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sun 4 oct 2026 03:00 hrs

Contemporary Music

Requiem for a Friend

Famous conductor and composer Bruno Maderna died in 1973. His friend Pierre Boulez wrote Rituel in momariam Bruno Maderna in 1974-75 in his memory.

Elliott Carter (pictured) in turn wrote Penthode in 1985, dedicating it to Boulez, to whom he owed a great deal.

And in 2002, Heinz Holliger paid tribute to Elliott Carter with the fiendishly difficult string quartet ‘To Elliott Carter’. The final movement alone is a tour the force: eache of the four musician plays double stops, while all four also add a third, hummed part, creating a twelve-part chorale.

Playlist

Elliott Carter – Penthode (Ensemble InterContemporain, conducted by Boulez)

Heinz Holliger – String Quartet No. 2 ‘To Elliott Carter’ (Zehetmair Quartet)

Pierre Boulez – Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna (SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, conducted by Michael Gielen)

 

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