TURNED ON BY TEXTURE
8:00 pm Concert | 7:15 Pre-concert talk
Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory
In the TELUS Centre for
Performance and Learning
273 Bloor Street West
Tickets: 416.408.0208
or performance.rcmusic.ca
Featuring
Alex Pauk, conductor
James Parker, piano
Programme
| György Ligeti | Lontano for large orchestra |
| Jimmie LeBlanc | The Touch of Psyche (Le Toucher de Psyché) (World Premiere) |
| Harry Somers | The Third Piano Concerto |
| Iannis Xenakis | Jonchaies for large orchestra |
Ligeti and Xenakis, perhaps more than any others, changed the course of 20th century music.
In Lontano, Ligeti’s technique of “harmonic crystallization” yieldsa complex, woven, iridescent harmonic texture. This iconic piece can be heard in the Hollywood blockbusters The Shining and Shutter Island.
LeBlanc’s work extends the energy of his “performative gestures” to that of “performative masses”- tensions and textures traverse and constitute the sonic matter itself – from deep opacity to ethereal brilliance.
Somers’ concerto reveals the composer’s most mature style and is a valuable, original addition to the piano concerto repertoire.
Jonchaies (meaning “reeds” or “rushes”), with its volcanic energy of layered textures, pounding rhythms and intertwining sonic trajectories, also contains some of Xenakis’ most delicate and lyrical music.
