Incises (Boulez)

Incises (Boulez)

"Incises" (1994/2001) and "Sur Incises" (1996/1998) are two related works of the French composer Pierre Boulez.

"Incises" is Boulez's first work for solo piano since his third piano sonata of 1955–57/63. Originally written in 1994, it has been revised twice, most recently in 2001. It plays with contrasts of gestures and textures, for instance, repeated pitches or chords in an even tempo interrupted by violent melodic arcs, or sparse chordal interjections without discernible rhythm over long held sonorities.

"Sur Incises" followed a few years later as a two-movement work based on the material of "Incises". This work is for 3 pianos, 3 harps, and 3 mallet percussion instruments. Here the sounds of the piano are broken into component parts played by the harps and percussion, and stretched across space as well by having the 3 groups spread apart in the performance space. (This kind of reworking of an earlier piece is characteristic of Boulez, the first instance being Structures.) Sur Incises was awarded the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition given by the University of Louisville.

#"Moment I"
#"Moment II"

References

*Boulez, Pierre. 2001. "Incises pour piano (version 2001)". Vienna: Universal Edition. UE 31 966. ISBN 3-7024-1186-0
*Fink, Wolfgang. 2000. "Boulez: Sur Incises", programme booklet. Hamburg: Deutsche Grammophon CD 463 475-2.

External links

* [http://www.ensemble21.com/nonken/mn.boulez.html Marilyn Nonken, and the complete piano works of Pierre Boulez]
* [http://www.jiwa.fr/#album/164128 Listen to "Sur Incises" on Jiwa]


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