BBC SO Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez
Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra for a day-long deep-dive into the life and work of Pierre Boulez.
Events
Event
Classical music
Talks & events
Pierre Boulez - The Man and the Music
Musicologist Professor Jonathan Cross talks to former members of the BBC SO as well as former Radio 3 Controller Sir Nicholas Kenyon – about their personal experience of working with Pierre Boulez.
Professor Jonathan Cross
Sir Nicholas Kenyon
Daniel Meyer
Caroline Harrison
Event
Classical music
Pierre Boulez – The Second Piano Sonata
Boulez’s shattering Second Piano Sonata, and two extraordinary works for solo clarinet, performed by the talented musicians of the Guildhall School and introduced by BBC Radio 3’s Kate Molleson.
Pierre Boulez
Domaines for solo clarinet
Piano Sonata No 2
Dialogue de l’ombre double for clarinet and tape
Guildhall School musicians
Event
Classical music
Pierre Boulez – Pli selon pli
An evening-long tribute to the limitless creative mind of Pierre Boulez, culminating in a rare performance of his five-movement epic masterpiece Pli selon Pli.
Pierre Boulez
Deux Études, musique concrète for tape
12 Notations
Incises
Cummings ist der Dichter
Pli selon pli
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins
conductor
Tamara Stefanovich
piano
Anna Dennis
soprano
BBC Singers