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Samuel Beckett - Words and music

Ensemble intercontemporain - Ilan Volkov - Traîtres Mots
Concert
Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique
Duration: about 2h00 with 1 intermission

Program

Felipe Lara
Fringes
Création mondiale, commande de l'Ensemble intercontemporain
François-Bernard Mâche
Kassandra, pour ensemble instrumental et sons enregistrés
Intermission
Ivan Fedele, Samuel Beckett
Words and Music
Création mondiale, commande de l'Ensemble intercontemporain

Distribution

Ensemble intercontemporain
Ilan Volkov, conducting
Johan Leysen, words
Han Römer, Croak
In Words and Music (1961), written as a radio play, Beckett imagined a lonely old man, Croak, who asks two allegorical characters, Joe and Bob (who incarnate the title elements, respectively) to express certain themes. Morton Feldman wrote a score for the piece in 1987. Ivan Fedele presents a new musical setting for Words and Music, created for the stage.
Karina-Canellakis

Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique

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Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B 

Address

221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris