Poeme Symphonique
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27.10.2006
David Barrington
London
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A process music piece conceived by Hungarian composer György Ligeti in 1962 when he was briefly involved in the Fluxus art group. When it was first performed in Holland the audience liked it so much they rioted.
"Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes has been very rarely performed in public. The complicated scenographic staging, the detailed preparation by hand, the need for around ten technicians to activate more or less simultaneously the 100 metronomes, makes the demand for performances limited. Thirty-two years after the premiere, the sculptor and installation artist Gilles Lacombe heard a recording of the work. Impressed, he decided to invent a machine able to perform the piece automatically. After six months, he set up this ingenious device. Ever since, Poème symphonique can be performed accurately, at any time, and in public." Video of the perfomace recorded in Rome, presented by an orchestra of 100 performers. |
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