Your Sunday Music Treat

We lost Pierre Boulez last week, the French composer, conductor, writer and pianist, who died at the age of 90. It will remain for history to determine whether his compositions, his conducting, or his influence in promoting 20th-century music will be considered his greatest legacy. Most people probably haven't heard much of his work (although he won 26 Grammy Awards for both his composing and conducting), but here's a little taste from once of his earlier pieces, the Douze Notations for piano solo:

Comments

[Skychazz]

I can imagine Drayco belting these out during a particularly frustrating case...though I imagine he would fatigue quickly due to his injury.

Thanks. It *will* be interesting to find out what history ultimately decides about Boulez.

[Todd Mason]

Thanks...it was a cruel irony of sorts that Boulez would pass a couple of days after Bley...

http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2016/01/paul-bley-pierre-boulez-rest-in-glory.html

[BV Lawson]

Just glad we had them both for so long (age 90 and 83, respectively), Todd and that they were able to continue with the work they loved almost up to the very end.