Music of Today: Gérard Grisey
Sun 30 Nov 2008, 6:00pm
Royal Festival Hall, London
Julian Anderson presenter
Pascal Rophé conductor
Barbara Hannigan soprano
| Gérard Grisey | Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil |
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A portrait of the composer Gérard Grisey conducted by Pascal Rophé and presented by Julian Anderson.
The French composer Gérard Grisey died suddenly ten years ago at the age of only 52. By coincidence, he had just completed a work entirely on the subject of death, the Four Songs for Crossing the Threshold, which we revive tonight. Pitting a soprano against a unique group of mainly low instruments, they are by turns meditative, startlingly lyrical and radiantly beautiful.
FREE admission.
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