The Ensemble intercontemporain performs Mozart, Saunders, Braud (world premiere), and Feldman
With Geoffroy Jourdain and Les Cris de Paris at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
Thank you for your understanding.
Cast
Program notes
The Ensemble intercontemporain, founded by Pierre Boulez in 1976 and composed today of 31 exceptional soloists under the direction of Pierre Bleuse, performs a beautifully chosen program at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, including the world premiere of a piece specially commissioned by them! Joined by Geoffroy Jourdain and his exquisite vocal ensemble Les Cris de Paris, the EIC celebrates the work of legendary artist Mark Rothko, who sought to "raise painting to the level of poignancy of music and poetry."
To create a sonic accompaniment for the painter's visual universe, the musicians interpret Mozart's final chamber work, the Adagio and Rondo K. 617, originally composed for glass harmonica but often performed today with a harp. They move on to albescere by London-born composer Rebecca Saunders, for twelve instruments and five voices (used wordlessly, for timbre and texture) and—in a world premiere not to be missed—the newly commissioned Infigure by Augustin Brand for solo violin. The program closes, fittingly, with Rothko Chapel, one of the best-known works by twentieth-century great Morton Feldman, written as "an immobile procession, not unlike the friezes on Greek temples," to accompany the opening of the titular edifice following Rothko's suicide.
Photo © Quentin Chevrier
A closer look: featured composers
Appears in
More info
Related events
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Event