Artists
- Ensemble intercontemporain
- Date
- Tue 20 Jun 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Claude Debussy1862-1918
- Première rapsodie:
- Première rapsodie for clarinet and piano
- Bruno Maderna1920-1973
- Viola
- Olivier Messiaen1908-1992
- Le merle noir:
- Le merle noir for flute and piano
- Philippe Schoellerb. 1957
- Madrigal:
- Madrigal for piano quintet
Interval
- Luciano Berio1925-2003
- Sequenza I for solo flute
- Maurice Ravel1875-1937
- Sonatine
- Matteo Franceschinib. 1979
Overview
Ensemble intercontemporain’s stellar line-up ofcontemporary music specialists returns to WigmoreHall with a programme of great virtuosity andvariety, highlighting contrasts and correspondencesbetween the musical cultures of France and Italy.
The ensemble’s concert includes the UK premièreof ‘Les Excentriques’ by the young Italian composerMatteo Franceschini, co-commissioned by WigmoreHall and Ensemble intercontemporain.