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Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Part of the Proms 2015
Add to my Calendar 25-07-2015 15:00 25-07-2015 17:00 36 Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group French conductor Franck Ollu makes his Proms debut, directing the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group in the first of two concerts celebrating composer Pierre Boulez’s 90th-birthday year. Boulez’s own Notations - written while he was still a student - sits alongside his Dérive 2, both works embedded in the ‘family tree’ of a composer whose works interconnect in ever-evolving ways. The concert also features Wanderlied for cello and ensemble by Boulez’s French-American contemporary Betsy Jolas, as well as music by two young composers new to the Proms: Shiori Usui and Joanna Lee. There will be no interval Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England
Programme
Pierre Boulez – Notations 2, 11 & 10; La treizième (arr. J. Schöllhorn): UK premiere
Shiori Usui – Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l.: BBC commission: world premiere
Betsy Jolas – Wanderlied: UK premiere
Joanna Lee – Hammer of Solitude: BBC commission: world premiere
Pierre Boulez – Dérive 2
Performers
Franck Ollu – Conductor
Ulrich Heinen – cello
Hilary Summers – contralto
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
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Programme Note
French conductor Franck Ollu makes his Proms debut, directing the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group in the first of two concerts celebrating composer Pierre Boulez’s 90th-birthday year. Boulez’s own Notations - written while he was still a student - sits alongside his Dérive 2, both works embedded in the ‘family tree’ of a composer whose works interconnect in ever-evolving ways.
The concert also features Wanderlied for cello and ensemble by Boulez’s French-American contemporary Betsy Jolas, as well as music by two young composers new to the Proms: Shiori Usui and Joanna Lee.
There will be no interval