The ever-creative violinist pays a centenary tribute to the genius of Pierre Boulez and his legacy in a programme highlighting the magic of live electronics.
Michael Barenboim, a player of ‘crackling intensity’ (The Guardian), has become almost synonymous with Pierre Boulez’ groundbreaking works for solo violin and live electronics. Gilbert Nuono joins him today to realise these effects live in concert.
Their programme is bookended by Boulez’ Anthèmes 1 and 2, in which the violin is gradually surrounded by a spatial-effect halo of sound.
In between, there is a chance to explore music influenced by Boulez, firstly by his pupil Benjamin Attahir and the prominent French composer Philippe Manoury.
‘Manoury and Attahir both worked with Boulez, but of course offer their own takes on the treatment of violin with live electronics,’ Barenboim says.
Completing the programme are works from the Levant, by the Lebanese violinist and composer Leyale Chaker and Kareem Roustom from Syria, whose Pavane (pour les enfantes défuntes) receives its UK premiere today.
Barenboim says, ‘Doing justice to Pierre Boulez’ work on the occasion of his 100-year anniversary means going beyond his own work,’ adding that to present it as a static legacy would go against the visionary spirit of the composer.
Michael Barenboim is soloist and chamber musician on violin and viola, ensemble founder, concertmaster of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and professor at the Barenboim-Said Akademie.
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