It’s NY vs LA for first US Boulez tribute
mainNew York’s offbeat Le Poisson Rouge has swiftly arranged a tribute concert for Saturday night.
“Au Revoir, Pierre: A Tribute to the Life and Works of Pierre Boulez,” will involve Claire Chase, Taka Kigawa, Ensemble LPR, Miranda Cuckson, and Metropolis Ensemble, plus a whole load of other musicians who are clamouring to get in. Program will be announced shortly, they say.
Meanwhile, across the country, the LA Phil are putting finishing touches at Walt Disney Hall on a rare main-stage performance of Boulez’s “Memoriale” for flute and 8 instruments with conductor Daniel Harding and principal flute Denis Bouriakov.
Any more this weekend?
Nothing in London? (Are we surprised?)
Have you actually asked London based ensembles? Or just assuming?
Not my job. It’s theirs to communicate changes.
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A curious thing about LA Phil performing Boulez’s Memoriale in this weekend’s three subscription concerts is that the piece was already included in the program nearly a year ago when the entire season was first announced to the public: an amazingly serendipitous planning by the guest conductor Daniel Harding and the orchestra’s artistic management!
It is a moving tribute to an important musical figure of last century. When I had the pleasure of performing with him on many occasions as an orchestra member as well as a soloist, he was always unfailingly generous and pleasant to me and my colleagues.