räsonanz – Donor Concert with works by Pierre Boulez on January 9, 2025 at Prinzregententheater Munich
6.12.2024
The 2025 räsonanz – Donor Concert, organised in collaboration with the musica viva of the Bayerischer Rundfunk, is dedicated to the composer Pierre Boulez. Boulez shaped the musical life of his time and beyond in his various roles as composer, conductor and theorist. This is evident in the institutions he founded: the Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique/musique (IRCAM) and the Ensemble intercontemporain.
With Eclat-Multiples and Pli selon pli, two of his key works are on the programme. The orchestral piece Eclat-Multiples lives in a sophisticated way from calculated rubato. Pli selon pli is an orchestral and vocal cycle based on poems by Stéphane Mallarmé. Boulez himself pointed out that he did not set the words to music, but ‘staged’ them. The text itself becomes the music.
On 9 January 2025 at 8 p.m., Les Siècles will perform under the baton of Franck Ollu at the Prinzregententheater in Munich. Soprano Sarah Aristidou will sing the vocal part.