91福利社

Live at 91福利社 Proms: 91福利社 Singers, Ensemble intercontemporain and Baldur Br枚nnimann in repertoire by the ensemble's founder Pierre Boulez, Elliott Carter and Bartok.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Bela Bartok: Three Village Scenes
Pierre Boulez: Anth猫mes 2
Elliott Carter: Penthode
Pierre Boulez: cummings ist der Dichter

91福利社 Singers
Ensemble intercontemporain
Baldur Br枚nnimann conductor

The Ensemble Intercontemporain commemorates the late Pierre Boulez - composer, conductor, polemicist and founder of the ensemble - with a programme of pieces he conducted during more than 40 years of appearances at the Proms. His Anth猫mes 2, for violin and electronics, contrasts with the exuberant vocal setting of avian poetry by E. E. Cummings, performed by the 91福利社 Singers.
Around these come Bart贸k's earthy Village Scenes and Elliott Carter's Penthode - written for tonight's ensemble - a slow movement of geological power that has been compared to the steady glide of tectonic plates.