Pierre Boulez's composition, premiered in Donaueschingen in 1981, is considered a pioneering example of the combination of traditional acoustic instruments with digitally manipulated live sounds and is, at the same time, overwhelming spatial music. The rarely performed work requires a special spatial arrangement in which six solo instruments and the loudspeakers of the live electronics are placed in the audience, while a large instrumental ensemble plays in the centre of the room.
moreFrom 24 to 29 April, Bas Wiegers will be on tour with the Asko Schönberg Ensemble in the Netherlands and Belgium, conducting Pierre Boulez's groundbreaking work Répons to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth.
