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http://www.cite-musique.frClaire Booth soprano
Gordon Gietz tenor
Eric-Maria Couturier cello
Ensemble intercontemporain
Conductor Matthias Pintscher
IRCAM Computer Music Design Carl Faia, Gilbert Nouno
The two interludes and the scene from Wagner Dream are performed here as a tribute to Jonathan Harvey who passed away on December 4, 2012.
Wagner Dream, an opera composed by Jonathan Harvey in 2007, takes place when Wagner has a heart attack in the Vendramin Palace in Venice. The final moments of Wagner's life project us in the vision of an opera inspired by a Buddhist legend, an opera that the German composer imagined, but never wrote. The two interludes and the scene from Wagner Dream are performed here as a tribute to Jonathan Harvey who passed away on December 4, 2012. The reply to the dream of a Wagnerian dream is Pintscher's Bereshit, the first word of Genesis, the "beginning" of a new artistic era for the Ensemble intercontemporain.Anton Webern : Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci, excerpt from L'Offrande musicale
Jonathan Harvey : Two Interludes and A Scene for an Opera
Bernd Zimmermann : Sonata for cello
Matthias Pintscher : Bereshit
