American Tour of Boulez and his Orchestra

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Pierre Boulez and the EIC (Ensemble Intercontemporain) will tour
the US. One of the highlights of the concerts will be "Repons,"
written for the orchestra and the 4X, IRCAM's all-digital synthesizer.

Here's the program of the tour (star follows US premiere of piece):

LOS-ANGELES

2/11 8pm Wooden Center, UCLA Boulez: Repons (*)

2/12 8pm Wooden Center, UCLA Boulez: Repons

2/12 8pm Royce Hall, UCLA Donatoni: Tema (*)
Holler: Resonance (*)
Carter: Penthode (*)
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto

SAN FRANCISCO

2/15 8:30pm Civic Auditorium Boulez: Repons

CHICAGO

2/20 8pm Gymnasium, NorthWestern Univ Boulez: Repons

2/21 8pm Orchestra Hall Varese: Octandre
Boulez: Derive (*)
Dufourt: Antiphysis (*)
Carter: Penthode
Schoenberg: Chbr Symph op 9

BOSTON

2/24 8pm Symphony Hall, Huntington Ave Boulez: Repons

2/25 8pm Symphony Hall, Huntington Ave Boulez: Repons

2/27 8pm Symphony Hall, Huntington Ave Varese: Octandre
Carter: Penthode
Holler: Resonance
Donatoni: Tema
Schoenberg: Chbr Symph op 9

2/28 2pm Symphony Hall, Huntington Ave Same as above (2/27)

3/1 8pm Symphony Hall, Huntington Ave Same as above (2/27)

NEW YORK

3/5 8pm Gymnasium, Columbia Univ Boulez: Repons

3/7 8pm Avery Fisher Hall Donatoni: Tema
Holler: Resonance
Carter: Penthode
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto

3/9 8pm Avery Fisher Hall Varese: Octandre
Ives: Tone Roads 1 & 3
Dufourt: Antiphysis
Stockhausen: Kreuzspiel
Boulez: Derive
Schoenberg: Chamber Symph op 9

--Michel

(This is not an official IRCAM communique... So ddon't blame them!)

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All of the concerts in the previous article which were listed as
featuring only "Repons" will also include Boulez' "Dialogue de
l'ombre double" written for a clarinettist and tapes, and dedicated
to Luciano Berio for his 60th birthday (1985).

Incidentally, the commemorative programme book for the tour is an
impressive collection of articles on IRCAM, the EIC and contemporary
music, as well as programme notes on the composers and the pieces
being performed. It also contains the IRCAM discography and the
IEC repertory.

--Michel

(Usual disclaimers)