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Le Festival d'Automne à Paris

Singer

Tenor

Damien Bigourdan

Michael

Soprano

Elise Chauvin

Léa Trommenschlager

Bass-baritone

Damien Pass

Lucifer

Conductor

Maxime Pascal

Stage director

Set designer

Myrtille Debièvre

Costume designer

Pascale Lavandier

Lighting designer

Catherine Verheyde

Sound designer

Florent Derex

Augustin Muller

Cité de la Musique-Philharmonie

Le Balcon

Others

Le Jeune Choeur de Paris

Chorus master

Richard Wilberforce

Hubert Mayer

Instrumentalist

Henri Deléger

Trumpet

Mathieu Adam

Trombone

Sarah Kim

Synthétiseur

Dienstag aus Licht

Paris

France

Philharmonie de Paris

Grande Salle Pierre Boulez

Maxime Pascal and his ensemble Le Balcon continue the exploration of Licht de Stockhausen. Dienstag , the second day, is placed under the aegis of Mars, the god of war. A war between the Archangel Michael, hero of the cycle, and Lucifer. 
If the combat of the archangel and the devil is a well-known biblical painting, Stockhausen treats it in a rather singular way. Moreover, throughout the cycle, the figure of Michael is a projection of the composer himself. According to Maxime Pascal, who is involved with his Ensemble Le Balcon in this integral Licht for the Philharmonie de Paris, "the cosmic and mystical rantings of Stockhausen have nothing to do with megalomaniac delirium, they are more a response to violence traumas he suffered as a child (the death of the father, the mother, the horrors of war). The question of childhood is essential to understand his music: his naivety must be interpreted as positive. He decided to preserve it, without however locking himself into it.

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Dienstag aus Licht Stockhausen

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Maxime Pascal and his ensemble Le Balcon continue the exploration of Licht de Stockhausen. Dienstag , the second day, is placed under the aegis of Mars, the god of war. A war between the Archangel Michael, hero of the cycle, and Lucifer. 
If the combat of the archangel and the devil is a well-known biblical painting, Stockhausen treats it in a rather singular way. Moreover, throughout the cycle, the figure of Michael is a projection of the composer himself. According to Maxime Pascal, who is involved with his Ensemble Le Balcon in this integral Licht for the Philharmonie de Paris, "the cosmic and mystical rantings of Stockhausen have nothing to do with megalomaniac delirium, they are more a response to violence traumas he suffered as a child (the death of the father, the mother, the horrors of war). The question of childhood is essential to understand his music: his naivety must be interpreted as positive. He decided to preserve it, without however locking himself into it. »

English

Maxime Pascal et son ensemble Le Balcon poursuivent l’exploration de Licht de Stockhausen. Dienstag, la deuxième journée, se place sous l’égide de Mars, le Dieu de la guerre. Une guerre qui oppose l’archange Michael, héros du cycle, et Lucifer.

Si le combat de l’archange et du diable est un tableau biblique bien connu, Stockhausen le traite de manière assez singulière. Au reste, tout au long du cycle, la figure de Michael est une projection du compositeur lui-même. Selon Maxime Pascal, qui s’est engagé avec son Ensemble Le Balcon dans cette intégrale Licht pour la Philharmonie de Paris, « les élucubrations cosmiques et mystiques de Stockhausen n’ont rien d’un délire mégalomane, elles sont davantage une réponse à la violence des traumas qu’il a subis enfant (la mort du père, de la mère, les horreurs de la guerre). La question de l’enfance est primordiale pour comprendre sa musique : sa naïveté doit être interprétée comme positive. Il a décidé de la préserver, sans toutefois s’y enfermer. »

COPRODUCTION LE BALCON, FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE À PARIS, CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL SUPÉRIEUR DE MUSIQUE ET DE DANSE DE PARIS, PHILHARMONIE DE PARIS AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE LA FONDATION ERNST VON SIEMENS

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