Pléiades, I. Xenakis – Centre des Arts, Enghien-les-Bains – Thursday 24th November 2022
Pléiades is one of the most beautiful pieces written by Iannis Xenakis. The richness of the timbres, the freedom and coherence of the composition make this work a unique rhythmic adventure. The very essence of this piece lies in the fact that it cannot be delimited by a simple definition. The instruments used range from keyboards (vibraphone and marimba), to various percussion instruments and the ‘sixxen’ – a percussion instrument specially created for this composition.
Thursday 24 November, 7pm
Centre des Arts, Enghien les Bains (FR)
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But what about the noise… J. Cage / R. Ikeda & 100 cymbals, R. Ikeda – Philharmonie of Paris – Saturday 26th November 2022
A hybrid proposition between audiovisual installation and stage performance, conceived by Ryoji Ikeda, 100 cymbals gives cymbals a field of expression that seems to extend to infinity and generates an unheard-of world. On stage, ten instrumentalists play one hundred cymbals, arranged at waist height and distributed in the space with extreme regularity. In contrast to the infernal din, the two musical works performed – a piece by John Cage revisited by Ikeda and a new composition by Ikeda – form an ensemble of volatile delicacy, with multiple suggestive nuances. Used with such mastery, the cymbals reveal a fascinating expressive potential that resonates almost endlessly.
Saturday 26 November, 8 pm
Salle des concerts – Cité de la musique, Philharmonie de Paris (FR)
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Le Noir de l’Etoile, G. Grisey – Philharmonie of Luxembourg – Sunday 27th november 2022
Gérard Grisey’s Le Noir de l’Étoile is one of the French spectralist composer’s most impressive pieces. In this work, pulsars – “clocks of space-time” – form the tonal and poetic starting point for a monumental space piece for six percussionists, driven by rotation, periodicity, deceleration and acceleration. The French composer Gérard Grisey has been fascinated all his life by the laws of the universe and the possibilities of making them audible. In 1989, he chose pulsars – rotating neutron stars whose magnetic waves can be transformed into sound waves – as the starting point for Noir de l’Étoile, a large-scale composition for six percussionists spread across space that has since become a staple of new music. Grisey wrote it for Les Percussions de Strasbourg, who are giving the Luxembourg premiere of this monumental work.
Sunday 27 November, 5 pm
Rainy Days Festival, Philharmonie du Luxembourg (LU)
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Concert Best Of – Theater of Hautepierre, Strasbourg – Thursday 8th December 2022
On Thursday 8 December, the Percussions de Strasbourg will be honouring both cult pieces from their repertoire, which have been performed extensively during their 60 years of existence, and a new creation (Maurilio Cacciatore). This anniversary year is the ideal opportunity to highlight these pieces that have become fundamental for today’s percussion. The Percussions de Strasbourg welcome you to the Théâtre de Hautepierre in the district where the group has been established for over 40 years.
Programme:
Huit inventions, op 45, Miloslav Kabeláč (1965)
Quatre études chorégraphiques, Maurice Ohana (1962)
Corale, Maurilio Cacciatore (world première, 2022)
Métal, Philippe Manoury (1995)
Thursday 8 December, 8pm
Théâtre de Hautepierre, Strasbourg
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