Tacet, in a score, indicates that an instrument must remain silent. In this concerto by Stefano Gervasoni, the soloist guides the orchestra from enumeration to silent dissolution. Morton Feldman, often associated with sonic stillness, imagines a vast orchestra equipped with a sostenuto pedal, endlessly varying the chiaroscuro of the oriental carpet in his Coptic Light. Øyvind Torvund, meanwhile, combines psychedelic joy and Wagnerian epic in a ride caught in ice!

Distribution

Patricia Kopatchinskaja violon
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Pierre Bleuse conductor
Serge Lemouton, Dionysios Papanikolaou, IRCAM electronics
Clément Cerles IRCAM sound diffusion

Programme

Øyvind Torvund 3 pieces for orchestra and electronics - French premiere

Stefano Gervasoni Tacet - French premiere

Patricia Kopatchinskaja Cadenza - Premiere 2026
Commissioned by IRCAM-Centre Pompidou

Morton Feldman Coptic Light

Coproduction Radio-France, IRCAM-Centre Pompidou.
Concert recorded by France Musique and broadcast on Wednesday, July 20 at 8PM, presented by Arnaud Merlin.