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Programme De Salle concert n°99 Conservatoire Lundi 18 juillet 2011 20h30 Jack Quartet Roger Woodward / piano www.flaneriesreims.com Pour le bon déroulement des concerts et par respect pour les artistes, nous vous prions de bien vouloir éteindre vos téléphones portables et vous rappelons qu’il est interdit de filmer, d’enregistrer et de prendre des photos durant le concert. Nous vous remercions de votre compréhension. distribution Jack Quartet John Pickford Richards, alto ari streisfeld, violon Christopher Otto, violon Kevin McFarland, violoncelle roger Woodward, piano programme IaNNIs XeNakIs (1922-2001) Tetras (1983) IaNNIs XeNakIs Ergma (1994) gyöRgy lIgetI (1923-2006) Quatuor à cordes n°2 (1968) allegro nervoso sostenuto, molto calmo Come un meccanismo di precisione Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso allegro con delicatezza - toujours très doux, comme lointain IaNNIs XeNakIs Akea (1986) À propos du ConCert le Jack Quartet, ou quatre garçons new yorkais dans le vent, provoque une belle risée sur la mer d’huile du quatuor à cordes. loué par les musiciens, acclamé par la critique et le public américains, ce jeune quatuor apparaît bien comme la révélation de ces trois dernières années sur la scène musicale internationale. entre un aller au Wigmore Hall (Royaume-Uni) et un retour de los angeles, les Jack se produisent pour la première fois en France aux Flâneries Musicales. John, ari, Christopher et Kevin, ont fait du Jack Quartet un quatuor à part. « Je les considère comme les nouveaux Arditti ! Ils conjuguent une maîtrise technique éblouissante, une cohésion remarquable et ce quelque chose de spécial qui fait toute la différence » confirme le pianiste Roger Woodward. le quatuor s’est spécialisé dans la création contemporaine, ce qui les a amenés à travailler étroitement avec des compositeurs comme kurtag et Hosokawa. leur album consacré à l’intégrale des quatuors à cordes de Xenakis (chez Mode records) est apparu dans les Best of de tous les grands journaux américains. On les retrouve ici dans deux grands quatuors de Xenakis, Tetras (1983) et Ergma (1994) ainsi que dans le magnifique quintette pour cordes et piano Akea (1986) avec le pianiste Roger Woodward. iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) Iannis Xenakis ne se contenta pas d’être un des compositeurs majeurs de notre temps, il fut l’un des derniers humanistes, alliant la musique et l’art à la spéculation mathématique, scientifique et philosophique. s’il suivit d’abord la voie ouverte par kodaly et Bartók, Xenakis emprunta, vers 1952-1953, un chemin plus aventureux où se mêlaient la force des musiques orales méditerranéennes et la nécessité de concevoir la matière sonore brute. les œuvres de Xenakis trouvent leurs modèles structurels dans la nature et ses bruits (le vent, l’orage, la grêle sur une toile de tente…), dans le fracas des bombardements ou dans le chaos des mouvements de foule, autant de phénomènes dont la puissance engloutit l’individu, et dont la structure complexe peut être décrite mathématiquement. auteur de près de 150 œuvres pour toutes formations, il apparaît aujourd’hui comme l’une des figures les plus radicales de l’avant-garde, ayant inventé la plupart des techniques compositionnelles caractéristiques de la musique d’après 1945, mais aussi l’un des rares créateurs dont la vitalité ne s’est jamais démentie. Tetras (1983) est dédié au célèbre Quatuor arditti. Il s’agit de l’une des pages les plus spectaculaires de tout le répertoire pour le quatuor d’archets, mais au-delà de la performance d’ordre athlétique, il faut y voir une page de musique puissante et touffue, s’écartant de l’écriture aérée du quatuor traditionnel au profit de la globalité caractéristique de Xenakis. le titre grec se réfère naturellement au chiffre quatre, mais la partition révèle que les quatre archets sont quatre-en-un. györgy Ligeti (1923-2006) Compositeur phare de la deuxième moitié du XXe siècle, ligeti a exploré de nombreuses techniques de composition innovantes, mais toujours dans un souci d’expression et de développement de l’écoute. son œuvre est des plus diverses : elle va de la pièce pour piano seul à l’opéra, en passant par la musique de chambre, l’orchestre, la musique électronique et des formations plus imprévisibles (Poème symphonique pour 100 métronomes), sans oublier l’orgue et le clavecin. les œuvres de la période hongroise de ligeti, notamment le Premier quatuor à cordes, ont une inspiration nettement « bartókienne », mais possèdent déjà le côté iconoclaste qui s’affirmera plus tard. À propos du ConCert Dans son Quatuor à cordes n°2 (1968), il utilise une technique de superposition de couches dans une sorte de « grillage du temps ». l’écriture expérimentale est rendue complexe par des polyrythmies très élaborées à partir de canons, par les types de timbres demandés, les différentes techniques d’archet ou encore les multiples façons de produire les pizzicatos. Ce quatuor est un chef d’œuvre qui symbolise la modernité dans la continuité pour le quatuor à cordes : on y retrouve 5 mouvements, entourant 3 études, la première en harmonies lentes et balancées, la seconde en pointillisme, la troisième en gestes violents, quasi-possédés. biographies Jack Quartet le quatuor new yorkais Jack Quartet électrise son public partout dans le monde avec sa virtuosité explosive. leur enregistrement des œuvres complètes de Xenakis pour quatuor à cordes se classe sur la liste des Best Of du los angeles times, du Boston globe, du New yorker et est considéré comme « l’un des albums les plus impressionnants de 2009 » par le magazine time out of New york. le quatuor réunit les violonistes Christopher Otto et ari streisfeld, l’altiste John Pickford Richards et le violoncelliste kevin McFarland. très investi dans la musique contemporaine, le Jack Quartet travaille régulièrement avec les compositeurs Helmut lachenmann, györgy kurtág, Matthias Pintscher, georg Friedrich Haas, James Dillon, toshio Hosokawa, Wolfgang Rihm, elliott sharp, Beat Furrer, Caleb Burhans et aaron Cassidy. De nouvelles créations sont prévues prochainement autour des œuvres d’alan Hilario, Peter ablinger, gregory spears, elliott sharp, Jason eckardt, et Hannah lash. le quatuor offre également de fraîches interprétations de musique ancienne, telles que les œuvres de Don Carlo gesualdo, guillaume de Machaut et Josquin des Prez. Ils doivent se produire cette saison au Ultraschall Festival, à la Da Camera society (à los angeles), aux Monday evening Concerts, au town Hall seattle, aux Flâneries Musicales de Reims, au Wigmore Hall et au strathmore Hall. les membres du quatuor se sont rencontrés à la eastman school of Music et ils ont depuis étudié avec l’arditti Quartet, le kronos Quartet, le Muir string Quartet et les membres de l’ensemble Intercontemporain. roger Woodward Figure majeure de la scène musicale classique et contemporaine, le pianiste australien Roger Woodward se distingue par son extrême virtuosité dans tous les répertoires, de Bach à Xenakis. Passionné par la musique de son temps, il a travaillé avec Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, John Cage, luciano Berio, Iannis Xenakis, arvo Pärt… et avec des compositeurs allemands tels que Rolf gehlhaar et karlheinz stockhausen. autant de collaborations prestigieuses enregistrées par les maisons de disques eMI, Decca et RCa et de nombreuses chaînes de télévision qui lui confèrent rapidement une notoriété internationale. soliste dans des orchestres tels que le leipzig gewandhaus, les plus grands orchestres londoniens, les philharmoniques de los angeles et de New york ou le Cleveland orchestra, il joue sous la direction des chefs les plus renommés tels que Claudio abbado, Zubin Mehta, lorin Maazel, kurt Masur et bien d’autres encore. son enregistrement du Clavier bien tempéré de Bach a été choisi par gramophone pour le numéro de février 2010 et est considéré par les critiques comme le nouvel album de référence après gould et Barenboim. Roger Woodward a aussi reçu le prestigieux prix du Deustchen schallplattenkritik pour son album consacré aux Partitas en Si mineur et en Mi mineur de Bach (Celestial Harmonies) et ses enregistrements récents des Nocturnes de Chopin, du Concerto en Fa Mineur et des Préludes de Debussy ont été encensés par les critiques du monde entier. en tant que chambriste, il a travaillé avec Ivry gitlis, Philippe Hirschhorn, le tokyo string Quartet et arditti string Quartet et collabore régulièrement avec l’alexander string Quartet. Résidant à san Francisco, il a reçu l’Ordre du Mérite polonais, l’Ordre de l’empire Britannique, il est Chevalier de l’Ordre français des arts et des lettres et Compagnon de l’Ordre d’australie. disCographies discographie Jack Quartet Jack Quartet Iannis Xenakis, Works with Piano Mode Records - 2010 Jack Quartet Iannis Xenakis, Complete String Quartets Mode Records - 2009 Jack Quartet Kevin Keller, Riding the Purple Twilight kevin keller Productions - 2008 discographie roger Woodward Roger Woodward Bach Celestial Harmonies - 2007 Roger Woodward Stundenbuch/ Book of Hours (compositeur : Hans Otte) Celestial Harmonies - 2007 Roger Woodward The complete nocturnes Celestial Harmonies - 2006 Roger Woodward Little Masterpiece aBC Classics - 2006 Roger Woodward Vom Klang des Lebens (Of the Sound of Life) (compositeur : Peter Michael Hamel) Celestial Harmonies - 2006 Roger Woodward & alexander string Quartet Fragments Foghorn Classics - 2006 Roger Woodward Art of Roger Woodward aBC Classics - 2005 Roger Woodward Kraanerg Conductor - alpha Centauri ensemble (compositeur : Iannis Xenakis) etcetera - 2004 conférences 4e cycle de conférences sur l’histoire
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