Poésie pour pouvoir - Boulez 100
With Poésie pour pouvoir, Pierre Boulez was already outlining the spatialized sound architecture of Répons as early as 1958. Two orchestras and a group of soloists interact with fixed electronics, from which the incantatory poetry of Henri Michaux emerges. Reconstructed for electronics by Marco Stroppa, this rarely heard work is presented alongside two masterpieces by Stravinsky and Berg—composers Boulez championed throughout his life. Betsy Jolas, in turn, reflects on “those beautiful years” of the first Aix-en-Provence Festival.
Tamara Bounazou soprano
Diego Tosi violin
Ensemble intercontemporain
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris
Jean Deroyer conductor*
Pierre Bleuse conductor
Marco Stroppa, Carlo Laurenzi IRCAM electronics reconstruction and interpretation*
Yann Boudaud recorded voice*
Luca Bagnoli IRCAM sound diffusion*
Christian Merlin presentation of Poésie pour pouvoir
Pierre Boulez Poésie pour pouvoir (based on “Je Rame” by Henri Michaux) - French Premiere
Reconstruction commissioned by the Lucerne Festival. Co-production: IRCAM–Centre Pompidou, Lucerne Festival. With support from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
Betsy Jolas Ces belles années…
Igor Stravinsky Symphonies d'instruments à vent
Alban Berg Concerto pour violon « À la mémoire d'un ange »
Pre-concert
Introduction to the works at 7 PM, in the Coursives of the Cité de la musique.
