York Höller : Improvisation sur le nom de Pierre Boulez (1984)
Channel: Béton Brut
Date: 09/11/2021

York Höller (* 1944) : Improvisation sur le nom de Pierre Boulez  für 16 Instrumentalisten (1984/1985)

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 Improvisation sur le nom de Pierre Boulez by York Höller © 1985 by Boosey&Hawkes, London
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Peter Eötvös, Conductor
Ensemble Interontemporain

from the album 
York Höller – Mythos · Antiphon · Traumspiel · Improvisation Sur Le Nom De Pierre Boulez ℗ 1993 WERGO – WER 6515-2, WERGO – 286 515-2, Deutscher Musikrat – WER 6515-2

My improvisation sur le nom de Pierre Boulez is a present for Pierre Boulez's 60th birthday, and at the same time a tribute to the composer of the wonderful "Improvisations sur Mallarmé" in Pli selon Pli. The pitch organization of the piece is based on a four-tone figure and a twelve-tone series, which I obtained from the German and French tone letters that are contained in the name Pierre Boulez. Using a well-known "serial" transcription process, distinctive rhythmic structures could be derived, which in the sense of a "monorhythmic" ground the short, almost 4-minute piece.

The piece can be played independently, but at the same time it also forms the 3rd movement of my work Gegenklänge.