Anthèmes refers to two related compositions for violin by French composer Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes I and Anthèmes II. Anthèmes I is a short piece (c. 9 minutes) for solo violin, commissioned by the 1991 Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, and dedicated to Universal Edition’s director Alfred Schlee for his 90th birthday. […]
Anthèmes 2 (1997), by Pierre Boulez, has evolved from Anthèmes, a substantially shorter piece for solo violin. Andrew Gerzso has for many years been the composer’s chief collaborator on works involving live electronics and the two men regularly discuss their work together. He describes the way in which all the […]
February 16, 1986. Charles Amirkhanian interviews Pierre Boulez and Andrew Gerzso as part of the Speaking of Music series. Boulez discusses the pros and cons of microtonal music, spatial music, as well as delving into the technical details of his latest work, “Répons”. From Internet Archive Fisrt part Second part […]
L’opera d’arte è principalmente genesi scriveva Paul Klee, per il quale l’arte era una metafora della creazione. Egli concepiva l’opera come ‘formazione della forma’, non come risultato. Analogamente, Boulez parlerà dell’opera che “genera ogni volta la sua propria gerarchia”. Proprio a liberare le possibilità di una generazione funzionale tende Boulez […]
Ted Norman (1912-1997) era un chitarrista e compositore canadese dotato anche di sense of humour. Infatti, dopo aver partecipato all’esecuzione del Marteau diretto dallo stesso Boulez, ha prodotto lo schizzo che vedete sotto e che trovate qui in dimensioni originali. Potrebbero interessarti anche: Non ancora…
La prima sonata di Boulez, conposta nel 1946, eseguita da Aimard. Note di programma di Jacques-Marie Lonchampt (tradotta da me, l’originale è qui). La prima Sonata è in due movimenti. Se conservano una certa dualità compositiva, non si tratta ovviamente più di dualità tematica ed ancora meno armonica, come era […]
March 26 was the Pierre Boulez 82th birthday. Here is the opening bars of Piano Sonata No. 1, written in 1946, when he was twenty-one years old. Click the image to enlarge. Il 26 marzo Pierre Boulez ha compiuto 82 anni. Anche noi lo ricordiamo pubblicando le battute iniziali della […]
Renewable Music post this statement by Pierre Boulez about the tradition: There’s a game that we played as children: You sit at a table, the first whispers a sentence in the ear of his neighbor: “The hankerchief is in my pocket”. The entence travels, from ear to ear, ever faster, […]
Renewable Music post this statement by Pierre Boulez about the tradition: There’s a game that we played as children: You sit at a table, the first whispers a sentence in the ear of his neighbor: “The hankerchief is in my pocket”. The entence travels, from ear to ear, ever faster, […]
Renewable Music post this statement by Pierre Boulez about the tradition: There’s a game that we played as children: You sit at a table, the first whispers a sentence in the ear of his neighbor: “The hankerchief is in my pocket”. The entence travels, from ear to ear, ever faster, […]
Renewable Music post this statement by Pierre Boulez about the tradition: There’s a game that we played as children: You sit at a table, the first whispers a sentence in the ear of his neighbor: “The hankerchief is in my pocket”. The entence travels, from ear to ear, ever faster, […]
Renewable Music post this statement by Pierre Boulez about the tradition: There’s a game that we played as children: You sit at a table, the first whispers a sentence in the ear of his neighbor: “The hankerchief is in my pocket”. The entence travels, from ear to ear, ever faster, […]
Renewable Music post this statement by Pierre Boulez about the tradition: There’s a game that we played as children: You sit at a table, the first whispers a sentence in the ear of his neighbor: “The hankerchief is in my pocket”. The entence travels, from ear to ear, ever faster, […]
Renewable Music post this statement by Pierre Boulez about the tradition: There’s a game that we played as children: You sit at a table, the first whispers a sentence in the ear of his neighbor: “The hankerchief is in my pocket”. The entence travels, from ear to ear, ever faster, […]
Renewable Music post this statement by Pierre Boulez about the tradition: There’s a game that we played as children: You sit at a table, the first whispers a sentence in the ear of his neighbor: “The hankerchief is in my pocket”. The entence travels, from ear to ear, ever faster, […]
Renewable Music post this statement by Pierre Boulez about the tradition: There’s a game that we played as children: You sit at a table, the first whispers a sentence in the ear of his neighbor: “The hankerchief is in my pocket”. The entence travels, from ear to ear, ever faster, […]
Renewable Music post this statement by Pierre Boulez about the tradition: There’s a game that we played as children: You sit at a table, the first whispers a sentence in the ear of his neighbor: “The hankerchief is in my pocket”. The entence travels, from ear to ear, ever faster, […]
Renewable Music post this statement by Pierre Boulez about the tradition: There’s a game that we played as children: You sit at a table, the first whispers a sentence in the ear of his neighbor: “The hankerchief is in my pocket”. The entence travels, from ear to ear, ever faster, […]
