Luciano Berio rejected the artificial convention of folk songs accompanied by piano. His Folk Songs recompose these songs through orchestration and vocal technique. The oral traditions of Sardinia, Sicily, and Armenia are thus captured through written composition. A twentieth-century utopia, expressive and universalizing: is it still fruitful for the twenty-first? Diana Soh, for her part, draws on the music of her childhood, weaving it into her own compositions that incorporate electronics. Where do musical origins actually lie? Darius Milhaud may well have asked himself the same question in his own time, and his Le Bœuf sur le toit looks more toward Brazil than the Mediterranean.

Program

Diana Soh Songs from whence I came - Premiere 2027
Commissioned by IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, Radio France
Luciano Berio Folk songs
Yaron Herman Concerto pour piano - Premiere 2027
Commissioned by Radio-France
Darius Milhaud Le Bœuf sur le toit

Distribution

Rinat Shaham mezzo-soprano
Yaron Herman piano
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Lin Liao conductor
Manuel Poletti IRCAM electronic
Jérémie Bourgogne IRCAM sound diffusion

In partnership with IRCAM-Centre Pompidou/Radio France. With the support of Covéa Finance.