Boulez 100: ...explosante-fixe... and Works by Knussen and Benjamin
During Pierre Boulez’s tenure as music director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the early 1970s, the BBC produced a series of TV documentaries that introduced the young George Benjamin to the music of composers such as Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Varèse, and Ives. Not long afterward, while still a teenager, he began his composition studies with Boulez’s former teacher Olivier Messiaen.
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George Benjamin
Now one of the foremost musicians of our time, Benjamin closes the Pierre Boulez Saal season, appearing in multiple artistic capacities. Leading the Boulez Ensemble, he conducts Boulez’s …explosante-fixe… of 1993 in addition to his own Three Inventions and Oliver Knussen’s Two Organa, written in 1995.
- Oliver Knussen - Two Organa for large Ensemble Op. 27
- George Benjamin - Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez - ... explosante-fixe ... for three Flutes, Ensemble, and Live Electronics
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Participating artists
George Benjamin
Boulez Ensemble
Dates
June 2025
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