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LSO Chamber Ensemble

Boulez 100

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Composer Pierre Boulez sitting down. He is wearing a dark jacket and has white hair.

Fanfares, massed cellos and electronics – a fascinating celebration of the music of Pierre Boulez, in his centenary year.

A concert all about conversations, numbers and musical echoes. A solo cello is in dialogue with six comrades in Messagesquisse where the rhythms are inspired by Morse code. Another group of six features in Dérive 1, while in Anthèmes 2 a violin generates its own electronic response.

Initiale is a swirling work for seven brass instruments, a revised version of which Boulez used as a fanfare to surprise fellow conductor Georg Solti on his 80th birthday. The early Sonatine is a playful, scampering conversation between flute and piano.

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Change of Conductor
Conductor François-Xavier Roth has withdrawn from his engagements with the London Symphony Orchestra in the 2024/25 season. The LSO is grateful to Maxime Pascal for stepping in to conduct the Barbican and Milton Court concerts on 26 and 27 January. The programmes for these concerts will remain as originally planned.

 

The concert will finish at approximately 8.30pm.

Produced by the London Symphony Orchestra

Programme

Pierre Boulez Messagesquisse
Dérive 1
Initiale
Sonatine for Flute and Piano
Anthèmes 2 for Electronics and Violin

Performers

Musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra
Maxime Pascal conductor
Benjamin Marquise Gilmore violin

Ticket prices

£6*

£10/£15*

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Milton Court Concert Hall