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LSO Chamber Ensemble

Boulez 100

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Composer Pierre Boulez sitting down. He is wearing a dark jacket and has white hair.

Fanfares, massed cellos and electronics – a fascinating celebration of the music of Pierre Boulez, in his centenary year.

A concert all about conversations, numbers and musical echoes. A solo cello is in dialogue with six comrades in Messagesquisse where the rhythms are inspired by Morse code. Another group of six features in Dérive 1, while in Anthèmes 2 a violin generates its own electronic response.

Initiale is a swirling work for seven brass instruments, a revised version of which Boulez used as a fanfare to surprise fellow conductor Georg Solti on his 80th birthday. The early Sonatine is a playful, scampering conversation between flute and piano.

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Change of Conductor
Conductor François-Xavier Roth has withdrawn from his engagements with the London Symphony Orchestra in the 2024/25 season. The LSO is grateful to Maxime Pascal for stepping in to conduct the Barbican and Milton Court concerts on 26 and 27 January. The programmes for these concerts will remain as originally planned.

 

The concert will finish at approximately 8.30pm.

Produced by the London Symphony Orchestra

Programme

  • Pierre Boulez   Messagesquisse
  •   Dérive 1
  •   Initiale
  •   Sonatine for Flute and Piano
  •   Anthèmes 2 for Electronics and Violin

Performers

  • Maxime Pascal   conductor
  • Benjamin Marquise Gilmore   violin
  • David Cohen   cello
  • Gareth Davies   flute
  • Joseph Havlat   piano
  • Ian Dearden & Jonathan Green (Sound Intermedia)   electronics
  • Guildhall Cellos  
  • LSO Chamber Ensemble  

Milton Court Concert Hall

Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

Address
Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

Nearby public transport
We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, Old Street, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street

Car and bicycle parking
We have free bicycle spaces and paid car parking spaces available