KURTÁG - United States premiere at Monday Evening Concerts, Los Angeles
… pas a pas … nulle part, op.36 written to the text of Samuel Beckett will be performed at Zipper Concert Hall at Colburn School on December 5. The day before a documentary film on the life and work of György Kurtág will be presented than followed by discussion with bass-baritone Nicholas Isherwood and a live performance of Kurtág's Hölderlin Lieder.
Beckett’s texts have been important sources of inspiration for the 85 years old composer from the beginning of the 90s. … pas a pas … was finished in 1998. His “work in progress” opera is also based on a Beckett’s play, on Fin de partie.
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