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Celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the birth of the influential composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, the 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales perform a concert dedicated to his compositions, and the works of composers that influenced him.

The two works on the programme by Boulez began life in significantly different forms; his Book for Strings was initially a string quartet, while his Memoriale to a close friend and colleague was drawn from a work written for the death of Igor Stravinsky 20 years earlier. Messiaen was both teacher and great influence on Boulez, and his Les Offrandes oubli茅es is an outstanding early work which focusses on divine love. The final two pieces on the programme are by composers whose operas Boulez championed through his conducting. Berg's Violin Concerto, performed here by Ava Bahari, is a fabulous example of Berg's lyrical style, and Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, which finishes the programme, pushed the boundaries of orchestral colour and harmony of the mid-19th century. All of this under the baton of a former pupil of Boulez, Daniel Cohen.

Presented by Ian Skelly in 蜜芽传媒 Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, on the 6th of March.

Boulez: Livres pour cordes
Berg: Violin Concerto
Messiaen: Les Offrandes oubli茅es
Boulez: M茅moriale
Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)

Ava Bahari (violin)
Matthew Featherstone (flute)
蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Daniel Cohen (conductor)