{"id":2178,"date":"2021-01-01T00:17:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T23:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cosmos.ircam.fr\/?p=2178"},"modified":"2021-01-26T16:22:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T15:22:18","slug":"trois-fragment-dune-ebauche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/?p=2178","title":{"rendered":"Boulez: Trois Fragments d’une \u00e9bauche"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To commemorate the five year anniversary of Boulez’s passing, we post his Fragment d’une \u00e9bauche<\/em> (trans.<\/em> Fragment of a draft), dedicated to his friend Jean-Marie Lehn in 1987 on the occasion of Lehn’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The fragment of a future work for piano and instrumental ensemble, still in draft form. But for a Nobel Prize winner, one can make an exception and give a simple draft as a token of friendship and admiration<\/em>.” ~ Pierre Boulez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Boulez, a renowned composer-conductor and founding director of IRCAM, had “a reputation for writing music that was difficult, even impossible, to perform” and that “non-repetition, ‘anarchic’ (that is, anti-tonal) intervals and contrapuntal construction” were the hallmarks of his musical style (Guardian obituary<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The piece was published by Universal Edition Wien<\/a> and received its world premi\u00e8re<\/a> by pianist Wilhem Latchoumia on 29 September 2013 at the MUSICA Festival in presence of Pierre Boulez and Jean-Marie Lehn. Also present were composer Philippe Manoury and festival director Jean-Dominique Marco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before hearing Latchoumia’s interpretation, Chew made a simple recording of the piece. The recording received thought-provoking remarks from Lehn and Manoury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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