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Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England
Programme
Pierre Boulez – Mémoriale ('… explosante-fixe …' Originel)
Helen Grime – A Cold Spring
Pierre Boulez – Domaines
Christian Mason – Open to Infinity: a Grain of Sand: BBC co-commission: UK premiere
Pierre Boulez – Éclat/Multiples
Performers
Michael Cox – flute
Thierry Fischer – Conductor
Mark van de Wiel – clarinet
London Sinfonietta
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Programme Note
Celebrations for Pierre Boulez’s 90th-birthday year reach a climax in this matinee performance, in which contemporary music specialists the London Sinfonietta pair Boulez’s own music with that of young British composers Helen Grime and Christian Mason. Pierre Boulez’s Mémoriale puts the flute in the spotlight, showcasing minutiae of texture and articulation, while in Domaines it’s a solo clarinet that gives out a sustained soliloquy. The two contrasting parts of Éclat/Multiples (1970) are theoretically part of a larger work, as yet unfinished by the composer. They make for a striking contrast: the brilliant, glittering colours of Éclat set against the nervy perpetual motion of Multiples.
There will be no interval