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Performances of Pierre Boulez at BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Mon 4 Aug 2025
- 19:30
  Mahler and Boulez
  Royal Albert Hall
  The sonic scope of Mahler’s Das klagende Lied meets its match in the musical spectacle of Pierre Boulez’s ‘majestic processional’ Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu
  The sonic scope of Mahler’s Das klagende Lied meets its match in the musical spectacle of Pierre Boulez’s ‘majestic processional’ Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu
  Programme
  Pierre Boulez
  Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna(32 mins)
  interval
  Gustav Mahler
  Das klagende Lied (original version, 1880)(65 mins)
  Performers
  Natalya Romaniw
  soprano
  soprano
  Jennifer Johnston
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Russell Thomas
  tenor
  tenor
  James Newby
  baritone
  baritone
  Constanza Chorus
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Hannu Lintu
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Pierre Boulez
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  Proms 2025 Discovery at the Proms
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  Seats from £10 to £46 (plus booking fee)
Sun 30 Mar 2025
- 19:00
  Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez - Pli selon pli
  Barbican, London
  An evening-long tribute to the limitless creative mind of Pierre Boulez, culminating in a rare performance of his five-movement epic masterpiece Pli selon pli.
  An evening-long tribute to the limitless creative mind of Pierre Boulez, culminating in a rare performance of his five-movement epic masterpiece Pli selon pli.
  Programme
  Pierre Boulez
  Deux Études, musique concrète for tape(6 mins)
  12 Notations(10 mins)
  Incises(9 mins)
  cummings ist der Dichter(13 mins)
  interval
  Pierre Boulez
  Pli selon pli(70 mins)
  Performers
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Anna Dennis
  soprano
  soprano
  Tamara Stefanovich
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Singers
  Composers
  Pierre Boulez
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez
- 15:00
  Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez - The Second Piano Sonata
  Milton Court, London
  Boulez’s shattering Second Piano Sonata, and two extraordinary works for solo clarinet - one with electronics - performed by the hugely talented musicians of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and introduced by BBC Radio 3’s Kate Molleson.
  Boulez’s shattering Second Piano Sonata, and two extraordinary works for solo clarinet - one with electronics - performed by the hugely talented musicians of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and introduced by BBC Radio 3’s Kate Molleson.
  Programme
  Pierre Boulez
  Domaines(14 mins)
  Piano Sonata No. 2(30 mins)
  Dialogue de l’ombre double(20 mins)
  Performers
  Guildhall School Musicians
  Composers
  Pierre Boulez
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez