[…] For much of its life, Gérard Grisey‘s Mégalithes has languished in obscurity. A work for 15 brass instruments composed in 1969 when Grisey was 23, the work was essentially forgotten, perhaps due to a lack of interest on Grisey’s part (due to his subsequent focus on spectralism) and short memories on everyone else’s. It wasn’t until 2008 that the piece was revived, performed in Lucerne before receiving its UK première the same year (a performance i’ve explored previously). It’s taken a further 15 years for the first ever recording of Mégalithes to be released, a month ago, on the Norwegian LAWO label. It’s performed by the NyNorsk Messingkvintett – expanded to three times their normal size – conducted by Halldis Rønning, the same performers who gave the impressive Norwegian première that i experienced at Only Connect 2018. […]
[…] performances along the way (excellent examples have taken place at the Estonian Music Days 2017, Only Connect 2018 and Forum Wallis 2019). On this occasion it was the Helena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre that […]
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[…] For much of its life, Gérard Grisey‘s Mégalithes has languished in obscurity. A work for 15 brass instruments composed in 1969 when Grisey was 23, the work was essentially forgotten, perhaps due to a lack of interest on Grisey’s part (due to his subsequent focus on spectralism) and short memories on everyone else’s. It wasn’t until 2008 that the piece was revived, performed in Lucerne before receiving its UK première the same year (a performance i’ve explored previously). It’s taken a further 15 years for the first ever recording of Mégalithes to be released, a month ago, on the Norwegian LAWO label. It’s performed by the NyNorsk Messingkvintett – expanded to three times their normal size – conducted by Halldis Rønning, the same performers who gave the impressive Norwegian première that i experienced at Only Connect 2018. […]
[…] performances along the way (excellent examples have taken place at the Estonian Music Days 2017, Only Connect 2018 and Forum Wallis 2019). On this occasion it was the Helena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre that […]