Sage celebrates Varese

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Posted on 23.02.10
The Sage Gateshead is paying tribute to the work of Edgard Varèse, the French-born composer who played a key role in the development of electronic music. Running from 5–16 April, Brave New Worlds: the music of Debussy and Varèse features Varèse performances by the National Youth Orchestra alongside music by the composer’s contemporary Debussy, and by more recent artists who were influenced by his radical concept of ‘organised sound’.

On 16 April, visitors to the Sage can hear an installation of Varèse’s tape piece Poème électronique, which was originally presented using 400 speakers in the Le Corbusier-designed Philips pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World Fair. That same evening, the NYO, conducted by Paul Daniel, will perform Tuning Up, Arcana and the epic Amériques, as well as Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Nuages and Fêtes. With 175 musicians aged between 13 and 19 performing, the ensemble will be the largest to have ever appeared at the Sage.

Other events include a study day introducing Varèse’s work on 10 April and a concert uniting NYO, Northern Sinfonia and the Young Sinfonia on 5 April.

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