Talea celebrates the 100th birthday of French composer Pierre Boulez with Dialogues & Notations on Friday, January 24, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew. The program places Boulez’s Dialogue de l’ombre double and Douze Notations in conversation with works by composers Maryanne Amacher, Carol Szymanski, John Cage, and Alyssa Regent.
The program includes:
Pierre Boulez: Dialogue de l’ombre double, for bassoon and electronics (1985)
Pierre Boulez: Douze Notations, for piano (1945)
Maryanne Amacher: Adjacencies, for 2 percussionists and sound diffusion (1965)
Alyssa Regent: Fortis Meam, for solo cello and electronics (2021)
Carol Szymanski: Baudelaire, from the fall (recirculation), for trumpet and electronics (2024)
John Cage: Ryoanji, for solo oboe and percussion obbligato (1985)
