Ensemble intercontemporain

Tickets £28 // Concession £21 // Under 30 £5
Advance booking required

Ensemble intercontemporain:

Sophie Cherrier flute
Philippe Grauvogel oboe
Martin Adámek, Alain Billard clarinets
Paul Riveaux bassoon
Vincent David* saxophone
Jens McManama, Jean-Christophe Vervoitte horns
Clément Saunier, Thaïs Jude* trumpets
Lucas Ounissi* trombone
David Sanchez Soriano* tuba
Gilles Durot, Samuel Favre, François Vallet* percussions
Hidéki Nagano, Dimitri Vassilakis pianos
Valeria Kafelnikov harp
Jeanne-Marie Conquer, Hae-Sun Kang, Diego Tosi violins
Odile Auboin, John Stulz violas
Éric-Maria Couturier, Renaud Déjardin cellos
Nicolas Crosse double bass

François López-Ferrer conductor
João Svidzinski (IRCAM) electronics
Jérôme Comte clarinet

*guest musicians

Thomas Simaku, (UK/Albania, 1958)
Soliloquy VII (2019) 13′ World Premiere
Editor: University of York Music Press

Lisa Streich (Sweden, 1985)
OFELIA (2022) 20′ UK Premiere
Editor: Ricordi

Lisa Streich (Sweden, 1985)
HIMMEL (2020-2021) 15′ UK Premiere
Editor: Ricordi

Franck Bedrossian (France, 1971)
Le Lieu et la formule (2019) 15′ UK Premiere
Editor: Éditions Maison ONA

Performing at hcmf// for the first time under Artistic Director Graham McKenzie’s tenure, Ensemble intercontemporain presents a concert that reflects their extensive range. Alternating solo instrumentalists with large ensemble works, the programme includes Franck Bedrossian’s Le Lieu et la formule, inspired by a poem by Rimbaud; Soliloquy VII, the seventh in a series of intriguing instrumental soliloquies by Thomas Simaku; and, last but not least, two recent works by hcmf// Composer in Residence Lisa Streich, a rising star of her generation whose work cultivates poetic sound worlds that are both delicate and disturbing.

Produced by hcmf// supported by STIM in collaboration with Stim Forward Fund, Export Music Sweden, Västra Götalandsregionen, the Swedish Composers Society (FST) and the Embassy of Sweden; also supported by Diaphonique, Franco-British fund for classical contemporary music and the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

OFELIA is co-commissioned by Ensemble intercontemporain, Ircam-Centre Pompidou & Collegium Novum Zürich

Find out more about the Swedish programme at hcmf// 2022

Photo: Ensemble intercontemporain © EIC, Cité de la Musique, 2019