GRISEY: LES ESPACES ACOUSTIQUES. Enest Martínez Izquierdo and the ESMUC Orchestra

REPERTOIRE

Gérard Grisey: Les espaces acoustiques (1974-1985) 90′

ARTISTS

ARTISTS

Orquestra de l’Esmuc
Jonathan Brown, viola
Júlia Gállego, flute
Xavier Castillo, clarinet
José Vicente Castelló, horn
Helena Satué, violin
Erica Wise, cello
Uxia Martínez Botana, double bass
Ernest Martínez Izquierdo, director

PROGRAMME

Grisey’sLes Espaces Acoustiques is one of the most ambitious works in the history of music in terms of composition and artistry.

Structured in six pieces that can be performed independently, Acoustic Spaces, as its name suggests, is an exploration of harmonic, spectral (or the sounds contained within a sound) and temporal possibilities, but also instrumental potential, as the cycle opens with a work for solo viola and the instrumental presence progressively expands until the cycle concludes with the monumental Épilogue, for four solo horns and large orchestra.

A unique occasion to listen, 50 years after its composition, to one of the most unique works of the late 20th century. As Grisey himself stated, ‘Acoustic Spaces is really a big laboratory’.