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Rothko Chapel

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

Program

Jay Schwartz
M
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

Distribution

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.
Karina-Canellakis

Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique

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Getting here

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

Address

221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris