BOULEZ / LE VISAGE NUPTIAL

Program

Pierre Boulez
Le Visage nuptial
Initiale pour sept cuivres
Claude Debussy
La Cathédrale engloutie
La Mer
Maurice Ravel
Concerto pour la main gauche

⚠️ CANCELLATION ⚠️
Due to the measures taken in the context of the health crisis, we regret to announce the cancellation of the BOULEZ/LE VISAGE NUPTIAL concert originally scheduled for 20 and 21 January 2021.

“Disappear now, my escort, standing afar”: thus begins The Nuptial Countenance, a poem by René Char from his anthology Furor and mystery. The young Pierre Boulez made it the subject of a work that has acquired iconic status, a score that is outside the box and complex. Conducted by Richard Wilberforce, accentus teams up with the Latvian Radio Choir to deliver a virtuoso interpretation of this incandescent music that sings of love and passion.

1h45 without interval

Cast

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Audrey Luna, soprano
Aude Extrémo, mezzo-soprano
Chœur de la Radio Lettone
accentus
Orchestre de Paris
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Richard Wilberforce, choral conductor