Adelaide Festival presents

The Exotic

Poème: Chamber Landscapes

Pierre Boulez’s early opus magnum, Le Marteau sans maître, is an anarchistic work full of blissfully rapturous sounds. Like his French predecessor Debussy, represented here by his Violin Sonata, Boulez was inspired by exotic music. In Le Marteau, the composer creates a wholly new vocabulary based on various African and Asian traditions. Hans Tutschku’s Shadow of Bells concludes the evening with a meditative and hypnotic journey drawing its inspiration from Japanese temple bells.

PROGRAM

Boulez: Le Marteau sans maître
Judith Dodsworth (voice), Alison Mitchell (flute), Slava Grigoryan (guitar), Christopher Moore (viola), Kaylie Melville (xylophone), Alexander Meagher (vibraphone), Amanda Grigg (percussion), Jeffrey Means (conductor)

Interval

Debussy: Violin Sonata
Elina Vähälä (violin), Paavali Jumppanen (piano)

Hans Tutschku: Shadow of bells
Andrea Lam (piano)

FREE PRE-CONCERT TALK

Prior to the concert, join Paavali Jumppanen for Boulez and Le Marteau Sans Maître – The Hammer Without a Master, a free talk from 5.45pm – 6.15pm. No ticket or registration required.

This event is part of the Poème: Chamber Landscapes program.