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| Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm |
 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, LondonSalonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra London |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm Salonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra London Tonight’s programme marks the centenary (29 May 1913) of one of the most famous premieres in musical history: Stravinsky’s primitivist ballet The Rite of Spring. Showered throughout by a torrential hail of farmyard noises from the gallery, the whole thing ended in uproar with the young conductor, Pierre Monteux, and his musicians fleeing for their lives. Puccini, who was in the Paris audience that night, described it as ‘the creation of a madman.’ Yet Stravinsky claimed that he was merely ‘the vessel through which the Rite passed.’ Opening the concert is Debussy’s no less groundbreaking Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune. ‘From that moment,’ wrote Pierre Boulez, ‘music began to beat with a new pulse’. | ||
| Saturday 10-Aug-13 08:00pm |
Usher Hall, Edinburgh 20th Century Classics Edinburgh International Festival |
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| Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 2EA, United Kingdom Saturday 10-Aug-13 08:00pm 20th Century Classics Image credit: Simon Butterworth | ||
| Wednesday 28-Aug-13 08:00pm |
Usher Hall, Edinburgh Ensemble musikFabrik Edinburgh International Festival |
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| Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 2EA, United Kingdom Wednesday 28-Aug-13 08:00pm Ensemble musikFabrik A concert of blazing energy, infectious rhythms and big sounds as Cologne-based contemporary music group Ensemble musikFabrik celebrates the sometimes outrageous music of US maverick Frank Zappa. Led from the drumkit by superstar percussionist Dirk Rothbrust, the ensemble explores connections between Zappa’s wild creations, from the vibrant funk of Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? to the atmospheric t’Mershi Duween, and the classical music that he so admired. Ensemble musikFabrik also performs the remarkable Ionisation for 13 percussionists by Zappa’s lifelong hero Edgard Varèse, a celebration of the sounds of modern city life. John Cage’s classic Credo in Us, written in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, supplements the percussion ensemble with turntable and radioreceiver. Image credit: Klaus Rudolph | ||
| Friday 18-Oct-13 08:00pm |
Cité de la Musique, Concert Hall (Salle des Concerts), Paris Turbulences - week-end Ensemble intercontemporain - Pascal Dusapin - Chemins de traverse |
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| Cité de la Musique, Concert Hall (Salle des Concerts), Paris, 221, avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France Friday 18-Oct-13 08:00pm Turbulences - week-end Ensemble intercontemporain - Pascal Dusapin - Chemins de traverse | ||
| Wednesday 18-Dec-13 08:00pm |
Opéra Bastille, Paris Varèse / Prokofiev / Tchaikovsky |
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Suite no. 1, Op.64bis (excerpts) Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Suite no. 2, Op.64ter (excerpts) |
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| Opéra Bastille, Paris, 120 rue de Lyon, 75012 Paris, France Wednesday 18-Dec-13 08:00pm Varèse / Prokofiev / Tchaikovsky | ||
| Thursday 20-Feb-14 08:15pm |
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam musikFabrik |
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| Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam 1019 BR, Netherlands Thursday 20-Feb-14 08:15pm musikFabrik Het gerenommeerde Duitse ensemble musikFabrik heeft een naam hoog te houden als het gaat
om het werk van Frank Zappa. Het gezelschap speelt al jaren sprankelende bewerkingen van
popklassiekers van de grote gitarist en componist. Nu legt het gezelschap verbanden tussen Zappa
en twee componisten die hem tot op grote hoogte beïnvloed hebben: Edgard Varèse en John Cage.
Wat Zappa vooral aansprak in het werk van deze zielsverwante componisten was hun hang naar experiment
en hun liefde voor het pure geluid. Bij Varèse uitte zich dat in een grote belangstelling voor percussie. Bij
Cage speelden niet alleen percussie, maar ook omgevingsgeluiden een belangrijke rol. In 1933 legde Zappa
voor de cd The John Cage Tribute nog zijn visie vast op de meest spraakmakende Cage-compositie 4’33’’.
€ 27,00 / € 21,50 Stadspas / € 21,50 CJP | ||
| Tuesday 6-May-14 07:30pm |
Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY Spring For Music: Seattle Symphony |
Adams, Become Ocean (NY Premiere) |
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| Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Tuesday 6-May-14 07:30pm Spring For Music: Seattle Symphony Adams, John Luther (b. 1953), Become Ocean (NY Premiere) | ||
