Rothko Chapel

Ensemble intercontemporain

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Concert

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Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique

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Duration: about 2h00 with 1 intermission

Program

Distribution

Jay Schwartz

pour baryton et ensemble / création française

Matthias Pintscher

beyond (a system of passing), pour flûte

Gregor Mayrhofer

Grand hommage à l’âge de la technique, pour ensemble

création française

Intermission

Benjamin Attahir

Et si nous tournions autour de ces fontaines hallucinées

création française

Morton Feldman

Rothko Chapel, pour soprano, contralto, choeur mixte et instruments

Ensemble intercontemporain

Les Cris de Paris

Gregor Mayrhofer , conducting

Evan Hughes , baritone

Sophie Cherrier , flute

Geoffroy Jourdain , choirmaster

In 1972, Morton Feldman wrote a score for the chapel which had been conceived by his friend Mark Rothko, a monument of abstract expressionism in painting. Around this score and in the form of a ‘static procession’ are placed more recent works of which a creation by Banjamin Attahir (born in 1989) and by Gregor Mayhofer ( born in 1987), inspired by works of art installed in public spaces.