This week, the music of the French composer Henri Dutilleux, a unique and beautiful voice in twentieth century music.
Host: Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez
String quartet – Ainsi la nuit (“Thus the night”) by Henri Dutilleux @ 6:18
In seven movements played without pause:
I. Nocturne - Parenthèse I
II. Miroir d'espace - Parenthèse II (Mirror of space)
III. Litanies - Parenthèse III
IV. Litanies II - Parenthèse IV
V. Constellations
VI. Nocturne II
VII. Temps suspend (Suspended time)
Performers: Juilliard String Quartet
The Shadows of Time by Henri Dutilleux @ 26:41
In five movements played without pause:
I: Les Heures (The Hours)
II: Ariel Maléfique (Evil Ariel)
III: Mémoire des Ombres (Memory of Shadows) – “to Anne Frank and to all the children, innocents of the world”
IV: Vague de Lumière (Waves of Light)
V: Dominant Bleu? (Dominant Blue?)
Performers: Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Seiji Ozawa