MUSICAL FAIRY TALES
Musically, it was a mixed bag this week. I am hoping that «Le Nez» (The Nose) - a filmed satirical opera composed by Dimitri Shostakovich this afternoon will live up to expectations. At least it should be fun. Soloists EIC - Auditorium du Louvre Friday 9th March Friday Gianni and I went to hear 4 of the soloists from the Ensemble Intercontemporain. Pierre Bouliez founded the group in 1976. My Mother started following it at once and pulled me in some ten years later. Not without difficulty I might add. It took me some 5 years or more to adjust my ear to contemporary music. When Mother died I discovered that I had my own tastes in modern and contemporary works and the years of discovery with her had paid off.
Without knowing it, the concert on Friday evening was to set off memories. Béla Bartok and Olivier Messaien. Bartok can I suppose still be considered as modern. I knew the work «Contrasts» for piano, violin and clarinet (1938). I enjoyed listened to it ag...