dedicated to Laurent Langlois

In Lille, Opéra, January 21th, 2005 (with Orchestre de Picardie)
In Rouen, Opéra Leonard de Vinci, February 4th, 2005 (with Orchestre Leonard de Vinci conducted by Oswald Sallaberger)

A scan of XXth century american music, emphasizing simplicity and exactitude.

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"Cage has broken up with Schönberg on an argument concerning his formalism. But it was Cage’s idea - which would not have disliked the young Schönberg – to reach a form of music which gets rid of anguish by making it reflect and diffuse as if it was light."

"Cage a rompu avec Schoenberg en arguant clairement du formalisme de ce dernier; mais c'était dans le propos, que n'eût pas désavoué le jeune Schoenberg, d'atteindre à une musique qui se débarrasse de l'angoisse en la réfléchissant et en la diffusant comme une lumière."
(Daniel Charles)

20h00 - concert 1
Conlon Nancarrow : Choice of Studies for Piano Player, arranged by Ivar Mikhasshof - 10', 1948/1992
Michael Gordon : I Buried Paul, 10', 1996 - clarinet, percussion, sampler, electric guitar, cello, electric bass
John Cage : Three Dances for two prepared pianos, 20', 1945`
Tim Marien : Melissa, 1998, 10', two keyboards and just intonation guitar
John Cage : Imaginary Landscape I, 1939, 9' - two turntables, piano, cymbals
Conlon Nancarrow : Third Quartet, 1945, 12' -
John Cage : Amores, 1943, 9', prepared piano and three percussions
Harry Partch : Hitchhikers' Inscriptions, 1941, 10' - with Kris Dane, speaker

22h00 - concert 2
Steve Reich : Different Trains, 1988, 27', for strings quartet and tape

22h40 - concert 3
Michael Weilacher : Street Beats, solo percussion, performed by the composer

23h30 - concert 4 - symphonic orchestra
Gavin Bryars : Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet, for tape and orchestra

01h00 - concert 5
Morton Feldman : Triadic Memories, 1981, piano solo, Jean-Luc Fafchamps

Only in ROUEN : Steve Reich, Music for eighteen musicians, with Synergy vocals