Giacinto Scelsi / Edgard Varèse / Hanspeter Kyburz Giacinto Scelsi / Edgar Varèse /Hanspeter Kyburz
[Music]
The compositions offered here span seven decades and three generations. But they all strive to get to the heart of the matter – the sound. Scelsi’s compositions probe the “sphericity” of sound, or lead back to the incantations of theTibetan llamas and Vedic tradition. Varese digs for inspiration for Ecuatorial in a prayer borrowed from the Quiche Mayas’ Popol Vuh, while Kyburz’s Noesis is a return to pure sources: life’s pulsating rhythm.
Credits
Giacinto Scelsi
Hymnos for organ and orchestra (1963)
Yliam for all-female chorus(1964)
Uaxuctum for seven percussionists, timpanists, chorus and orchestra,(1966)
Edgar Varèse
Ecuatorial for bass chorus and orchestra, (1934)
Hanspeter Kyburz
A travers for bass chorus and orchestra, (1999)
Noesis for orchestra (2001-2003)
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
Marcus Creed, chorus conductor
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden – Freiburg
Ernesto Molinari, clarinet
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor
Presentation in Paris : Co-presented by Opéra national de Paris,
Festival d’Automne à Paris, in collaboration with Südwestrundfunk
With the support of Fondation de France, Sacem and Pro Helvetia, Swiss Foundation for Culture