Enter the Vortex
Monday, March 23, 2020
First Congregational Church
 

It's past versus future as we Enter the Vortex with two of the twentieth-century's most enigmatic masters. 2017 Van Cliburn Semi-Finalist Han Chen joins enSRQ and Co-Artistic Director George Nickson for Philippe Hurel's virtuosic tribute, Tombeau to Gerard Grisey, an apropos preamble to our presentation of Grisey's seminal evening length work, Vortex Temporum.

Program

Philippe Hurel

Philippe Hurel

French

Tombeau, In Memorium Gerard Grisey

Year: 1999Duration: 15''
  • I. Énergique
  • II. Lointain
  • III. ♩ = 72
  • IV. ♩ = 40
Gerard Grisey

Gerard Grisey

French1946–1998

Vortex Temporum

Year: 1996Duration: 40''
  • I. ♩= 130 (à Gérard Zinsstag)
  • Interlude
  • II. ♩= 50 (à Salvatore Sciarrino)
  • Interlude
  • III. ♩= (à Helmut Lachenmann)
  • Interlude