6. Ralph van Raat: Harvey / Boulez
Saturday 21 November
Phipps Hall 6pm,
Full price £14; Concession £12
Jonathan Harvey Four Images after Yeats
Jonathan Harvey Haiku
Jonathan Harvey Homage to Cage...À Chopin (und Ligeti ist auch dabei)
Jonathan Harvey Tombeau de Messiaen
Jonathan Harvey FF
Jonathan Harvey Vers
Pierre Boulez Second Sonata
Ralph van Raat piano
Sharing Schoenberg and Messiaen as two of their most important early influences, Harvey and Boulez both derive their musical language from serial and spectralist influences, both having been influenced by music and thought from the Orient. However, where Boulez is foremost concerned with breaking away from the role of the past and inducing a musical revolution, Harvey has always, in non-tonal colours, seeked for spiritual impulse and expression of the visionary. In this spectacular concert with an overview of Harvey's complete piano music, combined with Boulez's historical and monumental Second Sonata for piano, one conclusion certainly is evident: both composers demand the utmost virtuosity from their interpreters.
Produced by hcmf// supported by Muziek Centrum Nederland and NFPK+; also supported by British Council
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