Boulez on Conducting
Conversation with Cecile Gilly
Will be published approx. on 2. October 2003
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-571-21967-4 (ISBN)
Description
Pierre Boulez is arguably the single most influential - and controversial - figure in the world of music today. As composer, conductor and personality, his challenging views are lent a special authority by his very high standing as an interpreter of great composers such as Wagner, Debussy, Bartok and Stravinsky. He regularly appears to great acclaim on concert platforms and in opera houses around the world.
In these unique conversations with Cecile Gilly, he recalls not only the great moments of his career, but brings penetrating insights into the art of conducting, including his views on other great composer-conductors (Berlioz, Wagner, Mahler, Strauss). Boulez speaks unusually frankly about his own rapport with conductors as a composer, and how he sees the role of the conductor today.
In these unique conversations with Cecile Gilly, he recalls not only the great moments of his career, but brings penetrating insights into the art of conducting, including his views on other great composer-conductors (Berlioz, Wagner, Mahler, Strauss). Boulez speaks unusually frankly about his own rapport with conductors as a composer, and how he sees the role of the conductor today.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
242 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-21967-4 (9780571219674)
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One of the most gifted and challenging composers of our time, Pierre Boulez (b. 1925) has achieved equal status as a conductor, notably of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic, and at Bayreuth. He is the founder and director of the world-renowned IRCAM Institute in Paris and of the associated Ensemble Intercontemporain. Richard Stokes, Professor of Lieder at the Royal Academy of Music, is a regular
juror at international Song Competitions. For the operatic stage he has translated
Wozzeck and La voix humaine (Opera North), and Parsifal, Lulu, L'Amour de loin and
Jakob Lenz (ENO). His books include The Spanish Song Companion (with Jacqueline
Cockburn), A French Song Companion (with Graham Johnson) (OUP), The Book of Lieder (Faber),
and The Penguin Book of English Song - Seven Centuries of Poetry from
Chaucer to Auden. With Alfred Brendel he collaborated on the latter's Collected Poems: Playing
the Human Game (Phaidon). Richard Stokes was awarded the
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2012.
juror at international Song Competitions. For the operatic stage he has translated
Wozzeck and La voix humaine (Opera North), and Parsifal, Lulu, L'Amour de loin and
Jakob Lenz (ENO). His books include The Spanish Song Companion (with Jacqueline
Cockburn), A French Song Companion (with Graham Johnson) (OUP), The Book of Lieder (Faber),
and The Penguin Book of English Song - Seven Centuries of Poetry from
Chaucer to Auden. With Alfred Brendel he collaborated on the latter's Collected Poems: Playing
the Human Game (Phaidon). Richard Stokes was awarded the
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2012.