Description

This year, the Southbank Center in London, home to the Royal Festival Hall, presents a series of concerts around the themes of belief and beyond. A subject that is found in each of the three works chosen by the EIC for the event: Bhakti, a vast cycle of Buddhist inspiration by Jonathan Harvey; Hermès V, by Philippe Schœller, a recent work on the mythological figure of the god Hermes; And finally … explosive-fixed … that Pierre Boulez composed (in several times) “in order to evoke Igor Stravinsky – to ward off his absence”. Like a musical spell to invoke the spirit of the composer disappeared in 1971.

Program

• Jonathan HARVEY : Bhakti (for chamber assembly and quadraphonic band -short-)
• Philippe SCHŒLLER : Hermès V (for instrumental ensemble of twenty-nine musicians), National Creation with the support of the Meyer Foundation
• Pierre BOULEZ : …explosante-fixe… (for flute solo, two flutes, set and electronics)

Sophie Cherrier, solo flute
Emmanuelle Ophèle, flute
Matteo Cesari, flute
Matthias Pintscher, director
Andrew Gerzso, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Stanley Haynes, Denis Lorrain, Ircam computer music production
Technique Ensemble intercontemporain

As part of the festival « Belief and Beyond Belief »