Boulez at 90
Marking the iconoclast’s 90th birthday year, Boulez’s explorations of serialist, aleatoric and electronic music are reflected over the course of the 2015 Proms with two dedicated Proms Saturday Matinees at Cadogan Hall (25 July, 29 August), including the UK premiere of movements from Notations performed by Franck Ollu and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
Notations (2, 12 & 10; La treizième) arr. Schöllhorn (UK Premiere)
Dérive 2
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Franck Ollu (25 July)
Notations 1–4 & 7
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki (27 July)
Figures-Doubles-Prismes
Frontispice (Ravel arr. Boulez)
BBC Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth (12 August)
‘… explosante-fixe …’
Sophie Cherrier flute
SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg/François-Xavier Roth(26 August)
Mémoriale
Domaines
Éclat/Multiples
Mark van de Wiel clarinet
London Sinfonietta/Thierry Fischer (29 August)
