Volume 4 from the series »Listening Lab«.
»Listening Lab 4« provides engaging and interactive material to support
orchestral musicians and music educators in schools and cultural
institutions as they introduce audiences to Pierre Boulez »Notations«.
Pierre Boulez is the composer of the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries: from his university days in Paris under the influence of the
Viennese School and the fin de siècle, through to his achievements in
the field of electronic music in the 1970s and his work as a conductor
and teacher, he is the most fervent companion to, and creator of, music
history.
His Notations are not only fascinating works. They are
also sonic witnesses to their times. They originated as piano pieces in
1945 when Boulez was just 20 years old. Between thirty and fifty years
later Boulez rewrote them as orchestral works. Starting from the
existing piano versions, Boulez created entirely new works that are much
more than just orchestrations. These works now give us a rare insight
into the composer's particularly long developmental process.
In
Listening Lab Pierre Boulez »Notations«, each of the chapters introduces
one of the Notations and the performance order suggested by Pierre
Boulez has been adopted. The chapters build on each other and are,
within themselves, as varied as possible. In the last chapter you will
find a list of possible module combinations and project suggestions.
They combine different contexts and open up new insights. Some modules
are constructed like a dramatic production within a particular context.
There are also two very short workshops especially for those who have
limited time available. The project suggestions can easily be varied,
adapted and expanded.
Languages: German/English
Universal Edition UE26318.