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Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick.

Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick.

Jan 3, 2025 | Boulez centenary - March 26, 2025, Videos

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Paris – Nicholas Collon conducts Boulez, Mozart & Ravel, opening with Kaisa Kortelainen playing Debussy’s Syrinx. Live YLA Areena webcast.

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Paris – Nicholas Collon conducts Boulez, Mozart & Ravel, opening with Kaisa Kortelainen playing Debussy’s Syrinx. Live YLA Areena webcast.

Dec 11, 2024 | Boulez centenary - March 26, 2025, Concert Reviews, Videos

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 Concert Hall, Helsinki Music Centre, Mannerheimintie 13 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland Kaisa Kortelainen seduced with Syrinx and was then joined by a few string-playing colleagues for Boulez’s fluid Mémoriale (… explosante-fixe...

It starts here: “Anticipating his centenary on March 26”, Pierre Boulez conducts Mahler Five – Cleveland Orchestra; March 5, 1970.

It starts here: “Anticipating his centenary on March 26”, Pierre Boulez conducts Mahler Five – Cleveland Orchestra; March 5, 1970.

Dec 9, 2024 | Boulez centenary - March 26, 2025, Videos

Opening trumpet solo is presumably by Bernard Adelstein. Certainly Myron Bloom, horn, in third movement. The Adagietto (from 41’55”) lasts eight minutes. Overall, a stunning performance given on March 5, 1970, not, as it could be read, May 3, as then the...