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Pierre Boulez

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Boulez: Sonata No 1

Here is a video from YouTube featuring Pierre-Laurent Aimard playing Pierre Boulez’s first Sonata. It’s a cool performance and a cool piece. The question is: what do the subtitles say?

Ultraschall

The Ultraschall Festival für Neue Musik begins today. I am listening to the live broadcast of the opening concert right now. I’m going to post comments as we go along, refresh your browser from time to time. Tonight’s program features pieces by Hans Otte, Olga Neuwirth, Sebastian Claren, and Pierre Boulez. The festival program is [...]

Addenda

1) Les grands spectacles II. Just a couple of words on this exhibition at the Museum der Moderne in Salzburg. After yesterday’s boring display of traditional stage setting, it was refreshing, fascinating, and shocking (in the cases of Hermann Nitsch and Christoph Schlingensief) to learn more about the history of stage design. The exhibition that [...]