE DES DEUX MONDES - Et ces sons ont la particularité d'avoir un timbre très délicat, une sonorité douce et légère, tout en étant souvent aussi l'expression d'une tension, au sens psycholo gique du terme. -
© W O E N K I K Im
© Woenki Kim UNSUK CHIN (*1961) 1 Fantaisie mécanique for five instrumentalists (1994, rev. 1997) 12:37 2 Xi (1997/1998) for ensemble and electronics 22:48 3 - 9 Akrostichon-Wortspiel (1991/1993)* 15:48 Seven scenes from fairy tales for soprano and ensemble 3. Hide and Seek 3:19 4. The Puzzle of the Three Magic Gates 1:34 5. The Rules of the Game – sdrawkcab emiT 1:38 6. Four Seasons in Five Verses 1:52 7. Domifare S 2:38 8. The Game of Chance 1:25 9. From the Old Time 3:22 10 Double Concerto (2002)* for prepared piano, percussion and ensemble 20:39 TT: 72:23 Piia Komsi soprano 3-9 • Samuel Favre percussion 10 • Dimitri Vassilakis piano 10 Ensemble intercontemporain 1-10 Patrick Davin 1 • David Robertson 2 • Kazushi Ono 3-9 • Stefan Asbury 10 conductors Recording venues and dates: 2 Paris, Cité de la musique, 2/1999; 3 - 9 2/2004; 10 Paris, Radio France, 2/2003; 1 4/2004 Commission: 1 2 Ensemble intercontemporain 10 Radio France & Ensemble intercontemporain * Live Recording: Radio France Recording producer: Arnaud Moral; Balance Engineer: Jean-Michel Cauquy Recording engineer: Djaisan Taouss; Editing: 1 Christian Koeler Recording producer: Jean Radel; Recording engineer: Frank Rossi; Editing: 2 Thomas Seelig Recording producer: Hélène Nicolaï; Balance engineer: Caroline Recurt Recording engineer: Raffi Kevorkian; Editing: 3 - 9 Frédéric Changenet Producer: Paul Malinowski; Balance engineer: Rémy Fessart Recording engineer: Philip Merscher; Editing: 10 Franck Berger Electronic realization: 2 Unsuk Chin Mastering: 2 Thomas Seelig & Bernd -
The Cleveland Orchestra Mixes Strauss, Messiaen and Verdi (October 8 & 9) by Daniel Hathaway
The Cleveland Orchestra mixes Strauss, Messiaen and Verdi (October 8 & 9) by Daniel Hathaway The three programs scheduled by The Cleveland Orchestra last weekend were each colorful in their own right, but the blueprint of works being performed was complicated enough that the program book colorcoded each evening to keep patrons apprised about what they were hearing, and in what order. Come to think of it, the orchestra and stage crew probably appreciated those navigational aids as well. Thursday, October 8 was designated “Brown” and included Oliver Messiaen’s L’Ascension and Couleurs de la cité celeste, ending with Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathrustra. Friday, October 9 was “Yellow” and began with Oliver Messiaen’s Chronochromie. Messiaen’s Couleurs followed intermission, and the evening ended with the Stabat Mater and Te Deum from Giuseppi Verdi’s Four Sacred Pieces, featuring the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Saturday, October 10 was “Red,” beginning with Zarathrustra and continuing with Couleurs and Verdi. I heard all of the works in the course of the Thursday and Friday performances. Beyond whatever metaphysical connections could be drawn between these six works, the Orchestra is playing all of them on its European tour between October 15 and 31 (plus other works that have already appeared on its fall programs in Cleveland). As a famous choral guru once observed, one performance can be worth six rehearsals, and Severance Hall Audiences have already enjoyed a virtual trip to Brussels, Luxembourg, Milan, Paris, Cologne, Dortmund, Regensburg, and Vienna without boarding a plane. Earlier, Franz WelserMöst and the Orchestra opened the Blossom season on July 11 with a concert that included Messiaen’s L’Ascension, 4 méditations symphoniques. -
A Musical and Theological Discussion of Olivier Messiaen’S Vingt Regards Sur L’Enfant-Jésus
The Theme of God: A Musical and Theological Discussion of Olivier Messiaen’s Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus By © 2017 Heekyung Choi Submitted to the graduate degree program in Music and the Graduate Faculty of the University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts. ________________________________ Chairperson Dr. Michael Kirkendoll ________________________________ Dr. Richard Reber ________________________________ Dr. Scott Murphy ________________________________ Dr. Scott McBride Smith ________________________________ Dr. Jane Barnette Date Defended: 1 May 2017 The Dissertation Committee for Heekyung Choi certifies that this is the approved version of the following dissertation: The Theme of God: A Musical and Theological Discussion of Olivier Messiaen’s Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus ________________________________ Chairperson Dr. Michael Kirkendoll Date approved: 1 May 2017 ii Abstract The purpose of this research is to help both performers and liturgical musicians to better understand Messiaen’s musical style and theological inspiration. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) is one of the most important composers of French keyboard music in the twentieth century. He composed numerous works in nearly every musical genre, many inspired by his Catholic faith. Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus (Twenty Contemplations on the Infant Jesus) is a two-hour masterpiece for solo piano written in 1944, and is one of the most significant of his works. The piece is constructed by using three main themes: the Thème de Dieu (Theme of God), Thème de l’étoile et de la Croix (Theme of the Star and of the Cross), and Thème d’accords (Theme of Chords). The “Theme of God” is based on an F-sharp major chord with chromatic passing tones in the inner voice. -
Perspectives on Harmony and Timbre in the Music of Olivier Messiaen, Tristan Murail, and Kaija Saariaho
University of Louisville ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository Electronic Theses and Dissertations 5-2019 Liminal aesthetics : perspectives on harmony and timbre in the music of Olivier Messiaen, Tristan Murail, and Kaija Saariaho. Jackson Harmeyer University of Louisville Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd Part of the Musicology Commons Recommended Citation Harmeyer, Jackson, "Liminal aesthetics : perspectives on harmony and timbre in the music of Olivier Messiaen, Tristan Murail, and Kaija Saariaho." (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3177. https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/3177 This Master's Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by ThinkIR: The nivU ersity of Louisville's Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ThinkIR: The nivU ersity of Louisville's Institutional Repository. This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has retained all other copyrights. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LIMINAL AESTHETICS: PERSPECTIVES ON HARMONY AND TIMBRE IN THE MUSIC OF OLIVIER MESSIAEN, TRISTAN MURAIL, AND KAIJA SAARIAHO By Jackson Harmeyer B.A., Louisiana Scholars’ College, 2013 A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the School of Music of the University of Louisville in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Music in Music History and Literature Department of Music History and Literature University of -
Rūta Stanevičiūtė Nick Zangwill Rima Povilionienė Editors Between Music
Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress 7 Rūta Stanevičiūtė Nick Zangwill Rima Povilionienė Editors Of Essence and Context Between Music and Philosophy Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress Volume 7 Series Editor Dario Martinelli, Faculty of Creative Industries, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania [email protected] The series originates from the need to create a more proactive platform in the form of monographs and edited volumes in thematic collections, to discuss the current crisis of the humanities and its possible solutions, in a spirit that should be both critical and self-critical. “Numanities” (New Humanities) aim to unify the various approaches and potentials of the humanities in the context, dynamics and problems of current societies, and in the attempt to overcome the crisis. The series is intended to target an academic audience interested in the following areas: – Traditional fields of humanities whose research paths are focused on issues of current concern; – New fields of humanities emerged to meet the demands of societal changes; – Multi/Inter/Cross/Transdisciplinary dialogues between humanities and social and/or natural sciences; – Humanities “in disguise”, that is, those fields (currently belonging to other spheres), that remain rooted in a humanistic vision of the world; – Forms of investigations and reflections, in which the humanities monitor and critically assess their scientific status and social condition; – Forms of research animated by creative and innovative humanities-based