Pléiades – Iannis Xenakis
As well as :
TRIO SONATA N°3 in D minor BWV 527 for Organ – J. S. BACH
RAIN TREE – Torū TAKEMITSU
Monday, April 3rd 2023, 8:30 PM – Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova (IT)
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Pléiades is one of the most beautiful pieces written by Iannis Xenakis. The richness of the timbres, the freedom and coherence of the composition make this work a unique rhythmic adventure. The very essence of this piece lies in the fact that it cannot be delimited by a simple definition. The instruments used range from keyboards (vibraphone and marimba), to various percussion instruments and the ‘sixxen’ – a percussion instrument specially created for this composition.
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100 CYMBALS – Ryoji Ikeda
Preceded by But what about the noise of crumpling paper – John CAGE / Ryoji IKEDA
Friday, April 14th, 9:00 PM – Musiekgebouw, Amsterdam (NL)
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With 100 cymbals, Ryoji Ikeda plunges us into the abyss of vibration. A unique listening experience. Created in 2019 at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, in the sumptuous hall designed by architect Frank Gehry, 100 cymbals is both a stage performance and an audiovisual installation. Ryoji Ikeda highlights the rich potential of cymbals by following the thin line between noise and harmonic resonance. The seemingly rudimentary instrument, a convex disc made of an alloy of copper, brass and bronze, more commonly used to accentuate certain beats of the bar, is transformed into a powerful polyphonic resource. The different modes of playing, more or less conventional, maintain a fusional – almost choral – sonority and allow harmonic strata and other acoustic results to emerge within a process that a single line could represent: an infinite crescendo, leading from an almost imperceptible murmur to the brilliance of the final fortississimo.