WeSpoke: Le Corbusier
72 plays — Unclassified , 2012
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We Spoke is a new-music company based in Switzerland, created by Serge Vuille and directed today by the pianist Gwen Rouger and the percussionist Julien Annoni. The name “We Spoke” merges “we...


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    We Spoke: Le Corbusier (2012)
    Le Corbusier, based around the work and friends of the great architect, suggests a journey into the different relations between music and architecture or space. Le Corbusier worked closely with composer and architect Iannis Xenakis and composer Edgar Varèse. The first half of the concert is closely linked withLe Corbusier’s character while the second part deals with the uses and characteristics of architecture as life space, artwork, piece of history, and concert hall.

    Programme
    The structured space
    Rebonds A (1989)
    Iannis Xenakis, France

    The projected space
    Concret PH (1959)
    Iannis Xenakis, France

    The inhabited space
    Bedtime Stories (1985)
    Tom Johnson, USA

    The family space
    Correspondance (2012,création)
    Serge Vuille, Switzerland

    The cartographic space
    Variation IV (1963)
    John Cage, USA

    The acoustic space
    I’m Sitting in a Room (1969)
    Alvin Lucier, USA

    With
    Clara Meloni: Soprano
    Serge Vuille, Julien Annoni, Olivier Membrez: performance and piano
    Newton Armstrong: sound projection

  • Year of creation 2012
  • Director Serge Vuille

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