Hebrides Ensemble – BBC Proms At Belfast
Monday 18 july, 1.00pm at The Waterfront Studio, Waterfront Hall , 2 Lanyon Place, Belfast, BT1 3WH, Northern Ireland
Programme
Xenakis – Allegro Molto (1949) [unpublished student work]
Xenakis – Akea (1986)
Messiaen – Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes (1991)
Xenakis – Ittidra (1996)
Ravel – Pavane pour un infante défunte (1899)
Xenakis – À R. (hommage à Ravel) (1987)
Messiaen – ‘Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus’ from Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1941)
From the exquisitely realised miniature worlds of Maurice Ravel, to the sacred ecstasies of Olivier Messiaen and the bold, sonic architecture of his pupil Iannis Xenakis (who would have been 100 this year), these are sounds to ravish the ear and set the synapses sparking. Hebrides Ensemble is a virtuoso chamber ensemble created specially to play music like this – up close and personal in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall Studio.